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  • Vox Popular

    The Surprising Life of Language in the Media

    by Robin Queen ...
    Our favorite movies and TV shows feature indelible characters who tell us about themselves not just in what they say but in how they say it. The creative decisions behind these voices—such as what accent or dialect to use—offer rich data for sociolinguistic study. Ideal for students of language variation as well as general readers interested in media, Vox Popular is an engaging tour through the ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

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  • Speech Communities

    by Marcyliena H. Morgan ...
    Series series Key Topics in Linguistic Anthropology
    What makes a speech community? How do they evolve? How are speech communities identified? Speech communities are central to our understanding of how language and interactions occur in societies around the world and in this book readers will find an overview of the main concepts and critical arguments surrounding how language and communication styles distinguish and identify groups. Speech ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Principles of Linguistic Change, Volume 3

    Cognitive and Cultural Factors

    by William Labov ...
    Series Book 36 - Language in Society
    Written by the world-renowned pioneer in the field of modern sociolinguistics, this volume examines the cognitive and cultural factors responsible for linguistic change, tracing the life history of these developments, from triggering events to driving forces and endpoints.Explores the major insights obtained by combining sociolinguistics with the results of dialect geography on a large ... Read more

    $55.99 CAD

  • The Language of Life and Death

    The Transformation of Experience in Oral Narrative

    by William Labov ...
    We share the experience of others through the stories they tell of the crucial events in their lives. This book provides a rich range of narratives that grip the reader's attention together with an analysis of how it is done. While remaining true to the facts, narrators use linguistic devices to present themselves in the best possible light and change the listener's perception of who is to blame ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • Stance and Voice in Written Academic Genres

    by Carmen Sancho Guinda ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    Stance and Voice in Written Academic Genres brings together a range of perspectives on two of the most important and contested concepts in applied linguistics: stance and voice. International experts provide an accessible, yet authoritative introduction to key issues and debates surrounding these terms. ... Read more

    $108.99 CAD

  • The Cambridge Handbook of Linguistic Multi-Competence

    Edited by Vivian Cook, Li Wei ...
    Series series Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics
    How are two or more languages learned and contained in the same mind or the same community? This handbook presents an up-to-date view of the concept of multi-competence, exploring the research questions it has generated and the methods that have been used to investigate it. The book brings together psychologists, sociolinguists, Second Language Acquisition (SLA) researchers, and language teachers ... Read more

    $185.99 CAD

  • Codeswitching in Igbo-English Bilingualism

    A Matrix Language Frame Account

    by Kelechukwu Ihemere ...
    Codeswitching occurs when multilingual speakers embed elements of more than one language into the dominant (or Matrix) language within individual utterances of conversation. Codeswitching in Igbo-English Bilingualism explores the syntax of bilingual codeswitching between the Benue-Congo African language of Igbo and English. Within the framework of Myers-Scotton's highly influential Matrix Language ... Read more

    $51.99 CAD

  • Sociolinguistics from the Periphery

    Small Languages in New Circumstances

    by Sari Pietikäinen, Alexandra Jaffe, Helen Kelly-Holmes, Nikolas Coupland ...
    This leading team of scholars presents a fascinating book about change: shifting political, economic and cultural conditions; ephemeral, sometimes even seasonal, multilingualism; and altered imaginaries for minority and indigenous languages and their users. The authors refer to this network of interlinked changes as the new conditions surrounding small languages (Sámi, Corsican, Irish and Welsh) ... Read more

    $133.99 CAD

  • Communicating through Vague Language

    A Comparative Study of L1 and L2 Speakers

    by Grace Q. Zhang, Peyman G.P. Sabet ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book is a comparative study of vague language based on naturally occurring data of L1 and L2 speakers in academic settings. It explores how L2 learners have diverse and culturally specific needs for vague language compared with L1s, and are generally vaguer. ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Conflict, Exclusion and Dissent in the Linguistic Landscape

    Edited by Rani Rubdy, Selim Ben Said ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book explores the dynamics of the linguistic landscape as a site of conflict, exclusion, and dissent. It focuses on socio-historical, economic, political and ideological issues, such as reflected in mass protest demonstrations, to forge links between landscape, identity, social justice and power. ... Read more

    $140.99 CAD

  • Language Contact Around the Globe

    Proceedings of the LCTG3 Conference

    Edited by Amei Koll-Stobbe, Sebastian Knospe ...
    Series Book 5 - Sprachkoennen und Sprachbewusstheit in Europa / Language Competence and Language Awareness in Europe
    The fifth volume in the series Language Competence and Language Awareness in Europe unites a collection of peer-reviewed papers delivered at the Third Conference on Language Contact in Times of Globalization (LCTG3) at the University of Greifswald in 2011. The papers are arranged in five thematic sections: Part I studies lexical and grammatical borrowing and pseudo-loans. Part II looks at code ... Read more

    $139.99 CAD

  • The Language of Museum Communication

    A Diachronic Perspective

    by Cecilia Lazzeretti ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This volume explores the evolution of the language of museum communication from 1950 to the present day, focusing on its most salient tool, the press release. The analysis is based on a corpus of press releases issued by eight high-profile British and American museums, and has been carried out adopting corpus linguistics and genre analysis methodologies. After identifying the typical features of ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD