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Paperback. In this revised and updated 2nd edition of her pioneering textbook, Allyson Jule offers fresh insight into the study of language and gender for those new to the subject. Students will gain a thorough grounding in theoretical and practical perspectives on gender and language in the workplace, media, education, world religions and domestic settings. Series: MM Textbooks. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 174 x 8. .
Publisher
Channel View Publications Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783097852
ISBN
9781783097852
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.17

Paperback. In Articulate While Black, two renowned scholars of Black Language address language and racial politics in the U.S. through an insightful examination of President Barack Obama's language use-and America's response to it. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; JFSL3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 166 x 14. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199812981
ISBN
9780199812981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442606203
ISBN
9781442606203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.93

Paperback. This is the first edited collection to examine politeness in a wide range of diverse cultures. Most essays draw on empirical data from a wide variety of languages, including some key-languages in politeness research, such as English, and Japanese, as well as some lesser-studied languages, such as Georgian. Editor(s): Bargiela-Chiappini, Francesca; Kadar, Daniel Z. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 237 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st ed. 2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349314560
ISBN
9781349314560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Hardback. This book explores discursive processes of intergenerational transmission of recent history through the case of the Uruguayan dictatorship. The circulation of meanings through time and space captures the dynamic processes of recontextualization, resemiotization and intertextuality. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; HBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137487322
ISBN
9781137487322
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.90

Paperback. This edited book examines cultures of learning from the perspectives of education, applied linguistics and language learning. The concept can be used to explore socio-cultural features of language learning and use contexts in educational institutions, and cultural practices of pedagogic activities and classroom interaction. Editor(s): Cortazzi, Martin. Num Pages: 355 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CJ; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 215 x 28. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349340354
ISBN
9781349340354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 3 black & white tables, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: CFB; KJU. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 235 x 12. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138688490
ISBN
9781138688490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.21

Hardback. Language policies impact language choice, language prestige, and language spread. Rising regional integration, both formal and informal, adds to the sensitivity and complexity of language politics, whether in North America, South America or Europe. This book shows how language politics vary across the Americas and contrast with Europe. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1K; CFB; JPB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 415.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137567826
ISBN
9781137567826
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.70

Hardback. Camelia Suleiman delves into these tensions and contradictions, exploring how language policy and language choice both reflect and challenge political identities of Arabs and Israelis. Num Pages: 224 pages, 52 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 2CSR; CFB; HBJF1; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474420860
ISBN
9781474420860
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.02
€ 103.50

Paperback. First published in 1980, Language and Social Networks has had a great influence on the development of sociolinguistics. The second edition incorporates an extensive new chapter reappraising the original research and discussing other sociolinguistic work in the same paradigm. Series: Language in Society. Num Pages: 244 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
244
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631153146
ISBN
9780631153146
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.34

Hardback. In a unique contribution to understanding the interaction of language policy and planning in modern conflict resolution, Janet Muller provides an insider account of the search for improved status for the Irish language in Northern Ireland from the 1980s. Series: Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 1KBC; CFB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478. A Silent War. Series: Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities. 296 pages, 4 figures, 48 tables. In a unique contribution to understanding the interaction of language policy and planning in modern conflict resolution, Janet Muller provides an insider account of the search for improved status for the Irish language in Northern Ireland from the 1980s. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 1KBC; CFB; JPS. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 22. Weight: 478.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
296
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230230651
ISBN
9780230230651
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.27

Paperback. A first in multimodal/multisemiotic discourse studies this collection of original articles by international scholars focuses primarily on texts from non-English speaking contexts. The illuminating insights enhance our understanding of how language and other semiotic resources construe specific cultural and social concerns. Editor(s): Bowcher, Wendy L. Num Pages: 330 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF; DSA; GTC; GTE; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349321407
ISBN
9781349321407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 128.24

This book crystallises key interrelationships between linguistic standardisation and prescriptivism, contextualising case studies across languages and cultures. It breaks new ground with its multilingual approach, helping to balance the otherwise strong emphasis on English in English language publications on prescriptivism. Editor(s): Tieken-Boon van Ostade, Ingrid; Percy, Carol. Series: Multilingual Matters. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 165 x 240 x 28. Weight in Grams: 768.
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783096503
ISBN
9781783096503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 193.19

Paperback. This book uses a micro-analysis of language in and around Tanzanian beauty pageants to address structural inequalities, gender relations, globalization, as well as educational and language policy. The book paints a picture of how people on the global periphery take part in, and sometimes feel left out of, the wider world. Series: Encounters. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; ASZP; CFB; JFFS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783090747
ISBN
9781783090747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.43

Paperback. Gender Articulated forges new connections between language-related field and feminist theory. The essays presented here examine a range of cultures, languages and settings explicitly connecting feminist theory to language research. Editor(s): Hall, Kira; Bucholtz, Mary. Num Pages: 524 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 814.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
524
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415913997
ISBN
9780415913997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.08

Paperback. In Paths to Post-Nationalism, Monica Heller shows how hegemonic discourses of language, identity, and the nation-State are destabilized under new political and economic conditions. Series: Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; CFDM; EBAL; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199746859
ISBN
9780199746859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.94

Hardcover. Scholars from various disciplines have used key concepts to grasp mobilities, but as of yet, a working vocabulary of these has yet to be fully developed. This edited volume presents contributions that critically analyze mobility-related keywords: capital, cosmopolitanism, freedom, gender, immobility, infrastructure, motility, and regime. Editor(s): Salazar, Noel B.; Jayaram, Kiran. Series: Worlds in Motion. Num Pages: 188 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; JFFM; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 280 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785331466
ISBN
9781785331466
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.25

Paperback. Series: Bloomsbury Classics in Linguistics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CFDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472526045
ISBN
9781472526045
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.51

paperback. Is today's language at an all-time low? Edwin Battistella argues that it is wrong to think of slang, regional dialects and nonstandard grammar as simply breaking the rules of good English. Reexamining debates over relativism in language, Battistella argues that we should view language as made up of alternative forms of regularity and orderliness, which require informed engagement with usage. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 285.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Oxford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195337457
ISBN
9780195337457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.60

Paperback. This is an introduction to those aspects of sociolinguistics broadly described as the sociology of language; the effect of language and dialect differences on society. Series: Language in Society. Num Pages: 360 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631134626
ISBN
9780631134626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.98

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