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  • English Pronunciation Models in a Globalized World

    Accent, Acceptability and Hong Kong English

    by Andrew Sewell ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in World Englishes
    This book explores the topics of English accents and pronunciation. It highlights their connections with several important issues in the study of English in the world, including intelligibility, identity, and globalization. The unifying strand is provided by English pronunciation models: what do these models consist of, and why? The focus on pronunciation teaching is combined with sociolinguistic ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

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  • Introducing Linguistics

    A Graphic Guide

    by R. L. Trask ...
    Series Book 0 - Graphic Guides
    Covering thinkers from Aristotle to Saussure and Chomsky, "Introducing Linguistics" reveals the rules and beauty that underlie language, our most human skill. ... Read more

    $6.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • German

    A Linguistic Introduction

    by Sarah M. B. Fagan ...
    Standard German is spoken by approximately 95 million people worldwide. This book provides an introduction to the linguistic structure of standard German that is rich in descriptive detail and grounded in modern linguistic theory. It describes the main linguistic features: the sounds, structure and formation of words, structure of sentences, and meaning of words and sentences. It surveys the ... Read more

    $51.69 USD

  • The Haitian Creole Language

    History, Structure, Use, and Education

    by Elizabeth Barrows, Yves Dejean, Hugues St. Fort, Georges Fouron, Uli Locher, Serge Madhere, Marie-José Nzengou-Tayo, Mayra Cortes Piñeir, Jocelyne Trouillot-Lévy, Albert Valdman, Flore Zéphir, Nicholas Faraclas ...
    Series series Caribbean Studies
    The Haitian Creole Language is the first book that deals broadly with a language that has too long lived in the shadow of French. With chapters contributed by the leading scholars in the study of Creole, it provides information on this language's history; structure; and use in education, literature, and social interaction. Although spoken by virtually all Haitians, Creole was recognized as the co ... Read more

    $55.09 USD

  • The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics

    by P. H. Matthews ...
    Series series Oxford Quick Reference
    The third edition of The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics is an authoritative and invaluable reference source covering every aspect of its wide-ranging field. In 3,250 entries the Dictionary spans grammar, phonetics, semantics, languages (spoken and written), dialects, and sociolinguistics. Clear examples - and diagrams where appropriate - help to convey the meanings of even the most ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • Sociolinguistics in Wales

    Edited by Jonathan Morris, Mercedes Durham ...
    This volume showcases recent sociolinguistic research about Wales and offers contributions from scholars working on Welsh, English and other languages spoken in the country. The chapters present a range of frameworks and methodologies used in sociolinguistics and apply them to the Welsh linguistic context. This context is very distinctive compared to the rest of the UK and represents a prime ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Speech Rate, Pause and Sociolinguistic Variation

    Studies in Corpus Sociophonetics

    by T. Kendall ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book provides a fascinating account of the psycholinguistic and social factors behind variation in speech timing in US English. With detailed discussions of its methods and data, it also acts as a valuable model for conducting corpus (socio)phonetic research. ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Black Names Matter

    The Black Names Book

    by Bobby Cenoura ...
    “Antwaneisha”, “Brionshay” and “Tayvion”—for some, pronouncing these names are a daunting task, and for others, it’s a symbol of cultural identity. Black Names Matter: The Black Names Book defines names commonly referred to as “Ghetto”, “Ratchet” and “Hood”, in American society by dissecting them. The lesson that the book teaches is that the majority of “Black Names” aren’t African, but are unique ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Uptalk

    The Phenomenon of Rising Intonation

    by Paul Warren ...
    'Uptalk' is commonly used to refer to rising intonation at the end of declarative sentences, or (to put it more simply) the tendency for people to make statements that sound like questions, a phenomenon that has received wide exposure and commentary in the media. How and where did it originate? Who are the most frequent 'uptalkers'? How much does it vary according to the speaker's age, gender and ... Read more

    $36.09 USD

  • English Language

    Description, Variation and Context

    Edited by Dr Jonathan Culpeper, Paul Kerswill, Professor Ruth Wodak, Professor Anthony McEnery, Francis Katamba ...
    The second edition of this hugely successful textbook provides comprehensive coverage of a wide range of topics in theoretical and applied linguistics. Written by leading academics in the field, this text offers a firm grounding in linguistics and includes engaging insights into current research.It covers all the key areas of linguistic analysis, including phonetics, morphology, semantics and ... Read more

    $42.89 USD

  • Situations and Speech Acts

    Toward a Formal Semantics of Discourse

    Edited by David A. Evans ...
    Series series RLE: Discourse Analysis
    First published in 1985, this book aims to develop an approach to speech acts that has the virtue of being straight-forward, explicit, formal and flexible enough to accommodate many of the more general problems of interactive verbal communication. The first chapter introduces situation semantics with the second addressing the assumptions implied by the problem of representing speaker ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Sight Words 1st Grade Workbook (Baby Professor Learning Books)

    by Baby Professor ...
    This beautifully designed book of sight words is designed to help your child smoothly transition from learning individual letters to reading simple words. Sight words are commonly seen words. By memorizing them, your child learns to read and understand them. This book makes the task easier with the use of pictures and text too. Grab a copy today! ... Read more

    $3.99 USD