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Conversational Competence and Social Development
Ioanna Dimitracopoulou
Hardcover - $163.95
This book provides new insight into the development of the child's ability to become a competent participant in conversation. The author combines a pragmatic analysis of the functions language can perform with an innovative and extensive empirical in ...
Key Terms in Language & Culture
Alessandro Duranti
Paperback - $90.95
Key Terms in Language and Culture is an exciting new collection of 75 original short essays, written by leading scholars in linguistic anthropology and related fields, covering all the major issues in the contemporary study of language and culture. T ...
Language and Gender
Penelope Eckert
Paperback - $63.95
This is a new introduction to the study of the relation between gender and language use, written by two of the leading experts in the field. It covers the main topics, beginning with a clear discussion of gender and of the resources that the linguist ...
Language in Canada
John Edwards
Hardcover - $265.95
Canada is a country in which many languages intertwine. French and English are the original "charter" languages, but there is also a large number of aboriginal and immigrant varieties that contribute to the overall picture. This book provides a compr ...
Multilingualism
John R. Edwards
Hardcover - $129.95
In this broad-ranging book John Edwards looks at the issues raised by language difference, and considers the effects of multilingualism on the individual speaker as well as on society. By examining the social life of language rather than theories of ...
Multilingualism in the English-Speaking World
VIV Edwards
Paperback - $95.95
"Multilingualism in the English-Speaking World: Pedigree of Nations" explores the consequences of English as a global language and multilingualism as a social phenomenon. Written accessibly, it explores the extent of diversity in 'inner circle' Engli ...
Multilingualism in the English-Speaking World : Pedigree of Nations
VIV Edwards
Hardcover - $152.95
"Multilingualism in the English-Speaking World: Pedigree of Nations" explores the consequences of English as a global language and multilingualism as a social phenomenon. Written accessibly, it explores the extent of diversity in 'inner circle' Engli ...
The Language Imperative
Suzette Haden Elgin
Paperback - $27.95
Many of us view language as a tool, a means by which to communicate our thoughts and emotions. But is there more to language than just "talk"? Can learning languages actually change the way you think? In The Language Imperative, best-selling author a ...
Linguistic Epidemiology
N. J. Enfield
Hardcover - $305.95
This important new study examines in detail a semantic-pragmatic pattern surrounding the basic verb 'acquire' in nearly 30 Southeast Asian languages, concentrating on Lao, Vietnamese, Khmer, Kmhmu, Hmong, and varieties of Chinese. The book makes a si ...