Sociolinguistics books

The extraordinary historical consequences of errors and fictional inventions.  Read More >>

A groundbreaking and unique study of the verbal art of women from three Sahelian societies and the way in which...  Read More >>

Addresses the relationship between home language practices & development of bilingual & biliterate abilities among...  Read More >>

This title provides an overview of discourse studies in oral interaction. Its focus is on encounters in the various...  Read More >>

Addresses the relationship between home language practices & development of bilingual & biliterate abilities among...  Read More >>

A Short History of Languages is a history of human speech from prehistory to the present. It charts the rise of...  Read More >>

Conversation is one of those everyday, commonsense abilities that we can all do without thinking. But paradoxically,...  Read More >>

Haru Yamada looks at why and how differences in conversational style create misunderstandings between Americans...  Read More >>

"This text is a supplementary classroom text for use primarily in undergraduate courses in linguistic anthropology,...  Read More >>

"This text is a supplementary classroom text for use primarily in undergraduate courses in linguistic anthropology,...  Read More >>

In ""Communicating"", the anthropologist Ruth Finnegan considers the many and varied modes through which we humans...  Read More >>

The focus of this volume is on how language is used between adults and children. The results is a volume that will...  Read More >>

The focus of this volume is on how language is used between adults and children. The results is a volume that will...  Read More >>

In ""Communicating"", the anthropologist Ruth Finnegan considers the many and varied modes through which we humans...  Read More >>

A study of Roman culture and Latin literature as reflected in the system of address, based on a corpus of 15,441...  Read More >>

Present-day Dialectology does not treat dialectology as an isolated discipline. In addition, it explores the link...  Read More >>

This text traces the history of English language spread from the 18th to the beginning of the 21st century, combining...  Read More >>

This text traces the history of English language spread from the 18th to the beginning of the 21st century, combining...  Read More >>

This collection of previously unpublished, cutting-edge research discusses the conversation analysis (CA) approach...  Read More >>

For decades the superimposition of languages in Algeria has had growing cultural and political consequences. The...  Read More >>

For decades the superimposition of languages in Algeria has had growing cultural and political consequences. The...  Read More >>

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This book provides an extensive history of British television, exploring a range of genres, from breakfast news...  Read More >>

Aimed at A-Level and beginning undergraduate students, ""The Language of Television"" provides an extensive history...  Read More >>

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