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Sociolinguistics
Lesley Milroy
Paperback - $94.95
Questions of how to access and analyze actual language use are central to the study of language in its social context. Sociolinguistics: Method and Interpretation presents a thorough and practical description of current sociolinguistic methodology wh ...
Linguistic Consequences of Language Contact and Restriction : The Case of French in Ontario, Canada
Raymond Mougeon
Hardcover - $380.95
This study of minority languages documents the linguistic consequences of contact and restriction. First providing sociohistorical and sociolinguistic backgrounds, the book analyzes the effect contact with English and language-use restriction has had ...
Multiple Voices : An Introduction to Bilingualism
Carol Myers-Scotton
Hardcover - $164.95
Multiple Voices: An Introduction to Bilingualism provides a comprehensive overview of all major aspects of bilingualism. It is primarily concerned with bilingualism as a socio-political phenomenon in the world and, as such, emphasizes languages in co ...
Multiple Voices : An Introduction to Bilingualism
Carol Myers-Scotton
Paperback - $88.95
"Multiple Voices: An Introduction to Bilingualism" provides a comprehensive overview of all major features of bilingualism, including grammatical, cognitive, and social aspects.
Power in Language : Verbal Communication and Social Influence
Sik Hung Ng
Paperback - $135.95
"The literature review provided by Sik Hung Ng and James J. Bradac is particularly thorough and informative." --Canadian Journal of Communication "This volume, the third in the Language and Language Behaviors Series, fits nicely with the series' aim ...
The Way We Talk Now : Commentaries on Language and Culture
Geoffrey Nunberg
Paperback - $24.95
This engaging collection of National Public Radio broadcasts and magazine pieces by one of America's best-known linguists covers the waterfront of contemporary culture by taking stock of its words and phrases.
Language, Ethnicity and the State, Volume 1 : Minority Languages in the European Union
Camille OReilly
Hardcover - $233.95
Bringing together research from a number of different disciplines, this volume explores the effects of European Union policy and discourses of linguistic heterogeneity and cultural diversity from a sociological/ethnographic perspective, providing an ...