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The City in Slang : New York Life and Popular Speech
Irving Lewis Allen
Paperback - $78.95
The American urban scene, and in particular New York's, has given us a rich cultural legacy of slang words and phrases, a bonanza of popular speech. Hot dog, rush hour, butter-and-egg man, gold digger, shyster, buttinsky, smart aleck, sidewalk superi ...
Sociolinguistics / Soziolinguistik Volume 1 : An International Handbook of the Science of Language and Society
U. Ammon
Other - $1,047.95
Dialect Change : Convergence and Divergence in European Languages
Peter Auer
Hardcover - $174.95
With dialects constantly changing and mobility increasing in recent years, it has become difficult to distinguish between such local accents as one from London or Reading, Bonn or Cologne. This book's authoritative contributors cover all aspects of r ...
Cultural Stereotypes- From Dracula's Myth to Contemporary Diasporic Productions
Ileana Popa Baird
Paperback - $103.95
Language and Nationalism in Europe
Stephen Barbour
Hardcover - $444.95
This volume examines the role of language in the present and past creation of social, cultural, and national identities in Europe, considering the way in which language may sometimes reinforce national identity (as in England) while tending to subver ...
Variation in German : A Critical Approach to German Sociolinguistics
Stephen Barbour
Paperback - $98.95
This book, which examines the interrelations of language and society in German-speaking countries, is the most detailed account of German sociolinguistics to appear in English. Topics covered include the history and development of the German language ...
The French Language Today : A Linguistic Introduction, Second Edition
Adrian Battye
Paperback - $90.95
In their updated edition of this definitive text, Adrian Battye and Marie-Anne Hintze offer an extensive selection of new and reworked material on the socio-linguistic aspects of the French language. The revised work heightens its focus on the distri ...
Beyond Ebonics : Linguistic Pride and Racial Prejudice
John Baugh
Hardcover - $200.95
The media frenzy surrounding the 1996 resolution by the Oakland School Board brought public attention to the term "Ebonics," however the idea remains a mystery to most. John Baugh, a well-known African-American linguist and education expert, offers a ...