An Introduction to Human Communication : Understanding and Sharing with Testprep CDROM

Hardcover - $210.95

Mankind, Nation and Individual from a Linguistic Point of View : Otto Jespersen Collected English Writings

Hardcover - $354.95

Spoken Here : Travels Among Threatened Languages

Mark Abley
Paperback - $21.95

In Spoken Here, Mark Abley takes us on a world tour from the Arctic Circle to Oklahoma to Australia in a fervent quest to document some of the world's most endangered languages. His mission is urgent: Of the six thousand languages spoken in the world ...

Language Policy in Britain and France

Dennis Ernest Ager
Hardcover - $340.95

Examines the making of language policy, and language policy itself, in Britain and France, looking at how disciplines such as sociolinguistics and the analysis of the political process help in studying language policy and policymaking. Details stages ...

Language and Social Relations

Asif Agha
Paperback - $67.95

Language is closely linked to our social relationships and is the medium through which we participate in a variety of social activities. This original study explores the important role of language in various aspects of our social life, such as identi ...

Claiming Power in Doctor-Patient Talk

Nancy Ainsworth-Vaughn
Paperback - $109.95

Nancy Ainsworth-Vaughn studied stories, topic control, "true" questions, and rhetorical questions in 101 medical encounters in US private-practice settings. In exceptionally lucid and accessible style, Ainsworth-Vaughn explains how power was claimed ...

Roc the MIC Right : The Language of Hip Hop Culture

H. Samy Alim
Hardcover - $255.95

"Roc the Mic Right" is the first in-depth, book-length analysis of the most pervasive yet least examined aspect of Hip Hop Culture - its language. Hip Hop Culture has captured the minds of youth "all around the world, from Japan to Amsterdam" (like t ...

Roc the Mic Right : The Language of Hip Hop Culture

H. Samy Alim
Paperback - $76.95

"Roc the Mic Right" is the first in-depth, book-length analysis of the most pervasive yet least examined aspect of Hip Hop Culture - its language. Hip Hop Culture has captured the minds of youth "all around the world, from Japan to Amsterdam" (like t ...

Forbidden Words : Taboo and the Censoring of Language

Keith Allan
Paperback - $58.95

Many words and expressions are viewed as ?taboo?, such as those used to describe sex, our bodies and their functions, and those used to insult other people. This book provides a fascinating insight into taboo language and its role in everyday life. I ...

Forbidden Words : Taboo and the Censoring of Language

Keith Allan
Hardcover - $174.95

Many words and expressions are viewed as ?taboo?, such as those used to describe sex, our bodies and their functions, and those used to insult other people. This book provides a fascinating insight into taboo language and its role in everyday life. I ...