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Interaction and Grammar
Elinor Ochs
Hardcover - $275.95
Many scholars of language have accepted a view of grammar as a clearly delineated and internally coherent structure that is best understood as a self-contained system. The contributors to this volume propose a very different way of approaching and un ...
Japanese Language, Gender, and Ideology : Cultural Models and Real People
Shigeko Okamoto
Paperback - $122.95
Japanese Language, Gender and Ideology is a collection of previously unpublished articles by established as well as promising young scholars in Japanese language and gender studies. The contributors to this edited volume argue that traditional views ...
Language and Literacy in Uganda. Towards a Sustainable Reading Culture
Kate Parry
Paperback - $50.95
Uganda's linguistic situation is complex. These papers from two conferences at Makerere University present a coherent and current picture. The book is divided into five parts: an overview of language and literacy issues in both Ugandan and internatio ...
On Literacy : The Politics of the Word from Homer to the Age of Rock
Robert Pattison
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Sociolinguistics : The Essentials Readings
Christina Bratt Paulston
Paperback - $111.95
Sociolinguistics: The Essential Readings is a collection of classic articles that have helped define the field of sociolinguistics and provide the foundation for future research, paired with more recent articles that indicate the direction the field ...
Language, Gender, and Sex in Comparative Perspective
Susan U. Philips
Paperback - $80.95
The aim of this innovative volume is to analyze both the cultural and the biological sources of gender differences in language use. The first two parts of the volume focus on cultural variation in gender-differentiated language use, comparing Western ...
