Sociolinguistics books

Der vorliegende Band versteht sich als Synthese für ein (primär studentisches) Publikum, das sich mit der Geschichte...  Read More >>

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A collection of 14 studies of language and communicative abilities; identity; and social norms, values, and practices...  Read More >>

Las cinco investigaciones que se incluyen en este libro se relacionan con la variacion lexica y conceptual de diferentes...  Read More >>

A crucial aspect of any discourse is what the writer or speaker thinks about his/her topic - in other words, how...  Read More >>

Der lange dem Duns Scotus zugeschriebene Traktat des Thomas von Erfurt wird hier erstmals in einer deutschen Übersetzung...  Read More >>

A crucial aspect of any discourse is what the writer or speaker thinks about his/her topic - in other words, how...  Read More >>

This influential and widely used book has been extensively revised and includes a new chapter on linguistic discrimination...  Read More >>

This book contributes to the understanding of first-language loss in both immigrant and indigenous communities in...  Read More >>

This influential and widely used book has been extensively revised and includes a new chapter on linguistic discrimination...  Read More >>

This text presents a collection of papers by Takesi Sibata, one of the leading linguists in Japan. The book provides...  Read More >>

Where accounts of the relation between language and mind often rest on the concept of representation, Brandom sets...  Read More >>

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Provides an insight into the oral and written discourse of an extended network of Mexicanos living in Chicago. This...  Read More >>

Laine Berman shows how working-class Javanese women use conversation to construct identity and meaning within the...  Read More >>

This edited volume examines the implications of the phenomenon known as codeswitching, where, in given situations,...  Read More >>

This volume is a compendium of articles on linguistic minorities in Central and Eastern Europe. The book discusses...  Read More >>

Since the 1960s, historical sociolinguistics has established itself as an important subfield of historical linguistics....  Read More >>

In this book, Eco unlocks the riddles of history in an exploration of the ""linguistics of the lunatic,"" stories...  Read More >>

This book examines how language and the construction of gender in modern society interact, with implications for...  Read More >>

Dunbar suggests that humans developed language to serve the purpose that grooming served, but far more efficiently....  Read More >>

This is a collection of scholarship devoted to the language of older children and adolescents. It offers a cross-disciplinary...  Read More >>

This book examines how language and the construction of gender in modern society interact, with implications for...  Read More >>

This text looks at language planning in the USSR, covering the formative period under Lenin and Stalin. Based on...  Read More >>