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  • Kisisi (Our Language)

    The Story of Colin and Sadiki

    by Perry Gilmore ...
    Series series New Directions in Ethnography
    Recognized as a finalist for the CAE 2018 Outstanding Book Award!Part historic ethnography, part linguistic case study and part a mother’s memoir, Kisisi tells the story of two boys (Colin and Sadiki) who, together invented their own language, and of the friendship they shared in postcolonial Kenya.Documents and examines the invention of a ‘new’ language between two boys in postcolonial ... Read more

    $24.00 USD

  • Ethnography and Schools

    Qualitative Approaches to the Study of Education

    by Phil Francis Carspecken, Douglas Foley, Perry Gilmore, Peter N. Kiang, Joe L. Kincheloe, Peter McLaren, James Joseph Scheurich, David Smith, George D. Spindler, Marcelo M. Suarez-Orozco, Henry T. Trueba, Harry F. Wolcott ...
    Series series Immigration and the Transnational Experience Series
    The ethnographic experience is an indelible venture that continuously redefines one's life. Bringing together important cross-currents in the national debate on education, this book introduces the student or practitioner to the challenges, resources, and skills informing ethnographic research today. From the first chapter describing the cultural foundations of ethnographic research, by George ... Read more

    $55.09 USD

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  • Advanced Critical Thinking Skills

    by Roy Van Den Brink-Budgen ...
    This book takes the skills introduced in Roy van den Brink-Budgen's bestselling book Critical Thinking for Students and extends and builds on them. As a result, it will be especially useful for students on advanced level courses, whether in schools, colleges, or universities. It shows how complex arguments can be built up, analysed, and evaluated. It also shows how the use of various types of ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Languages: A Very Short Introduction

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Stephen Anderson ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    How many languages are there? What differentiates one language from another? Are new languages still being discovered? Why are so many languages disappearing?The diversity of languages today is varied, but it is steadily declining. In this Very Short Introduction, Stephen Anderson answers the above questions by looking at the science behind languages. Considering a wide range of different ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • When Languages Die

    The Extinction of the World's Languages and the Erosion of Human Knowledge

    by K David Harrison ...
    It is commonly agreed by linguists and anthropologists that the majority of languages spoken now around the globe will likely disappear within our lifetime. The phenomenon known as language death has started to accelerate as the world has grown smaller. This extinction of languages, and the knowledge therein, has no parallel in human history. K. David Harrison's book is the first to focus on the ... Read more

    $25.69 USD

  • What Is Sociolinguistics?

    by Gerard Van Herk ...
    Series Book 10 - Linguistics in the World
    What is Sociolinguistics? is a tour through the major issues that define the field, such as region, status, gender, time, language attitudes, interaction, and style, while also exploring the sociolinguistics of multilingualism, culture and ethnicity, language contact, and education, all introduced with excitement, humor, and deep knowledge.Explores the sociolinguistics of multilingualism, culture ... Read more

    $42.50 USD

  • An Introduction to Sociolinguistics

    by Ronald Wardhaugh ...
    Series Book 28 - Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics
    This comprehensive new edition of Wardhaugh’s textbook incorporates additional study features and numerous new and updated references to bring the book completely up-to-date, whilst maintaining the features that made the book so popular with lecturers and students: accessible coverage of a wide range of issues, clearly written, and with useful student study features.A fully revised new edition of ... Read more

    $53.00 USD

  • Language, Culture, and Society

    An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology

    by James Stanlaw, Nobuko Adachi, Zdenek Salzmann ...
    Why should we study language? How do the ways in which we communicate define our identities? And how is this all changing in the digital world? Since 1993, many have turned to Language, Culture, and Society for answers to questions like those above because of its comprehensive coverage of all critical aspects of linguistic anthropology. This seventh edition carries on the legacy while addressing ... Read more

    $74.99 USD

  • The Guidebook to Sociolinguistics

    by Allan Bell ...
    The Guidebook to Sociolinguistics presents a comprehensive introduction to the main concepts and terms of sociolinguistics, and of the goals, methods, and findings of sociolinguistic research.Introduces readers to the methodology and skills of doing hands-on research in this fieldFeatures chapter-by-chapter classic and contemporary case studies, exercises, and examples to enhance ... Read more

    $35.00 USD

  • Dying Words

    Endangered Languages and What They Have to Tell Us

    by Nicholas Evans ...
    Series Book 22 - The Language Library
    The next century will see more than half of the world’s 6,000 languages become extinct, and most of these will disappear without being adequately recorded. Written by one of the leading figures in language documentation, this fascinating book explores what humanity stands to lose as a result.Explores the unique philosophy, knowledge, and cultural assumptions of languages, and their impact on our ... Read more

    $42.00 USD

  • 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

    $38.00 USD

  • Memory Speaks

    On Losing and Reclaiming Language and Self

    by Julie Sedivy ...
    From an award-winning writer and linguist, a scientific and personal meditation on the phenomenon of language loss and the possibility of renewal.As a child Julie Sedivy left Czechoslovakia for Canada, and English soon took over her life. By early adulthood she spoke Czech rarely and badly, and when her father died unexpectedly, she lost not only a beloved parent but also her firmest point of ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

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