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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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 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

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.50

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