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  • English Sociolinguistics

    An Introduction

    by Daniel Schreier ...
    Series series Cambridge Introductions to the English Language
    Covering both traditional topics and innovative approaches, this textbook constitutes a comprehensive introduction to English sociolinguistics. Reflecting the field's breadth and diversity, it guides students through the development of research on language and society over the last sixty years, as well as global trends and related fields such as World Englishes, language politics, language and ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • English and Spanish

    World Languages in Interaction

    Edited by Danae Perez, Marianne Hundt, Johannes Kabatek, Daniel Schreier ...
    This volume compares the evolution and current status of two of the world's major languages, English and Spanish. Parallel chapters trace the emergence of Global English and Spanish and their current status, covering aspects such as language and dialect contact, language typology, norm development in pluricentric languages, and identity construction. Case studies look into the use of English and ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • Further Studies in the Lesser-Known Varieties of English

    Edited by Jeffrey P. Williams, Edgar W. Schneider, Peter Trudgill, Daniel Schreier ...
    Series series Studies in English Language
    This volume follows on from The Lesser-Known Varieties of English (Cambridge, 2010), by documenting a further range of varieties that have been overlooked and understudied. It explores varieties spoken by small groups of people in remote regions as diverse as Malta, Bermuda, the Netherlands Antilles, Brazil, the Cook Islands, and Palau. The varieties explored are as much a part of the big picture ... Read more

    $43.49 USD

  • English as a Contact Language

    Edited by Daniel Schreier, Marianne Hundt ...
    Series series Studies in English Language
    Recent developments in contact linguistics suggest considerable overlap of branches such as historical linguistics, variationist sociolinguistics, pidgin/creole linguistics, language acquisition, etc. This book highlights the complexity of contact-induced language change throughout the history of English by bringing together cutting-edge research from these fields. Special focus is on recent ... Read more

    $43.49 USD

  • The Cambridge Handbook of World Englishes

    Edited by Daniel Schreier, Marianne Hundt, Edgar W. Schneider ...
    Series series Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics
    The plural form 'Englishes' conveys the diversity of English as a global language, pinpointing the growth and existence of a large number of national, regional and social forms. The global spread of English and the new varieties that have emerged around the world has grown to be a vast area of study and research, which intersects multiple disciplines. This Handbook provides a comprehensive and ... Read more

    $41.89 USD

  • Letter Writing and Language Change

    Series series Studies in English Language
    Letter Writing and Language Change outlines the historical sociolinguistic value of letter analysis, both in theory and practice. The chapters in this volume make use of insights from all three 'Waves of Variation Studies', and many of them, either implicitly or explicitly, look at specific aspects of the language of the letter writers in an effort to discover how those writers position themselves ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • The Lesser-Known Varieties of English

    An Introduction

    Edited by Daniel Schreier, Peter Trudgill, Jeffrey P. Williams, Edgar W. Schneider ...
    Series series Studies in English Language
    This is the first ever volume to compile sociolinguistic and historical information on lesser-known, and relatively ignored, native varieties of English around the world. Exploring areas as diverse as the Pacific, South America, the South Atlantic and West Africa, it shows how these varieties are as much part of the big picture as major varieties and that their analysis is essential for addressing ... Read more

    $43.49 USD

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    Origins, Development, Typology

    Edited by Loretta O'Connor, Pieter Muysken ...
    In South America indigenous languages are extremely diverse. There are over one hundred language families in this region alone. Contributors from around the world explore the history and structure of these languages, combining insights from archaeology and genetics with innovative linguistic analysis. The book aims to uncover regional patterns and potential deeper genealogical relations between ... Read more

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  • Promoting Heritage Language in Northwest Russia

    by Laura Siragusa ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Linguistic Anthropology
    This volume illustrates how language revival movements in Russia and elsewhere have often followed a specific pattern of literacy bias in the promotion of a minority’s heritage language, partly neglecting the social and relational aspects of orality. Using the Vepsian Renaissance as an example, this volume brings to the surface a literacy-orality dualism new to the discussion around revival ... Read more

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  • The Great Gatsby

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    “His dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it. He did not know that it was already behind him.”Jay Gatsby is mysterious, wealthy, and throws the most lavish parties at his mansion on Long Island. Among all the bright young things in Gatsby’s circle, the brightest is Daisy Buchanan – the girl he fell in love with before the war. Having lost her to marriage with the ... Read more

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  • What Is Sociolinguistics?

    by Gerard Van Herk ...
    Series series Linguistics in the World
    How is our language affected by our ethnicity, gender, and region? How are our conversations and other interactions structured? How does society view and regulate language? How do we use language to present ourselves to others? In this revised and updated second edition of the popular What Is Sociolinguistics? Gerard Van Herk explores these and other intriguing questions about language, how we use ... Read more

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  • Current and Future Perspectives of Ethnomathematics as a Program

    by Milton Rosa, Ubiratan D’Ambrosio, Daniel Clark Orey, Lawrence Shirley, Wilfredo V. Alangui, Pedro Palhares, Maria Elena Gavarrete ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This survey on the modernity of ethnomathematics addresses numerous themes related to both ethnomathematics and mathematics education. It offers a broader view of mathematics, including ideas, procedures, concepts, processes, methods, and practices rooted in distinct cultural environments. In addition, by reflecting on the social and political dimensions of ethnomathematics, another important ... Read more

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