Sociolinguistics books

Language, Bureaucracy and Social Control explores the varying inter-relationships between language, forms of bureaucratic...  Read More >>

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This is a detailed study of understanding in a second language, related to the actual lives of minority workers....  Read More >>

This book examines language and identity among White American middle and upper-middle class youth who affiliate...  Read More >>

Sociolinguistics in Scotland presents a comprehensive overview of sociolinguistic research in Scotland and showcases...  Read More >>

This study presents a new perspective on small talk and its crucial role in everyday communication. The new approach...  Read More >>

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This collection brings together for the first time in a single volume many of the major figures in contemporary...  Read More >>

Polish vs. American Courtroom Discourse brings together the fields of discourse analysis and socio-legal studies...  Read More >>

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The concept of ""care"" defines our humanity. Covering topics as diverse as familial care, medical care, artistic...  Read More >>

As Lynn Visson explores in this fascinating book, sometimes simply knowing a language is not enough to ensure good...  Read More >>

This is the first monograph to focus exclusively on the language of Robert Burns. While engaging fully with up-to-date...  Read More >>

Welsh Writing, Political Action and Incarceration  examines the prison literature of certain iconic Welsh authors...  Read More >>

This collection of essays grew out of an international conference on sociolinguistics, the aim of which was to provide...  Read More >>

In compiling this bibliography, the main purpose was to assemble references to published material of a sociolinguistic...  Read More >>

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In acquiring communicative competence, children must learn to speak not only grammatically but also appropriately....  Read More >>

This book is based on a close study of modern drama texts. In the first section – Dialogue – it studies specific...  Read More >>

Despite a vast amount of study, literacy is still a very confused topic, which requires the integration of findings...  Read More >>

This book presents a framework for the linguistic analysis of speech and a computer program to process the results...  Read More >>

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the International Workshop on Multimodal...  Read More >>

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