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  • European Pluricentric Languages in Contact and Conflict

    Edited by Rudolf Muhr, Josep Angel Mas Castells, Jack Rueter ...
    Series Book 21 - Oesterreichisches Deutsch – Sprache der Gegenwart
    This volume comprises 17 papers that are dealing with European pluricentric languages where there are some issues of contact and conflict. An overview about all European languages and of those that are pluricentric is also provided. Central topics are human rights for non-dominant varieties, and conflicts in pluricentric languages on the Iberian peninsula and on the British Isles. Several papers ... Read more

    $64.79 CAD

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  • Is That a Fish in Your Ear?

    Translation and the Meaning of Everything

    by David Bellos ...
    People speak different languages, and always have. The Ancient Greeks took no notice of anything unless it was said in Greek; the Romans made everyone speak Latin; and in India, people learned their neighbours' languages - as did many ordinary Europeans in times past. But today, we all use translation to cope with the diversity of languages. Without translation there would be no world news, not ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Sociolinguistics

    An Introduction to Language and Society

    by Peter Trudgill ...
    This is a classic book on a fascinating subject. Peter Trudgill examines the close link between language and society and the many factors that influence the way we speak. These range from gender, environment, age, race, class, region and politics. Trudgill's book surveys languages and societies from all over the world drawing on examples from Afrikaans to Yiddish. He has added a fascinating ... Read more

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  • The Babel Message

    A Love Letter to Language

    by Keith Kahn-Harris ...
    'Quite simply, and quite ridiculously, one of the funniest and most illuminating books I have ever read. I thought I was obsessive, but Keith Kahn-Harris is playing a very different sport. He really has discovered the whole world in an egg.' Simon GarfieldA thrilling journey deep into the heart of language, from a rather unexpected starting point.Keith Kahn-Harris is a man obsessed with something ... Read more

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  • Language Strategies for Trilingual Families

    Parents' Perspectives

    by Dr. Andreas Braun, Prof. Tony Cline ...
    Series Book 17 - Parents' and Teachers' Guides
    This book aims to enable parents in trilingual families to consider possible language strategies on the basis of analysing their individual circumstances. It includes a tool for diagnostic self-analysis that will help each reader to identify their situation and learn how parents in similar situations have approached the task of supporting their children’s use of languages. Based on a unique survey ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Multilingualism

    A Very Short Introduction

    by John C. Maher ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    The languages of the world can be seen and heard in cities and towns, forests and isolated settlements, as well as on the internet and in international organizations like the UN or the EU. How did the world acquire so many languages? Why can't we all speak one language, like English or Esperanto? And what makes a person bilingual? Multilingualism, language diversity in society, is a perfect ... Read more

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  • A Companion to Translation Studies

    by Piotr KUHIWCZAK and Karin Littau ...
    A Companion to Translation Studies is the first work of its kind. It provides an authoritative guide to key approaches in translation studies. All of the essays are specially commissioned for this collection, and written by leading international experts in the field. The book is divided into nine specialist areas: culture, philosophy, linguistics, history, literary, gender, theatre and opera, ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • An Introduction to Multilingualism

    Language in a Changing World

    by Florian Coulmas ...
    Series series Oxford Textbooks in Linguistics
    This book offers an introduction to the many facets of multilingualism in a changing world. It begins with an overview of the multiplicity of human languages and their geographic distribution, before moving on to the key question of what multilingualism actually is and what is understood by terms such as 'mother tongue', 'native speaker', and 'speech community'. In the chapters that follow, ... Read more

    $28.79 CAD

  • Standardizing Minority Languages

    Competing Ideologies of Authority and Authenticity in the Global Periphery

    Edited by Pia Lane, James Costa, Haley De Korne ...
    The Open Access version of this book, available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781138125124**, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.**This volume addresses a crucial, yet largely unaddressed dimension of minority language standardization, namely how social actors engage with, support, negotiate, resist and even reject such ... Read more

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  • Introducing Translation Studies

    Theories and Applications

    by Jeremy Munday, Sara Ramos Pinto, Jacob Blakesley ...
    This eBook+ version includes the following enhancements:Direct links in each chapter to video introductions from the authors to help focus learning;Live links to some of the key readings, and to additional case studies from earlier editions, to facilitate the learning experience;Links to the considerable amount of material on the companion website including multiple choice tests for each chapter, ... Read more

    $71.44 CAD

  • The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Culture

    Edited by Sue-Ann Harding, Ovidi Carbonell Cortés ...
    Series series Routledge Handbooks in Translation and Interpreting Studies
    The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Culture collects into a single volume thirty-two state-of-the-art chapters written by international specialists, overviewing the ways in which translation studies has both informed, and been informed by, interdisciplinary approaches to culture. The book's five sections provide a wealth of resources, covering both core issues and topics in the first part. ... Read more

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  • The Risk of Freedom

    Ethics, Phenomenology and Politics in Jan Patocka

    Translated by Jane Ledlie ...
    by Francesco Tava ...
    The Risk of Freedom presents an in-depth analysis of the philosophy of Jan Patocka, one of the most influential Central European thinkers of the twentieth century, examining both the phenomenological and ethical-political aspects of his work. In particular, Francesco Tava takes an original approach to the problem of freedom, which represents a recurring theme in Patocka’s work, both in his early ... Read more

    $63.39 CAD