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Speaking of Alabama

The History, Diversity, Function, and Change of Language

by Thomas E. Nunnally, Rachael Allbritten, Guy H. Bailey, Charlotte Brammer, Catherine Evans Davies, Jocelyn Doxsey, Crawford Feagin, James Daniel Hasty, Kimberly Johnson0, Michael D. Picone1, Robin Sabino2, Anna Head Spence3, Dr. Michael B. Montgomery4 ...

Informative and entertaining essays on the accents, dialects, and speech patterns particular to AlabamaThomas E. Nunnally’s fascinating volume presents essays by linguists who examine with affection and curiosity the speech varieties occurring both past and present across Alabama. Taken together, the accounts in this volume offer an engaging view of the major features that characterize Alabama’s ... Read more

$35.99 USD

Informative and entertaining essays on the accents, dialects, and speech patterns particular to AlabamaThomas E. Nunnally’s fascinating volume presents essays by linguists who examine with affection and curiosity the speech varieties occurring both past and present across Alabama. Taken together, the accounts in this volume offer an engaging view of the major features that characterize Alabama’s
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Inheritance and Innovation in the Evolution of Rural African American English

by Guy Bailey, Patricia Cukor-Avila, Juan Salinas ...

Series series Elements in World Englishes
This Element uses data from the Springville Project to explore how the functions of the inherited forms invariant be (from English sources) and zero (from creolization) have transformed during the twentieth century. Originally just alternative present tense copula/auxiliary forms, both features developed into aspectual markers – invariant be to mark durativity/habituality and zero to mark ... Read more

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This Element uses data from the Springville Project to explore how the functions of the inherited forms invariant be (from English sources) and zero (from creolization) have transformed during the twentieth century. Originally just alternative present tense copula/auxiliary forms, both features developed into aspectual markers – invariant be to mark durativity/habituality and zero to mark
... Read more
African-American English

Structure, History and Use

Edited by Guy Bailey, John Baugh, Salikoko S. Mufwene, John R. Rickford ...

African-American English: Structure, History and Use provides a comprehensive survey of linguistic research into African-American English. The main linguistic features are covered, in particular the grammar, phonology and lexicon. Further chapters explore the sociological, political and educational issues connected with African-American English.The editors are the leading experts in the field and ... Read more

$98.99 USD

African-American English: Structure, History and Use provides a comprehensive survey of linguistic research into African-American English. The main linguistic features are covered, in particular the grammar, phonology and lexicon. Further chapters explore the sociological, political and educational issues connected with African-American English.The editors are the leading experts in the field and
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African-American English

Structure, History, and Use

Edited by Salikoko S. Mufwene, John R. Rickford, Guy Bailey, John Baugh ...

Series series Routledge Linguistics Classics
This book was the first to provide a comprehensive survey of linguistic research into African-American English and is widely recognised as a classic in the field. It covers both the main linguistic features, in particular the grammar, phonology, and lexicon as well as the sociological, political and educational issues connected with African-American English.The editors have played key roles in the ... Read more

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This book was the first to provide a comprehensive survey of linguistic research into African-American English and is widely recognised as a classic in the field. It covers both the main linguistic features, in particular the grammar, phonology, and lexicon as well as the sociological, political and educational issues connected with African-American English.The editors have played key roles in the
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John Henry Newman

by Professor James Arthur, Guy Nicholls, Professor Richard Bailey ...

Series series Bloomsbury Library of Educational Thought
John Henry Newman's writings and his lifelong search for religious truth continue to influence thought within a range of disciplines, most notably theology, philosophy and education. One of his most significant contributions was to the understanding of higher education contained within his nineteenth century writings, in particular his volume of lecturers entitled The Idea of a University, which ... Read more

$210.99 USD

John Henry Newman's writings and his lifelong search for religious truth continue to influence thought within a range of disciplines, most notably theology, philosophy and education. One of his most significant contributions was to the understanding of higher education contained within his nineteenth century writings, in particular his volume of lecturers entitled The Idea of a University, which
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Applying Strengths-Based Approaches in Social Work

by Guy Shennan, Steve Myers, Lauren Bailey, Simone Fox, Mhairi Fleming, Anne Edmondson, Michaela Rogers, Jennifer Cooper, Emily Weygang, David Miiligan-Croft, Sarah Pollock, Alex Withers, Will Golden, Ursula Lane, Bryan Thornton, Kirsten Wildbore, Alicia Lee, Mel Davidson, Lynne Robinson, Mica Halstead, Stacey Davies, Amy Udall ...

This textbook offers students and practitioners an accessible introduction to strengths-based approaches in Social Work and Social Care practice. Covering the theory and research in support of these approaches, and packed full of case studies, the book will allow readers to develop a critical understanding of how strengths-based approaches work, and how they can be successfully applied in order to ... Read more

$38.99 USD

This textbook offers students and practitioners an accessible introduction to strengths-based approaches in Social Work and Social Care practice. Covering the theory and research in support of these approaches, and packed full of case studies, the book will allow readers to develop a critical understanding of how strengths-based approaches work, and how they can be successfully applied in order to
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In Our Mad and Furious City

A Novel

by Guy Gunaratne ...

Narrated by Ben Bailey Smith, Lou Marie Kerr ...

Unabridged

6 hours 46 min

**"Narrators Ben Bailey Smith and Lou Marie Kerr expertly intertwine multiple first-person points of view in this gritty debut audiobook...Listeners unfamiliar with the dialects — Irish, Jamaican, and British among them — will be especially buoyed by the power of the performances." — AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winnerLong-listed for the 2018 Man Booker Prize**Short-listed for the 2018 ... Read more

$22.99 USD

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**"Narrators Ben Bailey Smith and Lou Marie Kerr expertly intertwine multiple first-person points of view in this gritty debut audiobook...Listeners unfamiliar with the dialects — Irish, Jamaican, and British among them — will be especially buoyed by the power of the performances." — AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winnerLong-listed for the 2018 Man Booker Prize**Short-listed for the 2018
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Mediating Faiths

Religion and Socio-Cultural Change in the Twenty-First Century

by Guy Redden ...

Religion is living culture. It continues to play a role in shaping political ideologies, institutional practices, communities of interest, ways of life and social identities. Mediating Faiths brings together scholars working across a range of fields, including cultural studies, media, sociology, anthropology, cultural theory and religious studies, in order to facilitate greater understanding of ... Read more

$64.99 USD

Religion is living culture. It continues to play a role in shaping political ideologies, institutional practices, communities of interest, ways of life and social identities. Mediating Faiths brings together scholars working across a range of fields, including cultural studies, media, sociology, anthropology, cultural theory and religious studies, in order to facilitate greater understanding of
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The Downhome Sound

Diversity and Politics in Americana Music

by Mandi Bates Bailey ...

Narrated by Marni Penning ...

Unabridged

5 hours 48 min

American roots music, also known as Americana music, can be challenging to categorize, spanning the genres of jazz, bluegrass, country, blues, rock and roll, and an assortment of variations in between. In The Downhome Sound, Mandi Bates Bailey explores the messages, artists, community, and appeal of this seemingly disparate musical collective. To understand the art form's intended meanings and ... Read more

$15.99 USD

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American roots music, also known as Americana music, can be challenging to categorize, spanning the genres of jazz, bluegrass, country, blues, rock and roll, and an assortment of variations in between. In The Downhome Sound, Mandi Bates Bailey explores the messages, artists, community, and appeal of this seemingly disparate musical collective. To understand the art form's intended meanings and
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
The Downhome Sound

Diversity and Politics in Americana Music

by Mandi Bates Bailey ...

American roots music, also known as Americana music, can be challenging to categorize, spanning the genres of jazz, bluegrass, country, blues, rock and roll, and an assortment of variations in between. In The Downhome Sound, Mandi Bates Bailey explores the messages, artists, community, and appeal of this seemingly disparate musical collective. To understand the art form’s intended meanings and ... Read more

$18.99 USD

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American roots music, also known as Americana music, can be challenging to categorize, spanning the genres of jazz, bluegrass, country, blues, rock and roll, and an assortment of variations in between. In The Downhome Sound, Mandi Bates Bailey explores the messages, artists, community, and appeal of this seemingly disparate musical collective. To understand the art form’s intended meanings and
... Read more

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Lost in the City

Stories

by Edward P. Jones ...

Unabridged

12 hours

Lost in the City has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher. ... Read more

$28.99 USD

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Politeness

Some Universals in Language Usage

by Penelope Brown, Stephen C. Levinson ...

Series Book 4 - Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics
This study is about the principles for constructing polite speeches. The core of it first appeared in Questions and Politeness, edited by Esther N. Goody (now out of print). It is here reissued with a fresh introduction that surveys the considerable literature in linguistics, psychology and the social sciences that the original extended essay stimulated, and suggests distinct directions for ... Read more

$72.99 USD

This study is about the principles for constructing polite speeches. The core of it first appeared in Questions and Politeness, edited by Esther N. Goody (now out of print). It is here reissued with a fresh introduction that surveys the considerable literature in linguistics, psychology and the social sciences that the original extended essay stimulated, and suggests distinct directions for
... Read more

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