Sociolinguistics books

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Language and History in Adorno's Notes to Literature

Language and History in Adorno's Notes to Literature...

Author: Ulrich Plass (Wesleyan University, USA)
ISBN: 9780415535908
Format: Paperback
$116.00

Plass argues that Adorno’s essays on literature are of prime importance for an understanding of his aesthetics because...  Read More >>

Linguistics and the Study of Comics

Linguistics and the Study of Comics

Author: Frank Bramlett
ISBN: 9780230362826
Format: Hardback
$290.37

The book argues that comics tell us a great deal about the sociocultural realities of language, exploring what...  Read More >>

Literacy Development and Enhancement Across Orthographies and Cultures

Literacy Development and Enhancement Across Orthographies...

Author: Dorit Aram ,  Ofra Korat
ISBN: 9781461425342
Format: Paperback
$290.37

This book reviews international studies of the role of literacy in child development. It also covers how children...  Read More >>

The Sexual Life of English: Languages of Caste and Desire in Colonial India

The Sexual Life of English: Languages of Caste and Desire...

Author: Shefali Chandra
ISBN: 9780822352273
Format: Paperback
$41.95

Chandra explores how English became an Indian language during the colonial period of 1850-1930. Using archival and...  Read More >>

The Sociolinguistics of Language Education in International Contexts

The Sociolinguistics of Language Education in International...

Author: Edith Esch ,  Martin Solly
ISBN: 9783034310093
Format: Paperback
$176.99

In many parts of the world the language education scenario is increasingly dynamic, as demographic, economic and...  Read More >>

Listening Up, Writing Down, and Looking Beyond: Interfaces of the Oral, Written, and Visual

Listening Up, Writing Down, and Looking Beyond: Interfaces...

Author: Susan Gingell ,  Wendy Roy
ISBN: 9781554583645
Format: Hardback
$159.50

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The Languages of Global Hip Hop

The Languages of Global Hip Hop

Author: Marina Terkourafi
ISBN: 9781441140265
Format: Paperback
$76.99

Looks at linguistic, cultural and economic aspects of hip-hop in parallel using various frameworks of analysis....  Read More >>

Languages at War: Policies and Practices of Language Contacts in Conflict

Languages at War: Policies and Practices of Language...

Author: H. Footitt ,  M. Kelly
ISBN: 9780230368774
Format: Hardback
$290.37

Emphasising the significance of foreign languages at the centre of war and conflict, this book argues that 'foreignness'...  Read More >>

New Perspectives on Narrative and Multimodality

New Perspectives on Narrative and Multimodality

Author: Ruth Page (University of Leicester, UK)
ISBN: 9780415516563
Format: Paperback
$118.00

Investigates the diverse but integrated semiotic potential of storytelling. This collection provides an analysis...  Read More >>

Language and Society

Language and Society

Author: William Downes (University of East Anglia)
ISBN: 9781139163781
Format: Undefined
$1372.80

In this clear and reliable introduction to the field of sociolinguistics, Downes discusses the relationships between...  Read More >>

Language and the Internet

Language and the Internet

Author: David Crystal
ISBN: 9781139164771
Format: Undefined
$620.40

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Modern Chinese: History and Sociolinguistics

Modern Chinese: History and Sociolinguistics

Author: Ping Chen (University of Queensland)
ISBN: 9781139164375
Format: Undefined
$1372.80

The Chinese language has undergone drastic changes over the past century. This book presents a comprehensive account...  Read More >>

Sociolinguistics

Sociolinguistics

Author: R. A. Hudson (Emeritus Professor, University College London)
ISBN: 9781139166843
Format: Undefined
$1372.80

This new edition of Richard Hudson's Sociolinguistics reflects changes since the first publication in 1980 by including...  Read More >>

Linguistic Anthropology

Linguistic Anthropology

Author: Alessandro Duranti (University of California, Los Angeles)
ISBN: 9780511810190
Format: Undefined
$1372.80

Alessandro Duranti introduces linguistic anthropology as an interdisciplinary field which studies language as a...  Read More >>

Sociolinguistics: The Study of Speakers' Choices

Sociolinguistics: The Study of Speakers' Choices

Author: Florian Coulmas (German Institute for Japanese Studies, Tokyo)
ISBN: 9780511815522
Format: Undefined
$1372.80

This accessible new textbook provides a clear introduction to sociolinguistics, the study of the social factors...  Read More >>

Language in the USA: Themes for the Twenty-first Century

Language in the USA: Themes for the Twenty-first Century...

Author: Edward Finegan (University of Southern California) ,  John R. Rickford (Stanford University, California)
ISBN: 9780511809880
Format: Undefined
$1372.80

This textbook provides a comprehensive survey of current language issues in the USA, exploring the nature of language...  Read More >>

African American English: A Linguistic Introduction

African American English: A Linguistic Introduction...

Author: Lisa J. Green (University of Texas, Austin)
ISBN: 9780511800306
Format: Undefined
$1372.80

This authoritative introduction to African American English (AAE) is the first textbook to look at the grammar as...  Read More >>

Exploring the German Language

Exploring the German Language

Author: Sally Johnson (University of Leeds) ,  Natalie Braber (Nottingham Trent University)
ISBN: 9780511806490
Format: Undefined
$1372.80

This fully revised and updated edition provides a systematic introduction to the German language, including its...  Read More >>

Language Management

Language Management

Author: Bernard Spolsky (Bar-Ilan University, Israel)
ISBN: 9780511626470
Format: Undefined
$620.40

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Language Contact

Language Contact

Author: Yaron Matras (Professor in Linguistics, University of Manchester)
ISBN: 9780511809873
Format: Undefined
$1372.80

'Language contact' occurs when speakers of different languages interact and their languages influence each other....  Read More >>

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