Sociolinguistics books

Linguists, applied linguists and language teachers all appeal to the native speaker as an important reference point....  Read More >>

Explores how social contexts affect language use, based around the skills specified in the assessment objectives...  Read More >>

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Explores how social contexts affect language use, based around the skills specified in the assessment objectives...  Read More >>

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Brings together scholars in the fields of language acquisition and language socialisation to describe language development...  Read More >>

Reports a major study on extending the current definitions of 'gifted' and 'talented' by examining the experiences...  Read More >>

The struggle to achieve an education system which would offer genuinely equal opportunities to children from all...  Read More >>

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This text brings together scholars from a wide variety of linguistic orientations to describe language development...  Read More >>

Examines and reviews the ecological context of language planning in 14 countries in the Pacific basin such as: Japan,...  Read More >>

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Provides a variety of theoretical and analytical perspectives on misunderstanding within different types of spoken...  Read More >>

'Exile' means a prolonged, usually enforced absence from one's home or country. There is no paradigm for an exilic...  Read More >>

This book investigates the contact between Arawak and Tucanoan languages spoken in the Vaupes river basin in northwest...  Read More >>

* Offers a collection of classic articles that helped to define the field of sociolinguistics paired with more contemporary...  Read More >>

An introduction to the fascinating interface between language and the law. Examining the nature of legal language,...  Read More >>

* Provides an integrated and fully theorized understanding of language and law issues. * Contains many helpful...  Read More >>

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The Handbook of Language and Gender is a collection of articles written by leading specialists in the field that...  Read More >>

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This work provides an introduction to a range of ways of analysing language in context. It is accessible in that...  Read More >>