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Analysing Political Discourse : Theory and Practice
Paul A. Chilton
Paperback - $88.95
"Analysing Political Discourse" is a must for anyone interested in the way language is used in the world of politics. Based on Aristotle's premise that we are all political animals, able to use language to pursue our own ends, the book uses the theor ...
Problems of High-Stakes Testing System- Students' Attitudes Toward the English Section of the Korean University Aptitude Examination
Bokyung Cho
Paperback - $122.95
A Dictionary of Symbols
J. E. Cirlot
Paperback - $33.95
At every stage of civilization, people have relied on symbolic expression, and advances in science and technology have only increased our dependence on symbols. An essential part of the ancient arts of the Orient and Western medieval traditions, symb ...
The German Language in a Changing Europe
Michael Clyne
Paperback - $92.95
Recent sociopolitical events have profoundly changed the status and functions of German and influenced its usage. In this textbook Michael Clyne revises and expands his original analysis of the German language in Language and Society in the German-Sp ...
Community Languages
Michael G. Clyne
Paperback - $82.95
Without even considering the 150 Aboriginal languages still spoken, Australia has an unparalleled mix of languages other than English in common usage, languages often described by the term 'community'. Drawing on census data and other statistics, thi ...
Women, Men and Language : A Sociolinguistic Account of Gender Differences in Language
Jennifer Coates
Paperback - $98.95
'Those who, like me, have used this book in their language and gender courses, will warmly welcome this up-date, which brings both the material surveyed and the perspectives covered into the 21st century. Jennifer Coates' lucid and engaging style con ...
Literacy and Literacies : Texts, Power, and Identity
James Collins
Paperback - $61.95
Literacy and Literacies is an engaging account of literacy and its relation to power.
The Social Construction of Literacy
Jenny Cook-Gumperz
Paperback - $73.95
Literacy - the ability to produce and interpret written text - has long been viewed as the basis of all school achievement; a measure of success that defines both an 'educated' person, and an educable one. In this volume, a team of leading experts ra ...
