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  • The Frameworks of English

    Introducing Language Structures

    by Kim Ballard ...
    How does language work? What are the different elements? How do they all fit together?The Frameworks of English is a step-by-step guide through the various levels of language, describing the morphological, lexical, grammatical and phonological frameworks of contemporary English in a clear and logical way. Beginning with words as the building blocks of language, it investigates their internal ... Read more

    $38.09 USD

  • Interpreting Texts

    by Kim Ballard ...
    Series series Routledge A Level English Guides
    Routledge A Level English Guides equip AS and A2 Level students with the skills they need to explore, evaluate and enjoy English. Books in the series are built around the various skills specified in the assessment objectives (AOs) for all AS and A2 Level English courses.Focusing on the AOs most relevant to their topic, the books help students to develop their knowledge and abilities through ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

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  • Divided by a Common Language

    A Guide to British and American English

    by Christopher Davies ...
    This guide to the language differences between the United States and United Kingdom is "a fascinating collection full of all kinds of surprises" ( Minneapolis Star Tribune).Taxi rank . . . toad in the hole . . . dustman . . . fancy dress . . . American visitors to London (or viewers of British TV shows) might be confused by these terms. But most Britons would be equally puzzled by words like ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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

  • Language, Literacy and Diversity

    Moving Words

    Edited by Christopher Stroud, Mastin Prinsloo ...
    Series series Routledge Critical Studies in Multilingualism
    Language, Literacy and Diversity brings together researchers who are leading the innovative and important re-theorization of language and literacy in relation to social mobility, multilingualism and globalization. The volume examines local and global flows of people, language and literacy in relation to social practice; the role (and nature) of boundary maintenance or disruption in global, ... Read more

    $70.99 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

  • European Vernacular Literacy

    A Sociolinguistic and Historical Introduction

    by Prof. Joshua A. Fishman ...
    Series Book 19 - New Perspectives on Language and Education
    In this major new text, Joshua Fishman charts the rise of vernacular literacy in Europe, and the major social, economic, religious, political, demographic, educational and philosophical changes that attended it. Following the story up until the present day, the book examines the people who became leaders of the growth of vernacular literacy in Europe, and looks at how European colonizers viewed ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • Local Languaging, Literacy and Multilingualism in a West African Society

    by Kasper Juffermans ...
    Series Book 20 - Critical Language and Literacy Studies
    This book aims to enhance and challenge our understanding of language and literacy as social practice against the background of heightened globalisation. Juffermans presents an ethnographic study of the linguistic landscape of The Gambia, arguing that language should be conceptualised as a verb (languaging) rather than a countable noun (a language, languages). He goes on to argue that ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • The Discourse of Reading Groups

    Integrating Cognitive and Sociocultural Perspectives

    by David Peplow, Joan Swann, Paola Trimarco, Sara Whiteley ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Literacy
    Of interest in their own terms as a significant cultural practice, reading groups also provide a window on the everyday interpretation of literary texts. While reading is often considered a solitary process, reading groups constitute a form of social reading, where interpretations are produced and displayed in discourse. The Discourse of Reading Groups is a study of such joint conceptual activity, ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • Understanding Language Choices

    by Ken Decker, John Grummitt ...
    Understanding Language Choices is an introductory textbook for anyone studying the motivations behind language use choices. It provides an introduction into the numerous factors, both internal and external, influencing such choices in a speech community: language attitudes, language learning, identity, the mobility of the community, and much more. The book also provides a foundation for the study ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • Multiliteracies, Discourses and Identities

    The Multiliteracy Practices of Chinese Children in Britain

    by Jing Sheng ...
    This book explores the everyday reading and writing experiences of children from Chinese families living in Britain. Using an ethnographic approach, the author presents in-depth case studies of three migrant children, all of whom received some education in mainland China before moving to Britain. The theoretical framework is based on the New Literacy Studies approach and the author introduces a ... Read more

    $69.39 USD

  • Literacy and the Bilingual Learner

    Texts and Practices in London Schools

    by Catherine Wallace ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    Literacy and the Bilingual Learner explores the literacy development of bilingual learners in London (UK) schools and colleges through a series of vignettes and case studies of learners and their educational experiences. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD