Sociolinguistics books

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Codes and Consequences: Choosing Linguistic Varieties

Codes and Consequences: Choosing Linguistic Varieties...

Author: Carol Myers-Scotton (Director, Linguistics Programs, Director, Linguistics Programs, University of South Carolina)
ISBN: 9780195115222
Format: Hardback
$345.00

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

St. Kitts and the Atlantic Creoles

St. Kitts and the Atlantic Creoles

Author: Philip Baker ,  Adrienne Bruyn
ISBN: 9781859190883
Format: Paperback
$51.75

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English and the Discourses of Colonialism

English and the Discourses of Colonialism

Author: Alastair Pennycook
ISBN: 9780415178488
Format: Paperback
$103.00

Is the English language neutral, global and open to everyone? By examining colonial language policies in India,...  Read More >>

Language Wars and Linguistic Politics

Language Wars and Linguistic Politics

Author: Calvet ,  Michel Petheram
ISBN: 9780198700210
Format: Paperback
$97.95

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English and the Discourses of Colonialism

English and the Discourses of Colonialism

Author: Alastair Pennycook
ISBN: 9780415178471
Format: Hardback
$305.00

By examining colonial language policies in India, Malaysia and Hong Kong, this book shows how various policies emerged...  Read More >>

Materials for the Study of the Ainu Language and Folklore (Cracow 1912)

Materials for the Study of the Ainu Language and Folklore...

Author: Alfred F. Majewicz ,  Bronislaw Pilsudski
ISBN: 9783110161182
Format: Hardback
$1182.72

Volume 2,Materials for the Study of Ainu Language and Folklore, contains a reprint of the classic 1912 Cracow edition...  Read More >>

The Aborigines of Sakhalin

The Aborigines of Sakhalin

Author: Werner Winter ,  Richard A. Rhodes
ISBN: 9783110109283
Format: Hardback
$1095.60

Volume 1, The Aborigines of Sakhalin, contains translations into English of the Polish, Russian and Japanese material...  Read More >>

Communicating Effectively with the Chinese

Communicating Effectively with the Chinese

Author: Ge Gao ,  Stella Ting-Toomey
ISBN: 9780803970038
Format: Paperback
$316.00

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Communicating Effectively with the Chinese

Communicating Effectively with the Chinese

Author: Ge Gao ,  Stella Ting-Toomey
ISBN: 9780803970021
Format: Hardback
$438.00

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Indian Traffic: Identities in Question in Colonial and Postcolonial India

Indian Traffic: Identities in Question in Colonial and...

Author: Parama Roy
ISBN: 9780520204874
Format: Paperback
$52.95

Explores the ways in which questions of originality and impersonation function, not just for westernized subjects,...  Read More >>

A Linguistic Anthropology of Praxis and Language Shift: Arvanitika (Albanian) and Greek in Contact

A Linguistic Anthropology of Praxis and Language Shift:...

Author: Lukas D. Tsitsipis (Professor of Anthropology and Linguistics, Professor of Anthropology and Linguistics, The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)
ISBN: 9780198237310
Format: Hardback
$301.95

In the OXFORD STUDIES IN LANGUAGE CONTACT series, this book explores a case of linguistic shift in the Balkans....  Read More >>

Voice of Deliverance: The Language of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Its Sources

Voice of Deliverance: The Language of Martin Luther...

Author: Keith D. Miller
ISBN: 9780820320137
Format: Paperback
$60.59

Miller argues that King's skillful borrowing and blending of the black oral and white written traditions was in...  Read More >>

Middle English Dictionary: U.4

Middle English Dictionary: U.4

Author: Robert E. Lewis
ISBN: 9780472012244
Format: Paperback
$92.40

The most important modern reference work for Middle English studies  Read More >>

Pinky Extension and Eye Gaze: Language Use in Deaf Communities

Pinky Extension and Eye Gaze: Language Use in Deaf Communities...

Author: Ceil Lucas
ISBN: 9781563680700
Format: Hardback
$178.20

The Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities Series continues its detailed exploration of language dynamics among deaf...  Read More >>

Identities in Talk

Identities in Talk

Author: Charles Antaki ,  Susan Widdicombe
ISBN: 9780761950608
Format: Hardback
$455.00

The book identifies how a person can be ascribed to a category, and the ways in which many people are able to create...  Read More >>

Harvey Sacks: Social Science and Conversation Analysis

Harvey Sacks: Social Science and Conversation Analysis...

Author: David Silverman (Goldsmith's College, London)
ISBN: 9780745617114
Format: Paperback
$36.95

Provides an introduction to Sack's work and reassesses its value for sociology, linguistics, anthropology and psychology....  Read More >>

Harvey Sacks: Social Science and Conversation Analysis

Harvey Sacks: Social Science and Conversation Analysis...

Author: David Silverman (Goldsmith's College, London)
ISBN: 9780745617107
Format: Hardback
$113.95

Provides an introduction to Sack's work and reassesses its value for sociology, linguistics, anthropology and psychology....  Read More >>

Oils Language & Culture

Oils Language & Culture

Author: Claire J. Kramsch ,  H. G. Widdowson
ISBN: 9780194372145
Format: Paperback
$61.06

Recent social and political changes have focused attention on the debate about the relationship between language...  Read More >>

Untying the Tongue: Gender, Power, and the Word

Untying the Tongue: Gender, Power, and the Word

Author: Linda Longmire ,  Lisa Merrill
ISBN: 9780313306860
Format: Hardback
$140.00

While some contributors provide primarily descriptive examinations of presumed gender differences, others seek to...  Read More >>

Identities in Talk

Identities in Talk

Author: Charles Antaki ,  Susan Widdicombe
ISBN: 9780761950615
Format: Paperback
$147.00

The book identifies how a person can be ascribed to a category, and the ways in which many people are able to create...  Read More >>

Debating Diversity: Analysing the Discourse of Tolerance

Debating Diversity: Analysing the Discourse of Tolerance...

Author: Jan Blommaert ,  Jef Verschueren
ISBN: 9780415191388
Format: Paperback
$105.00

An analysis on the rhetoric of the 'tolerant majority' those who view themselves as being open to a diverse society;...  Read More >>

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