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  • Representation of the British Suffrage Movement

    by Dr Kat Gupta ...
    Series series Corpus and Discourse
    Focussing on The Times, this monograph uses corpus linguistics to examine how suffrage campaigners' different ideologies were conflated in the newspaper over a crucial time period for the movement - 1908 to 1914, leading up to the Representation of the People Act in 1918.Looking particularly at representations of suffrage campaigners' support of or opposition to military action, Gupta uses a range ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

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  • The Stuff of Thought

    Language as a Window into Human Nature

    by Steven Pinker ...
    **This New York Times bestseller is an exciting and fearless investigation of language from the author of Rationality, The Better Angels of Our Nature and The Sense of Style and Enlightenment Now."Curious, inventive, fearless, naughty."--The New York Times Book Review**Bestselling author Steven Pinker possesses that rare combination of scientific aptitude and verbal eloquence that enables him to ... Read more

    $12.99 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

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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

  • Ethnolinguistics and Cultural Concepts

    Truth, Love, Hate and War

    by James W. Underhill ...
    'Ethnolinguistics' is the study of how language relates to culture and ethnicity. This book offers an original approach to ethnolinguistics, discussing how abstract concepts such as truth, love, hate and war are expressed across cultures and ethnicities. James W. Underhill seeks to situate these key cultural concepts within four languages (English, French, Czech and German). Not only do these ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Words at Work and Play

    Three Decades in Family and Community Life

    by Shirley Brice Heath ...
    Childhood and family life have changed significantly in recent decades. What is the nature of these changes? How have they affected the use of time, space, work and play? In what ways have they influenced face-to-face talk and the uses of technology within families and communities? Eminent anthropologist Shirley Brice Heath sets out to find answers to these and similar questions, tracking the ... Read more

    $30.39 USD

  • Singular and Plural

    Ideologies of Linguistic Authority in 21st Century Catalonia

    by Kathryn A. Woolard ...
    Series series Oxf Studies in Anthropology of Language
    Winner of the Ramon Llull International Prize Winner of the 2017 Society for Linguistic Anthropology Edward Sapir Book Prize A vibrant and surprisingly powerful civic and political movement for an independent Catalonia has brought renewed urgency to questions about what it means, personally and politically, to speak or not to speak Catalan and to claim Catalan identity. In this book, Kathryn ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Analysing Variation in English

    Edited by Warren Maguire, April McMahon ...
    Analysing Variation in English brings together a range of perspectives on the collection, analysis and broader relevance of variable language data. In the first half of the book, the focus is firmly on the description and comparison of methods for collecting and analysing examples of variation in language. Novel quantitative and computational methods are introduced and exemplified alongside more ... Read more

    $112.39 USD

  • Showbiz Lengua

    Chika and Chismax about Chuvachuchu

    by Jose F. Lacaba ...
    The moment someone uses a word, whether wrongly or wrongheadedly, it comes into existence. The question is whether the word is to be found in any dictionary. Enter Philippine showbiz lingowhere it teems with words that can’t be found in any dictionary. Lacaba makes sense of these words in this entertaining and informative collection of essays. ... Read more

    $5.06 USD

  • Aboriginal Ways of Using English

    by Diana Eades ...
    This new collection by Professor Diana Eades addresses the way non-traditional language Aboriginal speakers of English use and speak English. To understand Aboriginal ways of speaking English leads to better understanding Aboriginal identity, a better engagement in intercultural communication, and learning about the complexities of how English is used by and with Aboriginal people in the legal ... Read more

    $26.19 USD

  • Family Talk

    Discourse and Identity in Four American Families

    by Deborah Tannen, Shari Kendall, Cynthia Gordon ...
    Through everyday talk, individuals forge the ties that can make a family. Family members use language to manage a household, create and maintain relationships, and negotiate and reinforce values and beliefs. The studies gathered in Family Talk are based on a unique research project in which four dual-income American families recorded everything they said for a week. Family Talk extends our ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

  • Facebook and Conversation Analysis

    The Structure and Organization of Comment Threads

    by Dr Matteo Farina ...
    Facebook and Conversation Analysis investigates the structure and organization of comments on a major social media platform, Facebook, using applied conversation analysis methods. Providing previously undocumented insights into the structure of comment threads, this book demonstrates that they have a meaningful organization, rather than casually following one another. Although normally used to ... Read more

    $38.89 USD