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Sociolinguistics
Paperback. Offering a detailed critique of the cognitive bias of existing studies of elderly people's language, this work proposes in its place a socially-based approach which explains how older people's life circumstances, concerns, goals and beliefs influence their styles of interaction. Num Pages: 232 pages, 7 figures, 10 tables, index. BIC Classification: CFB; JKSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631182795
- ISBN
- 9780631182795
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Condition: New
€ 55.30
€ 55.30
Paperback. Languages and Their Speakers provides an introduction both to languages themselves and to their social functions. Written especially for nonlinguistics majors, the book considers how speakers know their languages-know them as grammatical systems and know them as part of a cultural matrix. Editor(s): Shopen, Timothy. Num Pages: 312 pages, 17 illus. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812212501
- ISBN
- 9780812212501
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.32
€ 37.99
€ 34.32
Paperback. Explore the layers of African multilingualism as they affect language policy and education. This book includes case studies ranging across the continent, the contributors consider multilingualism in the classroom as well as in domains ranging from music and film to politics. It also reveals how poor teacher training leads to failures in education. Editor(s): Zsiga, Elizabeth C.; Boyer, One Tlale; Kramer, Ruth. Series: Georgetown University Round Table on Languages & Linguistics Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, 47 b&w photos, 15 figures, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1H; 2AB; 2ADF; 2H; CFB; CFDM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626161528
- ISBN
- 9781626161528
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Condition: New
€ 73.45
€ 73.45
Paperback. This innovative introduction outlines the structure and distribution of the world s languages, charting their evolution over the past 200,000 years. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118531280
- ISBN
- 9781118531280
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Condition: New
€ 50.00€ 32.90
€ 50.00
€ 32.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 173 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFB; CFGR; GTC; JFSJ; KJSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 173
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349300013
- ISBN
- 9781349300013
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Condition: New
€ 54.44
€ 54.44
Hardcover. Over the last half century many scholars have recorded, analysed and theorised language death. This book presents a theoretical and methodological analysis of whether language death and dialect death can be considered aspects of the same phenomenon. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; CFB; CFFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748691777
- ISBN
- 9780748691777
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Condition: New
€ 113.10€ 107.83
€ 113.10
€ 107.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 15 bw illus. BIC Classification: CFB; GTC; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781623561888
- ISBN
- 9781623561888
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.79
€ 38.99
€ 34.79
Paperback. Linguistic Anthropology: A Reader is a comprehensive collection of the best work that has been published in this exciting and growing area of anthropology, and is organized to provide a guide to key issues in the study of language as a cultural resource and speaking as a cultural practice. Editor(s): Duranti, Alessandro. Series: Wiley Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Num Pages: 536 pages, ill. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 172 x 29. Weight in Grams: 804.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 536
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405126328
- ISBN
- 9781405126328
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Condition: New
€ 48.94
€ 48.94
Hardcover. Editor(s): Le, Quynh; Le, Thao. Num Pages: 328 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 261 x 23. Weight in Grams: 766.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612096025
- ISBN
- 9781612096025
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Condition: New
€ 284.51€ 193.21
€ 284.51
€ 193.21
paperback. Unlike other multi-ethnic nations, Thailand has maintained relative stability despite its 80 languages. In this study of the relations among politics, geography and language, Smalley shows how Thailand has maintained national unity through an elaborate social and linguistic hierarchy. Num Pages: 452 pages, 13 maps, 41 line drawings, 60 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMT; CFB; JFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 452
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780226762890
- ISBN
- 9780226762890
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.33
€ 52.99
€ 41.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; CFDC; CFDM; GTF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199937264
- ISBN
- 9780199937264
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Condition: New
€ 62.55
€ 62.55
Paperback. Linguistic Rivalries weaves together anthropological accounts of diaspora, nation, and empire to explore and analyze the multi-faceted processes of globalization. Series: Oxford Studies in Anthropology of Language. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; JFFN; JFFS; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190461782
- ISBN
- 9780190461782
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Condition: New
€ 88.69
€ 88.69
Paperback. A comprehensive study of variation and change, including current debates in the area. Series: Edinburgh Sociolinguistics. Num Pages: 208 pages, 55 black & white illustrations, 55 black and white figures, mainly charts and graphs. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 324. Series: Edinburgh Sociolinguistics. 208 pages, 55 black & white illustrations, 55 black and white figures, mainly charts and graphs. A comprehensive study of variation and change, including current debates in the area. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: CFB. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 12. Weight: 324.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748637621
- ISBN
- 9780748637621
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.13
€ 38.99
€ 33.13
Paperback. Living Memory investigates the complex question of language and its place at the heart of Bergamasco culture in northern Italy. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Studies in Discourse and Culture. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; CFB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 230 x 13. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118277430
- ISBN
- 9781118277430
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Condition: New
€ 42.54
€ 42.54
Paperback. Language is our key to imagining the world, others, and ourselves. Yet sometimes our ways of talking dehumanize others and trivialize human experience. In war other people are imagined as enemies to be killed. This book examines the ethics of human expression - in the law and in the rest of life. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; DSA; JPVH2; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691138374
- ISBN
- 9780691138374
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.78
€ 52.99
€ 37.78
Paperback. This text examines the nature of language from the perspective of inference rather than representation. It proposes a theory that renders linguistic "meaning" in terms of "use", explaining how semantic content can be conferred on expressions and attitudes that are part of social practice. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; CFB; CFG; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 36. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674543300
- ISBN
- 9780674543300
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Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 44.73
€ 53.99
€ 44.73
Paperback. Making Waves tells the human story of an academic field based on one-to-one interviews with 43 of the most famous scholars in Variationist Sociolinguistics. Explanations of concepts, ideas, good practice and sage advice come directly from the progenitors of the discipline. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118455432
- ISBN
- 9781118455432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.09
€ 64.09
Hardcover. Making Waves tells the human story of an academic field based on one-to-one interviews with 43 of the most famous scholars in Variationist Sociolinguistics. Explanations of concepts, ideas, good practice and sage advice come directly from the progenitors of the discipline. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 238 x 16. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118455166
- ISBN
- 9781118455166
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Condition: New
€ 113.78
€ 113.78
Paperback. Using the resources of contemporary linguistic theory, McQuillan sets out to analyse key words in the Irish language and their relationship to historical and cultural texts. The main thrust of the argument is that ideology has been shaped by these words. Series: Critical Conditions: Field Day Essays & Monographs S. Num Pages: 283 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2AFR; 2AGP; CFB; CFF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 160. .
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Number of pages
- 283
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859183649
- ISBN
- 9781859183649
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Condition: New
€ 49.00€ 38.37
€ 49.00
€ 38.37
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853598852
- ISBN
- 9781853598852
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Condition: New
€ 46.50
€ 46.50