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Dialect Change : Convergence and Divergence in European Languages
Peter Auer
Hardcover - $174.95
With dialects constantly changing and mobility increasing in recent years, it has become difficult to distinguish between such local accents as one from London or Reading, Bonn or Cologne. This book's authoritative contributors cover all aspects of r ...
Cultural Stereotypes- From Dracula's Myth to Contemporary Diasporic Productions
Ileana Popa Baird
Paperback - $103.95
Language and Nationalism in Europe
Stephen Barbour
Hardcover - $444.95
This volume examines the role of language in the present and past creation of social, cultural, and national identities in Europe, considering the way in which language may sometimes reinforce national identity (as in England) while tending to subver ...
Variation in German : A Critical Approach to German Sociolinguistics
Stephen Barbour
Paperback - $98.95
This book, which examines the interrelations of language and society in German-speaking countries, is the most detailed account of German sociolinguistics to appear in English. Topics covered include the history and development of the German language ...
The French Language Today : A Linguistic Introduction, Second Edition
Adrian Battye
Paperback - $90.95
In their updated edition of this definitive text, Adrian Battye and Marie-Anne Hintze offer an extensive selection of new and reworked material on the socio-linguistic aspects of the French language. The revised work heightens its focus on the distri ...
Beyond Ebonics : Linguistic Pride and Racial Prejudice
John Baugh
Hardcover - $200.95
The media frenzy surrounding the 1996 resolution by the Oakland School Board brought public attention to the term "Ebonics," however the idea remains a mystery to most. John Baugh, a well-known African-American linguist and education expert, offers a ...
Explorations in the Ethnography of Speaking
Richard Bauman
Paperback - $113.95
First published in 1974, this collection of classic case studies in the ethnography of speaking had a formative influence on the field. No other volume has so successfully provided a broad, cross-cultural survey of the use, role, and function of lang ...
Speaking Out : The Female Voice in Public Contexts
Judith Baxter
Hardcover - $204.95
Focusing on the female voice in public contexts, a stellar group of language and gender specialists consider both the barriers and opportunities encountered by women in gaining recognition in politics, law, the church, education, the business world a ...