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Sociolinguistic Variation : Critical Reflections
Ronald K. S. Macaulay
Hardcover - $226.95
This volume contains previously unpublished articles by the most prominent sociolinguists working in the study of language variation today, which when taken together both highlight this new direction, as well as critique conventional wisdom in this g ...
The Social Art : Language and Its Uses
Ronald K. S. Macaulay
Paperback - $52.95
The Social Art is an engagingly written, highly accessible tour through the world of languages. Macaulay uses jokes, anecdotes, quotations, and examples to introduce readers to the full range of current linguistic knowledge, covering in 35 chapters, ...
Do You Speak American?
Robert MacNeil
Paperback - $20.95
Is American English in decline? Are regional dialects dying out? Is there a difference between men and women in how they adapt to linguistic variations?
These questions, and more, about our language catapulted Robert MacNeil and William Cran--the ...
Do You Speak American?
Robert MacNeil
Hardcover - $37.95
Is American English in decline? Are regional dialects dying out? Is there a difference between men and women in how they adapt to linguistic variations?
These questions, and more, about our language catapulted Robert MacNeil and William Cran--the ...
Creative Storytelling : Choosing, Inventing and Sharing Tales for Children
Jack Maguire
Paperback - $24.95
One of the best and most comprehensive books on storytelling, newly expanded and beautifully illustrated.
The Politics of Language in the Spanish-Speaking World
Clare Mar-Molinero
Paper Textbook - $102.95
Spanish is now the third most widely spoken language in the world after English and Chinese. This new book traces how and why Spanish has arrived at this position, examining its role in the diverse societies where it is spoken from Europe to the Amer ...
Language Change and Sociolinguistics : Rethinking Social Networks
Jonathan Marshall
Hardcover - $174.95
This sociolinguistic study offers a new theoretical framework for understanding the diffusion of language change within a community. Advanced statistical analysis methods are used in rigorously testing the supposed norm-enforcement effect of social n ...
Mexican Americans and Language : del Dicho Al Hecho
Glenn A. Martinez
Paperback - $33.95
When political activists rallied for the abolition of bilingual education and even called for the declaration of English as an official language, Mexican Americans and other immigrant groups saw this as an assault on their heritage and civil rights. ...
Law and the Language of Identity : Discourse in the William Kennedy Smith Rape Trial
Gregory M. Matoesian
Paperback - $139.95
In this volume, Gregory Matoesian uses the notorious 1991 rape trial of William Kennedy Smith to provide an in-depth analysis of language use and its role in that specific trial as well as in the law in general. He draws on the fields of conversation ...
Children's Voices : Talk, Knowledge and Identity
Janet Maybin
Hardcover - $163.95
Drawing on ethnographic research inside and outside the classroom, Janet Maybin investigates how 10-12 year-old children use talk and literacy to construct knowledge about their social worlds and about themselves, as they negotiate the transition fro ...