Sociolinguistics books

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English Core Linguistics: Essays in Honour of D. J. Allerton

English Core Linguistics: Essays in Honour of D. J....

Author: Cornelia Tschichold
ISBN: 9783906770987
Format: Paperback
$195.36

This volume unites nineteen papers on core topics in linguistics: phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax, and...  Read More >>

The Indo-Aryan Languages

The Indo-Aryan Languages

Author: George Cardona ,  Dhanesh K. Jain
ISBN: 9780700711307
Format: Hardback
$735.00

Part of a series designed as a reference for a particular linguistic community and for linguists working on typology...  Read More >>

Ethnolinguistic Chicago: Language and Literacy in the City's Neighborhoods

Ethnolinguistic Chicago: Language and Literacy in the...

Author: Marcia Farr
ISBN: 9780805843460
Format: Paperback
$120.00

This book, together with Latino Language and Literacy in Ethnolinguistic Chicago, documents how the future in a...  Read More >>

The Indonesian Language: Its History and Role in Modern Society

The Indonesian Language: Its History and Role in Modern...

Author: James N. Sneddon
ISBN: 9780868405988
Format: Paperback
$118.67

This title is a historical, social, cultural and linguistic study of Indonesian culture. It traces the origins and...  Read More >>

Ethnolinguistic Chicago: Language and Literacy in the City's Neighborhoods

Ethnolinguistic Chicago: Language and Literacy in the...

Author: Marcia Farr
ISBN: 9780805843453
Format: Hardback
$273.00

This book, together with Latino Language and Literacy in Ethnolinguistic Chicago, documents how the future in a...  Read More >>

Standard English and the Politics of Language

Standard English and the Politics of Language

Author: T. Crowley
ISBN: 9780333990353
Format: Hardback
$369.60

This second edition of Tony Crowley's historical analysis and account of the complex and sometimes polarised arguments...  Read More >>

Investigating Language Attitudes: Social Meanings of Dialect, Ethnicity and Performance

Investigating Language Attitudes: Social Meanings of...

Author: Peter Garrett ,  Nikolas Coupland
ISBN: 9780708318034
Format: Hardback
$211.07

Utilizing research conducted by the authors throughout the 1990s, this text provides a consolidated report of a...  Read More >>

Language and Power in the Modern World

Language and Power in the Modern World

Author: Mary Talbot ,  Karen Atkinson
ISBN: 9780817350697
Format: Paperback
$94.38

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Narrative Gravity: Conversation, Cognition, Culture

Narrative Gravity: Conversation, Cognition, Culture...

Author: Rukmini Bhaya Nair
ISBN: 9780415307352
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This text explores the anti-foundationalist, anti-essentialist idea that our stories make us up, rather than we...  Read More >>

Standard English and the Politics of Language

Standard English and the Politics of Language

Author: T. Crowley
ISBN: 9780333990360
Format: Paperback
$290.37

The status of 'Standard English' has featured in linguistic, educational and cultural debates over decades. This...  Read More >>

Language and Power in the Modern World

Language and Power in the Modern World

Author: Mary Talbot ,  Karen Atkinson
ISBN: 9780817313845
Format: Hardback
$198.00

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Speaking in Soviet Tongues: Language Culture and the Politics of Voice in Revolutionary Russia

Speaking in Soviet Tongues: Language Culture and the...

Author: Michael S. Gorham
ISBN: 9780875803135
Format: Hardback
$105.60

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Language, Agency, and Politics in a Constructed World

Language, Agency, and Politics in a Constructed World...

Author: Francois Debrix
ISBN: 9780765610829
Format: Paperback
$96.99

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Language, Agency, and Politics in a Constructed World

Language, Agency, and Politics in a Constructed World...

Author: Francois Debrix
ISBN: 9780765610812
Format: Hardback
$305.00

The contributors to this volume examine the critical linguistic/discursive techniques of postmodernists and constructivists,...  Read More >>

Language Rights and Political Theory

Language Rights and Political Theory

Author: Will Kymlicka (, Queen's National Scholar, Department of Philosophy, Queen's University) ,  Alan Patten (, Associate Professor of Political Science, McGill University)
ISBN: 9780199262915
Format: Paperback
$135.95

This volume provides an overview of the emerging debates over the role of language rights and linguistic diversity...  Read More >>

Language Rights and Political Theory

Language Rights and Political Theory

Author: Will Kymlicka (, Queen's National Scholar, Department of Philosophy, Queen's University) ,  Alan Patten (, Associate Professor of Political Science, McGill University)
ISBN: 9780199262908
Format: Hardback
$313.00

This volume provides an up-to-date overview of the emerging debates over the role of language rights and linguistic...  Read More >>

New Media Language

New Media Language

Author: Jean Aitchison ,  Diana Lewis
ISBN: 9780415283045
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This volume brings leading media figures and scholars together to debate the shifting relations between the media...  Read More >>

Ideology and Image: Britain and Language

Ideology and Image: Britain and Language

Author: Dennis E Ager
ISBN: 9781853596599
Format: Paperback
$97.55

This text describes and evaluates recent language planning and policy in the British Isles. Issues such as minority...  Read More >>

A Glossary of Sociolinguistics

A Glossary of Sociolinguistics

Author: Peter Trudgill (University of Fribourg)
ISBN: 9780195219432
Format: Paperback
$65.87

This alphabetic guide introduces popular terms used in the study of language and society. Clearly written by a leading...  Read More >>

Sentimental Education in Chinese History: An Interdisciplinary Textual Research on Ming and Qing Sources

Sentimental Education in Chinese History: An Interdisciplinary...

Author: Paolo Santangelo
ISBN: 9789004123601
Format: Hardback
$731.28

A pionering inquiry on the role, perception and representation of emotional sphere in traditional Chinese culture...  Read More >>

Negotiating Moves: Problem Presentation and Resolution in Japanese Business Discourse

Negotiating Moves: Problem Presentation and Resolution...

Author: Lindsay Amthor Yotsukura (University of Maryland, College Park, USA)
ISBN: 9780080441658
Format: Hardback
$268.95

This study of Japanese business discourse adopts Bakhtin's notion of speech genres as an heuristic, to analyze groups...  Read More >>

Isolation and Language Change: Contemporary and Sociohistorical Evidence From Tristan da Cunha English

Isolation and Language Change: Contemporary and Sociohistorical...

Author: D. Schreier
ISBN: 9781403904072
Format: Hardback
$182.00

This book presents findings of the first-ever ethnographic fieldwork on the most remote island in the world with...  Read More >>

Necessity of Artspeak: The Language of Arts in the Western Tradition

Necessity of Artspeak: The Language of Arts in the Western...

Author: Roy Harris, Jr.
ISBN: 9780826460790
Format: Paperback
$180.00

Are contemporary art theorists and critics speaking a language that has lost its meaning? This book takes a linguistic...  Read More >>

The Default Country: a Lexical Cartography of 20th Century Australia

The Default Country: a Lexical Cartography of 20th Century...

Author: Jm Arthur
ISBN: 9780868405421
Format: Paperback
$94.91

How does language affect people's response to the land they love? J.M. Arthur makes """"word maps"""" of Australia,...  Read More >>

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