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  • An Introduction to the Languages of the World

    by Anatole Lyovin, Brett Kessler, William Leben ...
    Unique in scope, An Introduction to the Languages of the World introduces linguistics students to the variety of world's languages. Students will gain familiarity with concepts such as sound change, lexical borrowing, diglossia, and language diffusion, and the rich variety of linguistic structure in word order, morphological types, grammatical relations, gender, inflection, and derivation. It ... Read more

    $53.09 USD

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  • How English Became English

    A short history of a global language

    by Simon Horobin ...
    The English Language is spoken by more than a billion people throughout the world. But where did English come from? And how has it evolved into the language used today? In How English Became English Simon Horobin investigates the evolution of the English language, examining how the language continues to adapt even today, as English continues to find new speakers and new uses. Engaging with ... Read more

    $11.39 USD

  • The Haitian Creole Language

    History, Structure, Use, and Education

    by Elizabeth Barrows, Yves Dejean, Hugues St. Fort, Georges Fouron, Uli Locher, Serge Madhere, Marie-José Nzengou-Tayo, Mayra Cortes Piñeir, Jocelyne Trouillot-Lévy, Albert Valdman, Flore Zéphir, Nicholas Faraclas ...
    Series series Caribbean Studies
    The Haitian Creole Language is the first book that deals broadly with a language that has too long lived in the shadow of French. With chapters contributed by the leading scholars in the study of Creole, it provides information on this language's history; structure; and use in education, literature, and social interaction. Although spoken by virtually all Haitians, Creole was recognized as the co ... Read more

    $55.09 USD

  • Researching Chinese English: the State of the Art

    Edited by Zhichang Xu, Deyuan He, David Deterding ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This volume offers a timely collection of original research papers on the various features and issues surrounding Chinese English, one of the varieties in World Englishes with a large and increasing number of learners and users. The five sections entitled ‘Researching Chinese English Pronunciation’, ‘Researching Chinese English Lexis, Grammar and Pragmatics’, ‘Researching Perceptions, Attitudes ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • The Speaking Self: Language Lore and English Usage

    Second Edition

    by Michael Shapiro ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book aims to explain social variation in language, otherwise the meaning and motivation of language change in its social aspect. It is the expanded and improved 2nd edition of the author’s self-published volume with the same title, based on revised and adapted posts on the author’s Languagelore blog.Each vignette calls attention to points of grammar and style in contemporary American English, ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • The Beginner's Boston Dictionary

    Rising Fast, #91

    by Marcus Albey ...
    Series Book 91 - Rising Fast
    Wanna learn to talk Bawstin (Boston)? It's NOT BEANTOWN! With this introductory dictionary, you'll be talkin' like yaw from Bawstin in no time!... and don't pawk the cah in Hawvid Yahd! ... Read more

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  • Unequal Englishes

    The Politics of Englishes Today

    Edited by R. Tupas ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book proposes, examines and unpacks the notion of unequal Englishes as a way to understand English today. Unlike many studies on the pluralization of English, the volume assumes that inequalities and Englishes are inextricably linked and must be understood and theorized together. ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • English for Writing Research Papers

    by Adrian Wallwork ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Publishing your research in an international journal is key to your success in academia. This guide is based on a study of over 1000 manuscripts and reviewers' reports revealing why papers written by non-native researchers are often rejected due to problems with English usage and poor structure and content.With easy-to-follow rules and tips, and examples taken from published and unpublished papers ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Embodiment in Language (II)

    Food, Emotion and Beyond

    Edited by Shelley Ching-yu Depner ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book provides useful strategies for language learning, researching and the understanding of social factors that influence human behavior. It offers an account of how we use human, animal and plant fixed expressions every day and the cultural aspects hidden behind them. These fixed expressions include various linguistic vehicles, such as fruit, jokes and taboos that are related to speakers’ ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Spelling Morphology

    The Psycholinguistics of Hebrew Spelling

    by Dorit Diskin Ravid ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    Modern Hebrew is a highly synthetic Semitic language—its lexicon is rich in morphemes. This volume supplies the first in-depth psycholinguistic analysis of the interaction between morphological knowledge and spelling in Hebrew. It also examines how far this model can be applied to other languages. Anchored to a connectionist, cognitive, cross-linguistic and typological framework, the study accords ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Discourse Analytic Research

    Repertoires and readings of texts in action

    Edited by Erica Burman, Ian Parker ...
    Series series RLE: Discourse Analysis
    First published in 1993, this book provides clear illustrations of discourse analytic work and empirical critiques of the traditional psychological approaches. Drawing on a range of examples, the contributors argue that identity, deeply felt emotions, prejudice, and attitudes to social issues are created by the language that describes them rather than being intrinsic to the individual. In ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Content-based Language Learning in Multilingual Educational Environments

    Edited by Maria Juan-Garau, Joana Salazar-Noguera ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    The spread of English as an international language along with the desire to maintain local languages lead us to consider multilingualism as the norm rather than the exception. Consequently, bi/multilingual education has bloomed over the last decades. This volume deals with one such type of education currently in the spotlight as an essentially European strategy to multilingualism, CLIL (Content ... Read more

    $89.99 USD