Sociolinguistics books

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The Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures

The Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures

Author: Susanne Maria Michaelis (, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology) ,  Philippe Maurer
ISBN: 9780199691395
Format: Hardback
$687.95

The Atlas presents commentaries and colour maps showing how 130 linguistic features - phonological, syntactic, morphological,...  Read More >>

The Survey of Pidgin and Creole Languages: Volume 3: Contact Languages Based on Languages from Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas

The Survey of Pidgin and Creole Languages: Volume 3:...

Author: Susanne Maria Michaelis (, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology) ,  Philippe Maurer
ISBN: 9780199691425
Format: Hardback
$323.95

The Atlas and three-volume Survey present by far the most comprehensive source of reference ever published on the...  Read More >>

The Oxford Handbook of Arabic Linguistics

The Oxford Handbook of Arabic Linguistics

Author: Jonathan Owens (Professor of Arabic Linguistics, Professor of Arabic Linguistics, University of Bayreuth)
ISBN: 9780199764136
Format: Hardback
$541.20

Gives critical expression to a language which covers large populations and geographical areas, has a long written...  Read More >>

Language, Action, Interaction

Language, Action, Interaction

Author: Janusz Badio ,  Kamila Ciepiela
ISBN: 9783631644287
Format: Hardback
$98.71

The main topic of this volume is human interaction. It is approached from two complementary perspectives: the intrapersonal...  Read More >>

Wisconsin Talk: Linguistic Diversity in the Badger State

Wisconsin Talk: Linguistic Diversity in the Badger State...

Author: Thomas Purnell ,  Eric Raimy
ISBN: 9780299293345
Format: Paperback
$45.10

Wisconsin is one of the most linguistically rich places in North America. An engaging survey for both general readers...  Read More >>

Indigenous Youth and Multilingualism: Language Identity, Ideology, and Practice in Dynamic Cultural Worlds

Indigenous Youth and Multilingualism: Language Identity,...

Author: Leisy T. Wyman (University of Arizona, USA) ,  Teresa L. McCarty (University of California-Los Angeles, USA)
ISBN: 9780415522434
Format: Paperback
$105.00

Bridging the fields of youth studies and language planning and policy, this book looks at Indigenous youth in multiple...  Read More >>

Indigenous Youth and Multilingualism: Language Identity, Ideology, and Practice in Dynamic Cultural Worlds

Indigenous Youth and Multilingualism: Language Identity,...

Author: Leisy T. Wyman (University of Arizona, USA) ,  Teresa L. McCarty (University of California-Los Angeles, USA)
ISBN: 9780415522427
Format: Hardback
$305.00

Bridging the fields of youth studies and language planning and policy, this book looks at Indigenous youth in multiple...  Read More >>

Contact Languages: Ecology and Evolution in Asia

Contact Languages: Ecology and Evolution in Asia

Author: Umberto Ansaldo (The University of Hong Kong)
ISBN: 9780521682534
Format: Paperback
$82.80

This book explores the social and structural dynamics underlying the creation of new, or restructured, grammars,...  Read More >>

Ethnography, Superdiversity and Linguistic Landscapes: Chronicles of Complexity

Ethnography, Superdiversity and Linguistic Landscapes:...

Author: Jan Blommaert
ISBN: 9781783090396
Format: Paperback
$51.62

Superdiversity has rendered places, groups and practices complex and the usual tools of analysis need rethinking....  Read More >>

Onomastics in Contemporary Public Space

Onomastics in Contemporary Public Space

Author: Oliviu Felecan ,  Alina Bughesiu
ISBN: 9781443847650
Format: Hardback
$314.03

Onomastics in Contemporary Public Space aims at analysing names and name-giving from an intercultural perspective,...  Read More >>

Ethnography, Superdiversity and Linguistic Landscapes: Chronicles of Complexity

Ethnography, Superdiversity and Linguistic Landscapes:...

Author: Jan Blommaert
ISBN: 9781783090402
Format: Hardback
$316.67

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Religious Language

Religious Language

Author: M. Scott
ISBN: 9781137033192
Format: Hardback
$316.77

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Dictionary of Jargon (Routledge Revivals)

Dictionary of Jargon (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Jonathon Green
ISBN: 9780415732758
Format: Hardback
$609.00

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Newspeak (Routledge Revivals): A Dictionary of Jargon

Newspeak (Routledge Revivals): A Dictionary of Jargon...

Author: Jonathon Green
ISBN: 9780415732710
Format: Hardback
$326.00

George Orwell coined the term ‘Newspeak’ for his novel 1984, the purpose of which was designed to shrink vocabularies...  Read More >>

Rule-extension Strategies in Ancient India: Ritual, Exegetical and Linguistic Considerations on the ""tantra""- and ""prasaṅga""-Principles

Rule-extension Strategies in Ancient India: Ritual,...

Author: Elisa Freschi ,  Tiziana Pontillo
ISBN: 9783631628720
Format: Hardback
$112.30

This study focuses on the devices implemented in Classical Indian texts on ritual and language in order to develop...  Read More >>

Sociolinguistics: The Study of Speakers' Choices

Sociolinguistics: The Study of Speakers' Choices

Author: Florian Coulmas
ISBN: 9781107675568
Format: Paperback
$98.32

Why do we speak the way we do? What social factors influence our choices of expression? This best-selling introduction...  Read More >>

Exploring Linguistic Standards in Non-Dominant Varieties of Pluricentric Languages- Explorando estándares lingueísticos en variedades no dominantes de lenguas pluricéntricas

Exploring Linguistic Standards in Non-Dominant Varieties...

Author: Rudolf Muhr ,  Rudolf Muhr
ISBN: 9783631625835
Format: Hardback
$197.30

Presents an exploration of linguistic standards in non-dominant varieties and the discovery of the ways in which...  Read More >>

Sociolinguistics: The Study of Speakers' Choices

Sociolinguistics: The Study of Speakers' Choices

Author: Florian Coulmas
ISBN: 9781107037649
Format: Hardback
$201.83

Why do we speak the way we do? What social factors influence our choices of expression? This best-selling introduction...  Read More >>

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