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Hardcover. This volume considers the spread of Spanish today and particularly its role in the processes of globalization. Spanish is frequently dominant in contact with other languages. But how contested is its hegemony and how far does it threaten other languages? How are these other minoritized languages faring in a world of few strong, global languages? Editor(s): Mar-Molinero, Clare; Stewart, Miranda. Series: Language and Globalization. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KB; 1KL; 2ADS; CFB; JFFS; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230000186
- ISBN
- 9780230000186
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.97
€ 127.97
Hardcover. Deals with challenges to the maintenance of minority (or community) languages in this era of globalization and increasing transnational movements of people. The contributors, experts in language policy, language maintenance and multilingualism offer complementary perspectives from Australia and Europe on the maintenance of linguistic diversity. Editor(s): Pauwels, Anne; Winter, Joanne; Lo Bianco, Joseph. Series: Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1MBF; CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230019195
- ISBN
- 9780230019195
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.66
€ 66.66
Hardcover. The history of translation has focused on literary work but this book demonstrates the way in which political control can influence and be influenced by translation choices. New research and specially commissioned essays give access to existing research projects which at present are either scattered or unavailable in English. Editor(s): Rundle, Christopher; Sturge, Kate. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFP; JFD; JPFQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230203549
- ISBN
- 9780230203549
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.24
€ 67.24
Hardcover. Throughout Europe many minority languages, once threatened by ignorance, indifference and intolerance, began to experience some revitalization, but now face new threats from increased integration. This book discusses these issues with vivid, up-to-date examples from the Baltic to the Mediterranean, from Ireland to Turkey. Editor(s): Pertot, Susanna; Priestly, Tom M.S.; Williams, Colin H. Series: Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; CFB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230203563
- ISBN
- 9780230203563
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.53
€ 128.53
Paperback. This volume explores the global spread of English or global Englishes, and English as a Lingua Franca (ELF), focusing specifically on Asian Englishes. It is unique in the range of diverse perspectives across the languages and cultures by its contributors. Editor(s): Murata, Kumiko; Jenkins, Jennifer. Num Pages: 244 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; EBA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230221031
- ISBN
- 9780230221031
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.86
€ 126.86
Hardcover. A collection of empirical studies on gender and the acquisition, development, meaning and use of vocabulary by female and male adult, adolescent, and young learners of English and Spanish as a second or foreign language. Up-to-date research identifies relationships between gender and vocabulary in a language classroom context. Editor(s): Jimenez Catalan, Rosa Maria (University of La Rioja). Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADS; CFB; CFDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 468. 288 pages, 0, 49 black & white tables, 13 figures, 3 tables. Editor(s): Jimenez Catalan, Rosa Maria (University of La Rioja). A collection of empirical studies on gender and the acquisition, development, meaning and use of vocabulary by female and male adult, adolescent, and young learners of English and Spanish as a second or foreign language. Up-to-date research identifies relationships between gender and vocabulary in a language classroom context. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADS; CFB; CFDC. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 22. Weight: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230232624
- ISBN
- 9780230232624
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.00
€ 128.00
Hardcover. Leading scholars in the field examine the role played by the English language in contemporary Japanese society. Their various chapters cover the nature, status, and function of English in Japan, focusing on the ways in which globalization is influencing language practices in the country. Editor(s): Seargeant, Philip. Num Pages: 220 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2AB; CFB; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230237667
- ISBN
- 9780230237667
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.03
€ 67.03
Hardcover. Key practitioners and researchers explore how people routinely and at particular sites are discursively constructed as deficient in ways that may affect their life chances. The book offers examples of how adopting multiple perspectives on research can provide a rich explanatory analysis of the construct of 'deficit' in a range of domains. Editor(s): Candlin, Christopher N.; Crichton, Jonathan. Series: Communicating in Professions and Organizations. Num Pages: 362 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFG; KJP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 27. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230249721
- ISBN
- 9780230249721
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.81
€ 67.81
Hardcover. 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: 346 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; GTC; GTE; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230251632
- ISBN
- 9780230251632
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.01
€ 129.01
Hardcover. This edited collection presents cutting edge research on the process of identity construction in professional and institutional contexts, from corporate workplaces, to courtrooms, classrooms, and academia. The chapters consider how interactants do identity work and how identity is indexed (often in subtle ways) in workplace discourse. Editor(s): Angouri, Jo; Marra, Meredith. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFG; GTC; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230272378
- ISBN
- 9780230272378
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.45
€ 67.45
Hardcover. Providing an innovative approach to the written displays of minority languages in public space this volume explores minority language situations through the lens of linguistic landscape research. Based on very tangible data it explores the 'same old issues' of language contact and language conflict in new ways. Editor(s): Gorter, Durk; Marten, Heiko F.; Van Mensel, Luk; Hogan-Brun, Gabrielle. Series: Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities. Num Pages: 359 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 148 x 26. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230272446
- ISBN
- 9780230272446
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.09
€ 162.09
Hardcover. Competence encompasses or overlaps with notions of efficiency, success, accountability, excellence and self-justification. This collection explores ways in which individuals, teams or groups in organizations discursively present themselves as competent to perform tasks or functions, possibly at a superior level. Editor(s): Pelsmaekers, Katja; Rollo, Craig; Van Hout, Tom; Heynderickx, Priscilla. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; KJP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230282636
- ISBN
- 9780230282636
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.66
€ 66.66
Hardcover. A collection of studies offering an up-to-date analysis of official policies to promote Catalan in a democratic framework in each of the main Spanish regions where it is spoken: Catalonia, Valencia and the Balearic Islands. Editor(s): Strubell, Miquel; Boix-Fuster, Emili. Series: Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1DSEB; 2ADC; CFB; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 208 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230285125
- ISBN
- 9780230285125
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.51
€ 67.51
Hardcover. Focuses on the endangering effects of language-ideological processes. This book looks at the challenges imposed by globalization and super-diversity on the nation state and its language situations and ideologies, and demonstrates how many of its problems rise from the tension between late-modern diversity and the (pre-)modernist responses to it. Editor(s): Blommaert, Jan; Leppanen, Sirpa; Pahta, Paivi; Virkkula, T.; Raisanen, Tiina. Series: Language and Globalization. Num Pages: 343 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFDM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230321410
- ISBN
- 9780230321410
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.33
€ 128.33
Hardcover. Do Irish superheroes actually sound Irish? Why are Gary Larson's Far Side cartoons funny? How do political cartoonists in India, Turkey, and the US get their point across? These questions and many more are answered in this new collection on linguistics and comics, which explores language and how the verbal and the visual interact. Editor(s): Bramlett, Frank. Num Pages: 323 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 220 x 23. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230362826
- ISBN
- 9780230362826
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.31
€ 128.31
Hardcover. Through detailed case studies ranging from the 18th century until today,this book explores the role of foreign languages in military alliances, in occupation and in peace building. It brings together academic researchers and practitioners from the museum and interpreting worlds and the military. Editor(s): Footitt, Hilary; Kelly, Michael. Series: Palgrave Studies in Languages at War. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; GTJ; HBW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230365513
- ISBN
- 9780230365513
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardcover. Emphasising the significance of foreign languages at the centre of war and conflict, this book argues that 'foreignness' and foreign languages are key to our understanding of what happens in war. Through case studies the book traces the role of languages in intelligence, military deployment, soldier/civilian meetings, occupation and peace building. Editor(s): Footitt, Hilary; Kelly, Michael. Series: Palgrave Studies in Languages at War. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230368774
- ISBN
- 9780230368774
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.97
€ 127.97
Hardcover. This volume brings together specialists from a range of disciplines to discuss the discursive construction of ethnic, national and regional identities and analyse how specific identity discourses condition and constrain knowledge and action with regard to various socio-political issues in Europe. Editor(s): Mole, Richard C. M. Series: Language and Globalization. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; CFB; JMS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230517066
- ISBN
- 9780230517066
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.88
€ 66.88
Hardcover. This volume explores the discursive nature of post-1989 social change in Central and Eastern Europe. Through a set of national case studies, the construction of post-communist transformation is explored from the point of view of accelerating and unique dynamics of linguistic and discursive practices. Editor(s): Galasinska, Aleksandra; Krzyzanowski, Michal. Series: Language and Globalization. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DV; CFB; CFG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230521025
- ISBN
- 9780230521025
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.90
€ 66.90
Hardcover. By revisiting globalization using an analysis of metaphors, such as 'global village' and 'network society', this volume sheds new light on overlooked dimensions of global politics, redresses outdated conceptualizations, and provides a critical analysis of existing approaches to the study of globalization. Editor(s): Kormprobst, Markus; Pouliot, Vincent; Shah, Nisha; Zaiotti, Ruben. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; JFFS; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230522268
- ISBN
- 9780230522268
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.09
€ 128.09