Sociolinguistics
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Sociolinguistics
Paperback. Brings together a range of leading philosophers and social scientists to probe the political controversy surrounding multiculturalism. This work features K Anthony Appiah's commentary on the tensions between personal and collective identities, such as those shaped by religion, gender, ethnicity, race, and sexuality. Editor(s): Gutmann, Amy. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; JFC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- Expanded Paperback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691037790
- ISBN
- 9780691037790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.65
€ 37.99
€ 27.65
Hardback. This book explores international trends in naming and contributes to the growing field of critical onomastic enquiry. The contributors to this publication examine why names are not only symbols of a person or place, but also manifestations of cultural, linguistic and social heritage in their own right. Editor(s): Puzey, Guy; Kostanski, Laura. Series: Multilingual Matters. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; RGC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783094912
- ISBN
- 9781783094912
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.28
€ 194.28
Hardback. This book brings together contributions from various researchers, providing an overview of narrative research approaches and demonstrating how these work in practice. Series: Cambridge Applied Linguistics. Num Pages: 292 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFB; EBAL. Category: (L) ELT / TEFL. Dimension: 159 x 231 x 24. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107042698
- ISBN
- 9781107042698
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 216.67€ 180.47
€ 216.67
€ 180.47
hardcover. This book presents the first attempt by a sociologist to unearth the long hadith transmission network from ancient historical sources and analyze it using the most recent qualitative and quantitative analytical tools. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10 tables, 38 figures, 2 maps. BIC Classification: CFB; JFSR2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780804752077
- ISBN
- 9780804752077
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.87
€ 87.87
Hardback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 26. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813119182
- ISBN
- 9780813119182
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.44
€ 55.44
Hardback. This volume brings together a range of scholars from different disciplinary areas in the field, examining the challenges of transition into a (new) workplace, team or community, as well as transitions within different professional communities. Editor(s): Angouri, Jo; Marra, Meredith; Holmes, Janet. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CFG; KJP; KJU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474403139
- ISBN
- 9781474403139
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.10€ 108.93
€ 113.10
€ 108.93
Hardcover. This study of Japanese business discourse adopts Bakhtin's notion of speech genres as an heuristic, to analyze groups of spoken texts which display similar constellations of compositional, thematic, and stylistic features. It examines strategies used by a non-Western community of speakers. Num Pages: 392 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780080441658
- ISBN
- 9780080441658
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 209.05
€ 209.05
Book. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADS; CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748613687
- ISBN
- 9780748613687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.09
€ 34.99
€ 32.09
Paperback. Why would love for their language lead several men in southern India to burn themselves alive in its name? This title analyzes the discourses of love, labor, and life that transformed Tamil into an object of such passionate attachment, producing in the process one of modern India's most intense movements for linguistic revival and separatism. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 343 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2BRT; 3JH; 3JJ; CFB; CFG; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 343
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520208056
- ISBN
- 9780520208056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.54
€ 38.99
€ 28.54
Hardback. Drawing on scholarly literature, three decades of fieldwork, and ample historical documents-most of which have never before been made accessible to English-speaking readers-this is the first book to offer a comprehensive look at this unlikely linguistic success story. Series: Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. Num Pages: 496 pages, 32, 13 black & white halftones, 17 black & white line drawings, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 2ACD; CFB; HBJK; HBTB; HRCC93. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. .
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421418285
- ISBN
- 9781421418285
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.11
€ 76.11
Hardcover. This book explores the role of photographs in newspapers and online news, analyzing how meanings are made in images and exploring text-image relations, illustrated with authentic news stories from both print and online news outlets. Num Pages: 260 pages, 46 black & white tables, 46 figures. BIC Classification: AJCR; CFB; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230301009
- ISBN
- 9780230301009
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.97
€ 59.97
Hardback. Over several generations, villagers of Dominica have been shifting from Patwa, an Afro-French creole, to English, the official language. Despite government efforts at Patwa revitalization and cultural heritage tourism, rural caregivers and teachers prohibit children from speaking Patwa in their presence. Num Pages: 266 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJWWD; 2JS; CFB; JFSP1; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 478. Children and Change in a Caribbean Village. 252 pages, 20 ills & tables, 3 maps. Over several generations, villagers of Dominica have been shifting from Patwa, an Afro-French creole, to English, the official language. Despite government efforts at Patwa revitalization and cultural heritage tourism, rural caregivers and teachers prohibit children from speaking Patwa in their presence. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1KJWWD; 2JS; CFB; JFSP1; JHMC. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 18. Weight: 478.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 266
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857457608
- ISBN
- 9780857457608
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.53
€ 161.53
Paperback. A new introduction surveys the considerable literature in linguistics, psychology and social sciences that the original essay on the phenomenon of politeness stimulated. Series Editor(s): Drew, Paul; Goodwin, Marjorie Harness; Gumperz, John J.; Schiffrin, Deborah. Series: Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics. Num Pages: 358 pages, 8 b/w illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450. Some Universals in Language Usage. Series: Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics. 352 pages, 8 b/w illus. 3 tables. A new introduction surveys the considerable literature in linguistics, psychology and social sciences that the original essay on the phenomenon of politeness stimulated. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: CFB. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 17. Weight: 490. Series Editor(s) :Drew, Paul; Goodwin, Marjorie Harness; Gumperz, John J.; Schiffrin, Deborah.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 358
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521313551
- ISBN
- 9780521313551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.24
€ 61.24
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1QFG; CFB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 186 x 20. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590334423
- ISBN
- 9781590334423
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.32€ 63.40
€ 83.32
€ 63.40
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415205238
- ISBN
- 9780415205238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.63
€ 36.99
€ 35.63
Paperback. The first truly multidisciplinary text of its kind, this book offers an original analysis of the current state of linguistic pragmatics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748616824
- ISBN
- 9780748616824
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.42
€ 43.99
€ 38.42
Quotatives considers the phenomenon quotation from a wealth of perspectives. It consolidates findings from different strands of research, combining formal and functional approaches for the definition of reported discourse and situating the phenomenon in a broader typological and sociolinguistic perspective. Series: Language in Society. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470657188
- ISBN
- 9780470657188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 142.36
€ 142.36
Hardback. Raciolinguistics reveals the central role that language plays in shaping our ideas about race. This team of leading scholars-working both within and beyond the United States-shares powerful, much-needed research to help us understand the increasingly vexed relationships between race, ethnicity, and language in our rapidly changing world. Editor(s): Alim, H. Samy; Rickford, John R.; Ball, Arnetha F. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; CFB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190625696
- ISBN
- 9780190625696
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.73
€ 91.73
Hardback. The more than two dozen Rai languages in eastern Nepal are linguistically highly varied. This title includes introductory chapters to Rai mythology and Rai grammar. It brings together different variants of myths from various Rai languages, presenting them with linguistic glossings in interlinear translations. Series: Harvard Oriental Series. Num Pages: 196 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKN; CFB; JFHF; JHMC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 260 x 184 x 18. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674032729
- ISBN
- 9780674032729
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.99
€ 34.99
€ 29.99
Paperback. READING BETWEEN THE SIGNS provides a perspective on a culture that is not widely understood: American Deaf culture, and explores the implications of cultural differences at the intersection of the Deaf and hearing worlds. Num Pages: 333 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 227 x 25. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781941176023
- ISBN
- 9781941176023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.06
€ 26.99
€ 19.06