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Multilingualism in the English-Speaking World
VIV Edwards
Paperback - $83.95
"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 : How Learning Languages Can Enrich Your Life
Suzette Haden Elgin
Paperback - $27.95
How multilingualism enhances the human experience and why our decisions about "English Only" language policies are shortsighted.
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 ...
Person Reference in Interaction : Linguistic, Cultural and Social Perspectives
N. J. Enfield
Hardcover - $199.95
How do we refer to people in everyday conversation? No matter the language or culture, we must choose from a range of options: full name ('Robert Smith'), reduced name ('Bob'), description ('tall guy'), kin term ('my son') etc. Our choices reflect ho ...
Language and Colonial Power : The Appropriation of Swahili in the Former Belgian Congo, 1880-1938
Johannes Fabian
Paperback - $52.95
African Languages, Development and the State
Richard Fardon
Hardcover - $305.95
When compared to the European standard of one nation, one language, Africa's 2,000 indigenous languages--not to mention its languages of colonial provenance, Arabic and numerous locally developed pidgins and creoles--would seem to pose insuperable pr ...
Latino Language and Literacy in Ethnolinguistic Chicago
Marcia Farr
Paperback - $86.95
A set of studies of language use among Latinos in one of the most globalized, linguistically diverse cities in the US. Emphasizes language use as centrally related to ethnic, class, and gender identities.