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  • Stance

    Sociolinguistic Perspectives

    by Alexandra Jaffe ...
    Series series Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics
    All communication involves acts of stance, in which speakers take up positions vis-à-vis the expressive, referential, interactional and social implications of their speech. This book brings together contributions in a new and dynamic current of academic explorations of stancetaking as a sociolinguistic phenomenon. Drawing on data from such diverse contexts as advertising, tourism, historical texts ... Read more

    $46.79 USD

  • Sociolinguistics from the Periphery

    Small Languages in New Circumstances

    by Sari Pietikäinen, Alexandra Jaffe, Helen Kelly-Holmes, Nikolas Coupland ...
    This leading team of scholars presents a fascinating book about change: shifting political, economic and cultural conditions; ephemeral, sometimes even seasonal, multilingualism; and altered imaginaries for minority and indigenous languages and their users. The authors refer to this network of interlinked changes as the new conditions surrounding small languages (Sámi, Corsican, Irish and Welsh) ... Read more

    $118.89 USD

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  • Women Talk More Than Men

    ... And Other Myths about Language Explained

    by Abby Kaplan ...
    Do women talk more than men? Does text messaging make you stupid? Can chimpanzees really talk to us? This fascinating textbook addresses a wide range of language myths, focusing on important big-picture issues such as the rule-governed nature of language or the influence of social factors on how we speak. Case studies and analysis of relevant experiments teach readers the skills to become informed ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • Impoliteness

    Using Language to Cause Offence

    by Jonathan Culpeper ...
    Series Book 28 - Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics
    When is language considered 'impolite'? Is impolite language only used for anti-social purposes? Can impolite language be creative? What is the difference between 'impoliteness' and 'rudeness'? Grounded in naturally-occurring language data and drawing on findings from linguistic pragmatics and social psychology, Jonathan Culpeper provides a fascinating account of how impolite behaviour works. He ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • White Kids

    Language, Race, and Styles of Youth Identity

    by Mary Bucholtz ...
    In White Kids, Mary Bucholtz investigates how white teenagers use language to display identities based on race and youth culture. Focusing on three youth styles - preppies, hip hop fans, and nerds - Bucholtz shows how white youth use a wealth of linguistic resources, from social labels to slang, from Valley Girl speech to African American English, to position themselves in the school's racialized ... Read more

    $49.19 USD

  • For the Love of Language

    An Introduction to Linguistics

    by Kate Burridge, Tonya N. Stebbins ...
    For the Love of Language: An Introduction to Linguistics is an engaging introduction to human language and the role of linguistics in understanding its fundamental design, acquisition and functions. Replete with case studies and examples from Australia, New Zealand and around the world, this text offers a thorough introduction to core topics, including the structure and meaning of words, the ... Read more

    $85.29 USD

  • English in Japan in the Era of Globalization

    Edited by P. Seargeant ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    Leading scholars in the field examine the role played by the English language in contemporary Japanese society. Their various chapters cover the nature, status, and function of English in Japan, focusing on the ways in which globalization is influencing language practices in the country. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Attitudes to Endangered Languages

    Identities and Policies

    by Julia Sallabank ...
    Language attitudes and ideologies are of key importance in assessing the chances of success of revitalisation efforts for endangered languages. However, few book-length studies relate attitudes to language policies, or address the changing attitudes of non-speakers and the motivations of members of language movements. Through a combination of ethnographic research and quantitative surveys, this ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Remix Multilingualism

    Hip Hop, Ethnography and Performing Marginalized Voices

    by Dr Quentin Williams ...
    Series series Advances in Sociolinguistics
    "Remixing multilingualism" is conceptualised in this book as engaging in the linguistic act of using, combining and manipulating multilingual forms. It is about creating new ways of 'doing' multilingualism through cultural acts and identities and involving a process that invokes bricolage. This book is an ethnographic study of multilingual remixing achieved by highly multilingual participants in ... Read more

    $38.89 USD

  • The Social Psychology of English as a Global Language

    Attitudes, Awareness and Identity in the Japanese Context

    by Robert M. McKenzie ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This ground-breaking work is a detailed account of an innovative and in-depth study of the attitudes of in excess of 500 Japanese learners towards a number of standard and non-standard as well as native and non-native varieties of English speech. The research conducted refines the investigation of learner attitudes by employing a range of pioneering techniques of attitude measurement. These ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • The Language of Branding

    Theory, Strategies, and Tactics

    by Dawn Lerman, Robert J. Morais, David Luna ...
    The Language of Branding: Theory, Strategies and Tactics shows marketers how to use language successfully to improve brand value and influence consumer behavior.Luna and Lerman are among only a few researchers who take a multidisciplinary perspective on the ways language influences how consumers act. Together with Morais, an anthropologist engaged in market research, they show how understanding ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Emergent Lingua Francas and World Orders

    The Politics and Place of English as a World Language

    by Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Sociolinguistics
    This book presents an alternative paradigm in understanding and appreciating World Englishes (WEs) in the wake of globalization and its accompanying shifting priorities in many dimensions of modern life, including the emergence of the English language as the dominant lingua franca (ELF). Chew argues that history is a theatre for the realization of lingua francas, offering a model that shows the ... Read more

    $77.99 USD