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Interlanguage Pragmatics
Gabriele Kasper
Hardcover - $226.95
As a field of inquiry, interlanguage pragmatics reflects the growing interest in recent years in understanding the social and pragmatic aspects of second language acquisition. A collection of previously unpublished essays by sixteen distinguished lin ...
Gesture : Visible Action as Utterance
Adam Kendon
Hardcover - $224.95
Gesture, or visible bodily action intimately involved in the activity of speaking, has long fascinated scholars and laymen alike. Written by a leading authority on the subject, this book draws on the analysis of everyday conversations to demonstrate ...
Dialects Converging : Rural Speech in Urban Norway
Paul Kerswill
Hardcover - $420.95
How and why do adults modify their language when they move to a new area? In this detailed study of rural dialect users who have moved to the Norwegian city of Bergen, Kerswill throws light on this widespread phenomenon. The book is concerned with th ...
Sustaining Linguistic Diversity : Endangered and Minority Languages and Language Varieties
Kendall A. King
Paperback - $92.95
The Language of Work
Almut Koester
Paperback - $50.95
"The Language of Work" examines how language is used in business and the workplace, looking at a range of situations and data: from meetings to negotiations, official reports to emails between colleagues. The book explores representations of work in ...
A Union of Diversity : Language, Identity and Polity-Building in Europe
Peter A. Kraus
Paperback - $67.95
Dimensions of Literacy : A Conceptual Base for Teaching Reading and Writing in School Settings
Stephen B. Kucer
Paperback - $91.95
This popular text examines literacy from a multidimensional and interdisciplinary perspective. It "unpackages" the various dimensions of literacy--linguistic, cognitive, sociocultural, and developmental--and at the same time accounts for the interrel ...
Principles of Linguistic Change, Social Factors
William Labov
Hardcover - $220.95
This volume presents the results of several decades of inquiry into the social origins and social motivation of linguistic change. It includes the first complete report on the Philadelphia project designed to establish the social location of the lead ...
Principles of Linguistic Change, Social Factors
William Labov
Paperback - $115.95
This volume presents the results of several decades of inquiry into the social origins and social motivation of linguistic change. It includes the first complete report on the Philadelphia project designed to establish the social location of the lead ...