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Language Policy and Political Economy(2015)This edited volume will articulate a new framework for language policy research that explores the connections between language policy and political economy in its analysis of how English affects the status of other languages in countries, specifically thoVezava: Trda162,13 € -
Teen Talk(2016) TAGLIAMONTE, SALI A. (UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO)Using extensive, spoken vernacular data collected by youth from youth, Tagliamonte argues that teen language is at the cutting edge of linguistic change, offering a window to the future. Richly illustrated and filled with engaging quotes, anecdotes and laVezava: Mehka51,31 € -
Your Voice Speaks Volumes(2021) SETTER, JANE (PROFESSOR OF PHONETICS, PROFESSOR OF PHONETICS, UNIVERSITY OF READING)Why do we speak the way we do, and what do our voices tell others about us? What is the truth behind the myths that surround how we speak? Jane Setter explores these and other fascinating questions in an accessible and engaging account that will appeal toVezava: Mehka21,71 € -
Language Diversity in the Sinophone World(2022)Language Diversity in the Sinophone World offers interdisciplinary insights into social, cultural, and linguistic aspects of multilingualism in the Sinophone world, highlighting language diversity and opening up the burgeoning field of Sinophone studies tVezava: Mehka42,76 € -
Slang(2016) GREEN, JONATHON (INDEPENDENT SCHOLAR)What words qualify as slang? Should slang be acknowledged as a language in itself? And what does the digital revolution mean for the future of slang? In this Very Short Introduction, Jonathon Green addresses these questions, considering the etymology, datVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Memory Speaks(2021) SEDIVY, JULIEAs immigrants and others are engulfed by dominant societies, the connection to their ancestral tongues is routinely severed. Julie Sedivy takes on the science and politics of language loss, offering lessons for the renewal and preservation of heritage lanVezava: Trda42,91 € -
Bad Language(2019) CAPPELEN, HERMAN (PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY, PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY, UNIVERSITY OF OSLO/UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS),DEVER, JOSH (PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY, PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN)Bad Language is the first textbook on an emerging area in the study of language: non-idealized language use, the linguistic behaviour of people who exploit language for malign purposes. This lively, accessible introduction offers theoretical frameworks foVezava: Mehka48,45 € -
Cambridge Topics in English Language Language and Power(2018) IVES, GARY,RANA, RAJEssential study guides for the future linguist.Vezava: Mehka34,69 € -
Changing Language Assessment(2020)Language assessment has a key role in the development and implementation of language and educational policies at the national level, and this book examines some of the impacts - both positive and negative - of different skills testing and examination apprVezava: Trda18,24 € -
Sounds Appealing(2019) CRYSTAL, DAVIDThe newest volume in David Crystal's pentalogy of the English language, focusing on the subtleties of pronunciation.Vezava: Mehka16,81 € -
Speaking Subjects in Multilingualism Research(2022)This book discusses salient moments of multilingual encounters and focuses on the interplay between language use by individuals and societies, and language-related inequalities or opportunities for speakers. The chapters demonstrate how biographical and sVezava: Mehka65,77 € -
Multilingual Perspectives on Translanguaging(2022)This book brings together a group of leading scholars to critically assess a recent proposal within translanguaging theory called deconstructivism: the view that discrete or ‘named’ languages do not exist. The authors converge on a multilingual perspectivVezava: Trda170,17 € -
Multilingual Perspectives on Translanguaging(2022)This book brings together a group of leading scholars to critically assess a recent proposal within translanguaging theory called deconstructivism: the view that discrete or ‘named’ languages do not exist. The authors converge on a multilingual perspectivVezava: Mehka65,77 € -
Hablar espanol en Estados Unidos(2021) LEEMAN, JENNIFER,FULLER, JANET M.Este libro ofrece un acercamiento a la sociolingüística, centrándose en el español hablado en los Estados Unidos. Se examina la historia del español en dicho país, la relación de la lengua con las identidades latinxs, y las formas en que las ideologías yVezava: Mehka49,82 € -
Wittgenstein, a One–Way Ticket, and Other Unforeseen Benefits of Studying Chinese(2020)Collects essays from native speakers of English who studied Chinese, learned it unusually well, and then used it in very successful careers in journalism, business, government work, and academe. Many of essays show that answers to the question of ""what dVezava: Trda62,64 € -
Grammatical Voice(2019) ZUNIGA, FERNANDO (UNIVERSITAT BERN, SWITZERLAND),KITTILA, SEPPO (UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI)Aimed at students of linguistics and researchers in morphology, syntax, and semantics, this textbook introduces a wide variety of topics related to passives, causatives, and other voices, and systematizes how they are similar and how they differ.Vezava: Mehka53,22 €











