Sociolinguistics books

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Language and Gender in the Fairy Tale Tradition: A Linguistic Analysis of Old and New Story-Telling

Language and Gender in the Fairy Tale Tradition: A Linguistic...

Author: Alessandra Levorato
ISBN: 9781349510405
Format: Paperback
$232.85

"The language and linguistic organization of a dozen versions, old and new, of the ""Little Red Riding Hood"" story...  Read More >>

Convict Words: Language In Early Colonial Australia

Convict Words: Language In Early Colonial Australia...

Author: Laugesen
ISBN: 9780195516555
Format: Paperback
$59.95

This book explores the language of the Australian convict era, taking the form of a dictionary with supporting quotations...  Read More >>

Language in Cape Town's District Six

Language in Cape Town's District Six

Author: Kay McCormick
ISBN: 9780198235545
Format: Hardback
$220.00

This is a study of the vernacular speech of a mixed-race community in Cape Town. The author argues that historical...  Read More >>

The Legacy of Colonial English: Transported Dialects

The Legacy of Colonial English: Transported Dialects...

Author: Raymond Hickey (Universitat Essen)
ISBN: 9780521791083
Format: Hardback
$158.27

This book explores the role that British dialects have played in the genesis and subsequent history of extraterritorial...  Read More >>

Languages in America: A Pluralist View. Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, Volume 42.

Languages in America: A Pluralist View. Bilingual Education...

Author: Susan J Dicker
ISBN: 9786610828227
Format: Electronic book text
$551.23

This text tackles the controversial language issues facing an increasingly diverse nation. Highlighting the roles...  Read More >>

Unexpected Voices: Theory, Practice and Identity in the Writing Classroom

Unexpected Voices: Theory, Practice and Identity in...

Author: John Rouse ,  Edward Katz
ISBN: 9781572734524
Format: Paperback
$42.90

This work takes up issues of concern in composition studies, sociolinguistics, and ESL - issues concerning academic...  Read More >>

Men Talk: Stories in the Making of Masculinities

Men Talk: Stories in the Making of Masculinities

Author: Jennifer Coates (University of Roehampton, Surrey)
ISBN: 9780631220466
Format: Paperback
$84.95

""Men Talk"" draws on rich conversational material from a wide range of contexts to illuminate our understanding...  Read More >>

Black Linguistics: Language, Society and Politics in Africa and the Americas

Black Linguistics: Language, Society and Politics in...

Author: Arnetha Ball ,  Sinfree Makoni
ISBN: 9780415261388
Format: Paperback
$83.99

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An Introduction to Contact Linguistics

An Introduction to Contact Linguistics

Author: Donald Winford (Ohio State University)
ISBN: 9780631212508
Format: Hardback
$253.95

A comprehensive introduction to the study of language contact and its outcomes, as well as the social and linguistic...  Read More >>

The Scandal of the Speaking Body: Don Juan with J. L. Austin, or Seduction in Two Languages

The Scandal of the Speaking Body: Don Juan with J. L....

Author: Shoshana Felman ,  Stanley Cavell
ISBN: 9780804744539
Format: Paperback
$34.95

Imagining an encounter between Moliere's Don Juan and Austin, this bold yet subtle meditation contemplates the...  Read More >>

Black Linguistics: Language, Society and Politics in Africa and the Americas

Black Linguistics: Language, Society and Politics in...

Author: Arnetha Ball ,  Sinfree Makoni
ISBN: 9780415261371
Format: Hardback
$305.00

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The Scandal of the Speaking Body: Don Juan with J. L. Austin, or Seduction in Two Languages

The Scandal of the Speaking Body: Don Juan with J. L....

Author: Shoshana Felman ,  Stanley Cavell
ISBN: 9780804744522
Format: Hardback
$80.95

Imagining an encounter between Moliere's Don Juan and Austin, this bold yet subtle meditation contemplates the...  Read More >>

Critical Discourse Analysis: Theory and Interdisciplinarity

Critical Discourse Analysis: Theory and Interdisciplinarity...

Author: G. Weiss ,  R. Wodak
ISBN: 9780333970232
Format: Hardback
$343.20

Can discourse analysis techniques adequately deal with complex social phenomena? This volume provides a debate on...  Read More >>

Linguistic Conflict and Language Laws: Understanding the Quebec Question

Linguistic Conflict and Language Laws: Understanding...

Author: P. Larrivée
ISBN: 9780333968994
Format: Hardback
$116.41

This analysis of the Quebec language issue exposes the material and symbolic causes of these legislative measures...  Read More >>

Language Policies in Higher Education: Invititation to a Debate

Language Policies in Higher Education: Invititation...

Author: Council of Europe ,  Sjur Bergan
ISBN: 9789287150318
Format: Paperback
$31.68

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A Geopolitics Of Academic Writing

A Geopolitics Of Academic Writing

Author: A. Suresh Canagarajah
ISBN: 9780822957942
Format: Paperback
$73.79

Offers a critique of current scholarly publishing practices, exposing the inequalities in the way academic knowledge...  Read More >>

Language and German Disunity: A Sociolinguistic History of East and West in Germany, 1945-2000

Language and German Disunity: A Sociolinguistic History...

Author: Patrick Stevenson (, University of Southampton)
ISBN: 9780198299707
Format: Paperback
$139.95

This book explores the much contested concept of Germanness from a contemporary sociolinguistic perspective, tracing...  Read More >>

Mothers, Warriors, Guardians of the Soul: Female Discourse in National Socialism 1924 - 1934

Mothers, Warriors, Guardians of the Soul: Female Discourse...

Author: Geraldine Theresa Horan
ISBN: 9783110172324
Format: Hardback
$403.92

This study shows that women involved in National Socialism in the years 1924 - 1934 developed and shaped a recognizable...  Read More >>

Language and German Disunity: A Sociolinguistic History of East and West in Germany, 1945-2000

Language and German Disunity: A Sociolinguistic History...

Author: Patrick Stevenson (, University of Southampton)
ISBN: 9780198299691
Format: Hardback
$419.00

This book explores the concept of Germanness from a contemporary sociolinguistic perspective, tracing continuities...  Read More >>

Contributions Toward a History of Arabico-Gothic Culture (Vol 2)

Contributions Toward a History of Arabico-Gothic Culture...

Author: Leo Wiener
ISBN: 9781931956963
Format: Paperback
$100.32

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