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Paperback. Multilingual Livingpresents speakers' own accounts of the challenges and advantages of living in several languages at individual, family and societal levels. Individuals note profound differences in their sense of themselves, their relationships and their parenting, depending on which language they use. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFDM; JHBK; JMH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 296.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230554337
- ISBN
- 9780230554337
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€ 122.04
€ 122.04
Paperback. Can discourse analysis techniques adequately deal with complex social phenomena? What does 'interdisciplinarity' mean for theory building and the practise of empirical research? This original volume debates critical theory and discourse analysis, focussing on the extent to which CDA can draw on a range of disciplines in the social sciences. Editor(s): Weiss, Gilbert; Wodak, Ruth. Num Pages: 332 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230555143
- ISBN
- 9780230555143
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€ 96.46
€ 96.46
Paperback. The contributors investigate the workings of language ideologies in relation to other social processes in a globalizing world. They explore in detail the specific ways in which language ideologies underpin language policy and the relationship between public policies and individual practices, with particular attention to Europe. Editor(s): Mar-Molinero, Clare; Stevenson, Patrick. Series: Language and Globalization. Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; JFFS; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 365.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230580084
- ISBN
- 9780230580084
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Condition: New
€ 63.97
€ 63.97
Hardcover. This is an analysis of the promises and contradictions surrounding contemporary minority language policy. It draws on theoretical and real-world perspectives and interviews with key players within European institutions together with field work undertaken principally in Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Basque Country, Catalonia and Canada. Series: Language and Globalization. Num Pages: 355 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 147 x 26. Weight in Grams: 558.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137000835
- ISBN
- 9781137000835
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€ 123.67
€ 123.67
Hardcover. This book synthesizes previous work on thanking, politeness and Japanese pragmatics and crystallises the theoretical underpinnings of thanking, how it is realized linguistically and the social meaning and significance of this aspect of Japanese communication. Num Pages: 228 pages, 2 figures, 7 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 2GJ; CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137009869
- ISBN
- 9781137009869
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€ 64.65
€ 64.65
Hardcover. This second edition reviews the field of business discourse, centring on the investigation of business language and communication as practice. It combines research-based discussions with innovative practical applications and promotes debate and enquiry on a range of competing issues, emerging from business discourse research and teaching practice. Series: Research and Practice in Applied Linguistics. Num Pages: 375 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; KJP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 706.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Second Edition,New Edition,2nd edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137024916
- ISBN
- 9781137024916
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€ 125.13
€ 125.13
Hardcover. Metaphor and Entertainment presents the very first, large-scale exploration of metaphor in Chinese online entertainment news, one of the most vibrant and controversial news genres in contemporary China. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; CFB; CFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 224 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137298034
- ISBN
- 9781137298034
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€ 64.65
€ 64.65
Hardcover. During Germany's occupation of France in WWII, French regional languages became a way for people to assert their local identities. This book offers a detailed historical sociolinguistic analysis of the various language policies applied in France's regions (Brittany, Southern France, Corsica and Alsace) before, during and after WWII. Series: Palgrave Studies in Languages at War. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; CFB; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137300157
- ISBN
- 9781137300157
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Condition: New
€ 63.86
€ 63.86
Hardcover. This book explores dominant ideologies about citizenship, nation, and language that frame the everyday lives of Spanish-speaking immigrant day laborers in Arizona. It examines the value of speaking English in this context and the dynamics of intercultural communication in fast-paced job negotiations. Series: Language and Globalization. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; CFB; CFF; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137301017
- ISBN
- 9781137301017
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Condition: New
€ 123.23
€ 123.23
Hardcover. Why are second language learners in Japan's universities so silent? This book investigates the perplexing but intriguing phenomenon of classroom silence and draws on ideas from psychology, sociolinguistics and anthropology to offer a unique insight into the reasons why some learners are either unable or unwilling to speak in a foreign language. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2AB; CFB; CJA; JNC; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137301475
- ISBN
- 9781137301475
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€ 124.24
€ 124.24
Hardback. This book defines the notion of applied sign linguistics by drawing on data from projects that have explored sign language in action in various domains. The book gives professionals working with sign languages, signed language teachers and students, research students and their supervisors, authoritative access to current ideas and practice. Series: Research and Practice in Applied Linguistics. Num Pages: 354 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFP; CFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 575.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137309754
- ISBN
- 9781137309754
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€ 124.69
€ 124.69
Hardback. Educators and researchers in variety of locations increasingly encounter linguistically and socio-culturally diverse groups of students in their classrooms and lecture halls. This book examines everyday forms of talk and writing in relation to standardised forms and schooling expectations to suggest ways forward in educational discourse. Editor(s): Prinsloo, Mastin; Stroud, Christopher. Series: Palgrave Advances in Language and Linguistics. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFC; CJ; JNFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 425.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137309839
- ISBN
- 9781137309839
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€ 64.25
€ 64.25
Meeting the Language Challenges of NATO Operations: Policy, Practice a...
Jones, Ian W., Askew, Louise
Hardcover. After 40 years of Cold War, NATO found itself intervening in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo and Afghanistan, where the ability to communicate with local people was essential to the success of the missions. This book explains how the Alliance responded to this challenge so as to ensure that the missions did not fail through lack of understanding. Series: Palgrave Studies in Languages at War. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFP; JPSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137312556
- ISBN
- 9781137312556
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Condition: New
€ 64.67
€ 64.67
Hardcover. By analysing the folk stories and personal narratives of a cross-section of Palestinians, Sirhan offers a detailed study of how content and sociolinguistic variables affect a narrator's language use and linguistic behaviour. This book will be of interest to anyone engaged with narrative discourse, gender discourse, Arabic studies and linguistics. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 2CSR; CFB; CFFD; JFHF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 221 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137325754
- ISBN
- 9781137325754
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Condition: New
€ 65.07
€ 65.07
Hardcover. This study considers the use of they and he for generic reference in post-2000 written British English. The analysis is framed by a consideration of language-internal factors, such as syntactic agreement, and language-external factors, which include traditional grammatical prescriptivism and the language reforms resulting from second-wave feminism. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFB; CFK; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 222 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137332721
- ISBN
- 9781137332721
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Condition: New
€ 123.10
€ 123.10
Hardcover. Offering a critique of contemporary wedding discourse, this book marries together analyses of media texts and their reception to propose a new approach to media discourse. The analysis richly illustrates how women are invited to embrace not only the stereotypical idea of bridal femininity but also a consumptive way of experiencing it. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; JFCA; JFD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137333575
- ISBN
- 9781137333575
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Condition: New
€ 64.35
€ 64.35
Hardcover. This book sheds light on the ways in which the on-going Israeli-Arab conflict has shaped Arabic language instruction. Due to its interdisciplinary nature it will be of great interest to academics and researchers in security and middle eastern studies as well as those focused on language and linguistics. Series: Palgrave Studies in Languages at War. Num Pages: 339 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 2CSR; CFB; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 219 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137337368
- ISBN
- 9781137337368
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Condition: New
€ 124.24
€ 124.24
Hardcover. This book reveals how 'double-voicing' is an inherent and routine part of spoken interactions within institutional contexts. Baxter's research shows that women use double-voicing more than men as a means of gaining acceptance and approval in the workplace. Double-voicing thus involves an interplay between power, gender and linguistic expertise. Num Pages: 128 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; KJP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137348524
- ISBN
- 9781137348524
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Condition: New
€ 63.89
€ 63.89
Hardcover. Placed within the context of reception studies, this book investigates how advertisements that rely on re-contextualising shared cultural knowledge are understood by their viewers, and examines their persuasive potential. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; JFDV; KJSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 209 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137350428
- ISBN
- 9781137350428
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Condition: New
€ 64.43
€ 64.43
Hardcover. Chinese Discourse Studies presents an innovative and systematic approach to discourse and communication in contemporary China. Incorporating Chinese philosophy and theory, it offers not only a distinct cultural paradigm in the field, but also a culturally sensitive and effective tool for studying Chinese discourses. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CFB; CFGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137365033
- ISBN
- 9781137365033
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46