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Spelling and Society : The Culture and Politics of Orthography Around the World
Mark Sebba
Hardcover - $173.95
Spelling matters to people. In America and Britain every day, members of the public write to the media on spelling issues, and take part in spelling contests. In Germany, a reform of the spelling system has provoked a constitutional crisis; in Galici ...
Languages and Their Status
Timothy Shopen
Paperback - $52.95
An introduction both to languages themselves and to their social role, "Languages and Their Status" gives insight into the meaning, value, and function of language within culture and into the ways language behavior varies and changes. It examines the ...
Sociolinguistica y Pragmatica del Espanol
Carmen Silva-Corvalan
Paperback - $82.95
This book provides a clear and comprehensive overview of sociolinguistics and the pragmatics of oral communication in Spanish. Drawing on the research of foremost scholars in the field, Carmen Silva-Corvalan covers central concerns of variational soc ...
Pidgins and Creoles : An Introduction
Ishtla Singh
Hardcover - $261.95
Pidgins and Creoles have always attracted a great deal of interest - academic and otherwise - but in recent decades they have become increasingly important as a field of linguistic inquiry. Placing pidgins and creoles in the wider setting of linguist ...
The History of English : A Student's Guide
Ishtla Singh
Paperback - $72.95
The History of English provides an accessible introduction to the changes that English has undergone from its Indo-European beginnings to the present day. The text looks at the major periods in the history of English, and provides for each a socio-hi ...
Linguistic Genocide in Education C
Tove Skutnabb-Kangas
Paperback - $184.95
In this powerful, multidisciplinary book, Tove Skutnabb-Kangas shows how most indigenous and minority education contributes to linguistic genocide according to United Nations definitions. Theory is combined with a wealth of factual encyclopedic infor ...
Junk English
Ken Smith
Paperback - $20.95
In Junk English, Ken Smith takes on the misuse, abuse, and downright decay of the English language. His weapons? A sharp wit and an almost frightening grasp of the depths of the decline. Written so that the ordinary writer and speaker of English can ...