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  • Researching Sociopragmatic Variability

    Perspectives from Variational, Interlanguage and Contrastive Pragmatics

    Edited by K. Beeching, H. Woodfield ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Researching Sociopragmatic Variability showcases a range of research approaches to the study of speech acts and pragmatic markers across different languages and varieties of a language, investigating native and non-native usages and variation across gender, situation and addressee. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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  • Rethinking Bilingual Education in Postcolonial Contexts

    by Chimbutane, Feliciano ...
    Taking an ethnographic study of the purpose and value of bilingual education in Mozambique as a starting point, this book calls for critical adaptations when theories of bilingual education, based on practices in the North, are applied to the countries of the global South. ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Language, Thought, and Reality, second edition

    Selected Writings of Benjamin Lee Whorf

    by Benjamin Lee Whorf ...
    Writings by a pioneering linguist, including his famous work on the Hopi language, general reflections on language and meaning, and the "Yale Report."The pioneering linguist Benjamin Whorf (1897–1941) grasped the relationship between human language and human thinking: how language can shape our innermost thoughts. His basic thesis is that our perception of the world and our ways of thinking about ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • The Palgrave Handbook of Slavic Languages, Identities and Borders

    Edited by Tomasz Kamusella, Motoki Nomachi, Catherine Gibson ...
    This book analyzes the creation of languages across the Slavophone areas of the world and their deployment for political projects and identity building, mainly after 1989. It offers perspectives from a number of disciplines such as sociolinguistics, socio-political history and language policy.Languages are artefacts of culture, meaning they are created by people. They are often used for identity ... Read more

    $242.99 USD

  • Ways with Words

    Language, Life and Work in Communities and Classrooms

    by Shirley Brice Heath ...
    Ways with Words, first published in 1983, is a classic study of children learning to use language at home and at school in two communities only a few miles apart in the south-eastern United States. 'Roadville' is a white working-class community of families steeped for generations in the life of textile mills; 'Trackton' is an African-American working-class community whose older generations grew up ... Read more

    $81.19 USD

  • Language Myths, Mysteries and Magic

    by K. Stollznow ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    Can a bump on the head cause someone to speak with a different accent? Can animals, aliens, and objects talk? Can we communicate with gods, demons, and the dead? Language Myths, Mysteries and Magic is a curio shop full of colourful superstitions, folklore, and legends about language. ... Read more

    $53.99 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

  • Language and Human Relations

    Styles of Address in Contemporary Language

    by Michael Clyne, Catrin Norrby, Jane Warren ...
    The way in which people address one another is crucial to expressing social relationships and is closely linked with cultural values. In English we call some people by their first names, and others 'Mr' or 'Ms', followed by their surname. In some other languages there are different ways of saying 'you' depending on the degree of social distance. Exploring practices in the family, school, ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Implementing and Researching Technological Innovation in Language Teaching

    The Case of Interactive Whiteboards for EFL in French Schools

    by S. Whyte ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    Implementing and Researching Technological Innovation in Language Teaching takes a case study approach to investigate the integration of the interactive whiteboard (IWB) into the teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in French schools. The study highlights the advantages of collaborative action research for stimulating and supporting language teachers in innovative experimentation, and ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Second Language Identity in Narratives of Study Abroad

    by P. Benson, G. Barkhuizen, P. Bodycott, J. Brown ...
    Study abroad is now both an international industry and an experience that can have a deep impact on students' attitudes and approaches to second language learning. Narratives of Second Language Identity in Study Abroad brings together three important research areas by exploring the impact of study abroad on second language identities through narrative research. It outlines a new model of second ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Prescription and Tradition in Language

    Establishing Standards across Time and Space

    Edited by Prof. Carol Percy, Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade ...
    Series Book 165 - Multilingual Matters
    This book contextualises case studies across a wide variety of languages and cultures, crystallising key interrelationships between linguistic standardisation and prescriptivism, and between ideas and practices. It focuses on different traditions of standardisation and prescription throughout the world and addresses questions such as how nationalistic idealisations of ‘traditional’ language ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Excellence and Equity in Literacy Education

    The Case of New Zealand

    Edited by William Tunmer, J. Chapman ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    Literacy is arguably the most important goal of schooling as, to a large extent, it determines young children’s educational and life chances and is fundamental in achieving social justice. New Zealand’s literacy education programme has long been regarded as one of the world’s most successful approaches to teaching literacy skills to young children. Excellence and Equity in Literacy Education ... Read more

    $49.49 USD