Pragmatics in Language Teaching

Kenneth R. Rose
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This book examines the acquisition of pragmatics ? language used in social contexts ? in language classrooms.

A Revolution in Language : The Problem of Signs in Late Eighteenth-Century France

Sophia A. Rosenfeld
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What is the relationship between the ideas of the Enlightenment and the culture and ideology of the French Revolution? This book takes up that classic question by concentrating on the politics of language in the second half of the eighteenth century. ...

Samuel David Luzzatto, Prolegomena to a Grammar of the Hebrew Language

Aaron Rubin
Hardcover - $164.95

Translated for the first time, with annotations and useful additions, this long under-appreciated work of S. D. Luzzatto is now available to modern scholars. A history of both Hebrew and Hebrew scholarship, it is replete with valuable information and ...

French Today : Language in Its Social Context

Carol Sanders
Paperback - $124.95

French today is a profile of the French language in its social context. All chapters of this book are in English, with examples and quotations in French, and a mixture of references given in both languages.

The Ethnography of Communication

Muriel Saville-Troike
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"The Ethnography of Communication" presents the terms and concepts which are essential for discussing how and why language is used and how its use varies in different cultures.

Language and Peace

Christina Schaffner
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"Language and Peace" demonstrates how critical discourse analysis can elucidate the relationship between language and peace. It provides a view on the notion of peace put forth by peace researchers in the last two decades, namely that peace includes ...

Linguistic Culture and Language Policy

Harold F. Schiffman
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b /b b i Linguistic Culture and Language Policy /i /b examines how language policy in three very different nations evolved and how it is not merely the specific embodiment of rule, but rather primarily a social construct that rests on other conceptua ...

The Politics of Language : Conflict, Identity, and Cultural Pluralism in Comparative Perspective

Carol L. Schmid
Hardcover - $235.95

Important aspects of the history of language in the United States remain shrouded in myth and legend. The notion of "one nation, one language" is part of the idealized history of the United States, although in its short history it has probably been h ...

The Politics of Language : Conflict, Identity, and Cultural Pluralism in Comparative Perspective

Carol L. Schmid
Paperback - $65.95

Important aspects of the history of language in the United States remain shrouded in myth and legend. The notion of "one nation, one language" is part of the idealized history of the United States, although in its short history it has probably been h ...

Reconceptualizing Literacy in the New Age of Multiculturalism and Pluralism (Hc)

Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt
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