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Taylor & Francis Ltd Multilingual Approaches for Teaching and Learning
Book SynopsisMultilingual Approaches for Teaching and Learning outlines the opportunities and challenges of multilingual approaches in mainstream education in Europe. The book, which draws on research findings from several officially monolingual, bilingual, and multilingual countries in Europe, discusses approaches to multilingual education which capitalise on students' multilingual resources from early childhood to higher education. This book synthesises research on multilingual education, relates theory to practice, and discusses different pedagogical approaches from diverse perspectives.The first section of the book outlines multilingual approaches in early childhood education and primary school, the second looks at multilingual approaches in secondary school and higher education, and the third examines the influence of parents, policy-makers, and professional development on the implementation and sustainability of multilingual approaches. The book demonstrates that Table of Contents1. Introduction: Multilingual approaches for teaching and learning Part 1: Multilingual approaches in early childhood education and primary school 2. Translanguaging pedagogies in early childhood education in Luxembourg: theory into practice 3. Multilingual teaching practices in primary classrooms in Germany: language comparisons 4. What is effective pedagogy for multilingual learners? Observations of teaching that challenges inequity. The OPETAN project in England Part 2: Multilingual approaches in secondary school 5. Multilingual interaction in secondary education in the Netherlands: multilingualism to learn or learning to act multilingually? 6. Intercomprehension in the mainstream language classroom at secondary school level: how online multilingual interaction fosters foreign language learning 7. Research on intercomprehension in Germany: from theory to school practice and vice versa 8. Multilingual assessment: beliefs and practices of geography teachers Part 3: Actors and factors influencing the implementation of multilingual approaches 9. Exploring the partnership between language minority parents and professionals in early childhood education and care. A systematic review 10. Parental cooperation in early childhood education in Germany – bridging language barriers in multilingual settings 11. Language policy, professional development and sustainability of multilingual approaches
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Independently Published Portuguese Short Stories for Beginners
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Cambridge University Press Contrasts and Positions in Information Structure
Book SynopsisInformation structure, or the way the information in a sentence is 'divided' into categories such as topic, focus, comment, background, and old versus new information, is one of the most widely debated topics in linguistics. This volume incorporates exciting work on the relationship between syntax and information structure. The contributors are united in rejecting accounts that assume designated syntactic positions associated with specific information-structural interpretations, and aim instead to derive information-structural conditions on word order and other phenomena from the way syntax and syntax-external systems interact. Beyond this shared aim, the authors of the various chapters advocate a number of approaches, based on different types of data (syntactic, semantic, phonological/phonetic) from a range of languages. The book is aimed at specialists in syntax and/or information structure, as well as students and linguists in related fields keen to familiarise themselves with curreTable of Contents1. Introduction Ivona Kučerová and Ad Neeleman; Part I. The Architecture of Grammar and the Primitives of Information Structure: 2. Predicate integration: phrase structure or argument structure? Daniel Büring; 3. Wh-intonation and information structure in South Kyeongsang Korean and Tokyo Japanese Hyun Kyung Hwang; 4. Grammatical marking of givenness Ivona Kučerová; 5. Interface configurations: identificational focus and the flexibility of syntax Balázs Surányi; 6. Focus and givenness: a unified approach Michael Wagner; 7. The locality of focusing and the coherence of anaphors Edwin Williams; Part II. Exploring the Interfaces: Case Studies: 8. NP ellipsis without focus movement/projections: the role of classifiers Artemis Alexiadou and Kirsten Gengel; 9. Focus in Greek wh-questions Theodora Alexopoulou and Mary Baltazani; 10. Against FocusP: arguments from Zulu Lisa Lai-Shen Cheng and Laura J. Downing; 11. Scrambling as formal movement Gisbert Fanselow; 12. Left peripheral arguments and discourse interface strategies in Yucatec Maya Stavros Skopeteas and Elisabeth Verhoeven; References.
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Cambridge University Press Natural Language Generation in Interactive Systems
Book SynopsisAn informative and comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art in natural language generation for interactive systems, this guide serves to introduce graduate students and new researchers to the field of natural language processing and artificial intelligence, with links to corpora, data, software and other resources for pursuing research in this field.Trade Review'This book provides a comprehensive overview of the state of the art in interactive natural language generation, ranging from theoretical foundations over issues of evaluation to practical applications, and written by some of the world's leading researchers in the field. With the widespread use of interactive language technology on the horizon, this book is an immensely helpful resource for industry and academia alike.' Alexander Koller, University of Potsdam, Germany'Conventional dialog systems in the commercial world invariably produce their linguistic output using simple template-based mechanisms, but the enhanced capabilities of the next wave of intelligent personal assistants and knowledge navigators demand more sophisticated language generation techniques. The broad range of contributions drawn together in this volume provides a ready-made agenda for anyone working in this space, and an excellent head-start on the key issues that need to be considered.' Robert Dale, Chief Technology Officer, Arria NLG'This book provides a timely contribution that brings together two areas, Natural Language Generation and Conversational Interfaces, that don't interact as frequently as one would expect. The breadth of the contributions is remarkable … I wholeheartedly recommend this book not only to practitioners in each of the two areas, but to anybody who is interested in Human Computer Interaction and Natural Language Processing.' Barbara Di Eugenio, University of Illinois, ChicagoTable of Contents1. Communicative intentions and natural language generation Nate Blaylock; 2. Pursuing and demonstrating understanding in dialogue David DeVault and Matthew Stone; 3. Dialogue and compound contributions Matthew Purver, Julian Hough and Eleni Gregoromichelaki; 4. Eye tracking for the online evaluation of prosody in speech synthesis Michael White, Rajakrishnan Rajkumar, Kiwako Ito and Shari R. Speer; 5. Referability Kees van Deemter; 6. Referring expression generation in interaction: a graph-based perspective Emiel Krahmer, Martijn Goudbeek and Mariet Theune; 7. Reinforcement learning approaches to natural language generation in interactive systems Oliver Lemony, Srini Janarthanam and Verena Rieser; 8. A joint learning approach for situated language generation Nina Dethlefs and Heriberto Cuayáhuitl; 9. Data-driven methods for linguistic style control Francois Mairesse; 10. Integration of cultural factors into the behavioural models of virtual characters Birgit Endrass and Elisabeth Andre; 11. Natural language generation for augmented and assistive technologies Nava Tintarev, Ehud Reiter and Annalu Waller; 12. Comparative evaluation and shared tasks for NLG in interactive systems Anja Belz and Helen Hastie.
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Cambridge University Press The Archimedes Palimpsest 2 Volume Set
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Cambridge University Press SelfMaking Man
Book SynopsisThis book portrays one day in the communicative life of the owner of an auto repair-shop in Texas. He walks, looks, points, shows and explains engines, makes sense by gesture, speaks, manages, makes his life-world, and in the process reproduces social structures and himself as individual. Self-Making Man is the first comprehensive study of a communicating person; it reveals socially shared and personal practices, as well as improvisational actions by which a person inhabits and makes sense of the world with others. After decades of discussion on embodiment, this study is the first to investigate one body in its full range of communicative activities. Grounded in phenomenology and committed to the methodological rigor of context analysis and conversation analysis, Self-Making Man departs radically from contemporary research practice: it shows that, to take embodiment in human interaction seriously, we must conceive of it as individuation and organic, self-sustaining life: as autopoeisisTable of Contents1. Moving; 2. Looking; 3. Pointing; 4. Showing; 5. Making sense; 6. Speaking; 7. Getting things done; 8. Self-making.
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Cambridge University Press How Mediation Works
Book SynopsisAn original study of the language of mediation, which uses excerpts from real mediation sessions to illustrate how mediation works and how mediators can best help disputants make claims, present evidence and propose solutions. It will interest researchers and students of sociolinguistics, conversation analysis, and the sociology of law.Trade Review'… the book is an excellent blend of rigorous analytic focus with relevance to disputants' and mediators' behaviour and outcomes drawn out clearly. It is highly readable, making Conversational Analysis accessible and relevant to new audiences. It is recommended for anyone who is interested in how mediation works, why it often breaks down, and how it can be done more effectively.' Janet Smithson, Journal of Pragmatics'… a compelling read, especially for linguists, mediation practitioners and others who may be interested in how mediation sessions work in some parts of the United States and beyond. Its strengths lie in the observational, aptly illustrated and longitudinal character of the data corpus and presentation of analyses. … the author has significantly bridged the knowledge gap by showing, using the conversation analysis approach, how conflict is resolved in small claims and divorce mediation sessions in the United States.' Eniola Boluwaduro, Sociolinguistic Studies'Angela Cora Garcia has written an interesting book which looks in depth at how mediation works.' Dr Treasa Kenny, Journal of Mediation and Applied Conflict AnalysisTable of Contents1. Introduction – approaches to mediation; 2. The interactional organization of mediation; 3. Minimizing and managing argumentative talk in mediation; 4. Disputants' opening statements and persuasive arguments in mediation; 5. Mediator representation of disputants' positions; 6. Soliciting proposals for resolution of the dispute; 7. Producing ideas for resolution of the dispute; 8. Mediator teamwork; 9. Autonomy, empowerment, and neutrality in divorce and small claims mediation.
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Cambridge University Press Drawn from the Ground
Book SynopsisSand stories from Central Australia are a traditional form of Aboriginal women''s verbal art that incorporates speech, song, sign, gesture and drawing. Small leaves and other objects may be used to represent story characters. This detailed study of Arandic sand stories takes a multimodal approach to the analysis of the stories and shows how the expressive elements used in the stories are orchestrated together. This richly illustrated volume is essential reading for anyone interested in language and communication. It adds to the growing recognition that language encompasses much more than speech alone, and shows how important it is to consider the different semiotic resources a culture brings to its communicative tasks as an integrated whole rather than in isolation.Trade Review'It is a commonplace to note that humans communicate with one another in many different ways. It is rare, however, to encounter analyses of human communication which display analytically the complex nature of how the semiotic ensemble humans make use of may be organised. Drawn from the Ground is an outstanding example of such an analysis. Besides being a very significant contribution to our understanding of an important and interesting cultural practice among central Australian Aborigines, this book is remarkable for the insightful way in which it demonstrates how diverse semiotic modalities function in relation to one another. An extremely valuable piece of work.' Adam Kendon, University of Pennsylvania and University College London'This tour de force draws the study of a language in a totally new direction. Through her close study of Central Australian women's storytelling traditions - and this investigation is steeped in the insights of decades of deep linguistic and cultural immersion - Jennifer Green shows how much we gain in semiotic understanding when we reintegrate the fractured family of our communicative modalities. Speech, chant, gesture but also a particular Central Australian tradition of dynamic drawing on specially-prepared sand surfaces, are all turned to the task of heightening narrative intensity, and the book tackles the challenge of reuniting all these channels analytically, in a way that fully captures the experiential vividness of the storytelling. The publisher, Cambridge University Press, is to be commended on including several strikingly sumptuous colour plates that give some feel for the visual richness of the sand-drawing genre.' Nicholas Evans, Australian National University, CanberraTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Sand stories as social and cultural practice; 3. Catching a move as it flies: multimodal data collection; 4. Lines in the sand; 5. Body-anchored and airborne action; 6. Ordering, re-drawing and erasure; 7. Vocal style in sand stories; 8. Crossing boundaries.
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Cambridge University Press Quantitative Methods of Data Analysis for the Physical Sciences and Engineering
Book SynopsisThis book provides thorough and comprehensive coverage of most of the new and important quantitative methods of data analysis for graduate students and practitioners. In recent years, data analysis methods have exploded alongside advanced computing power, and it is critical to understand such methods to get the most out of data, and to extract signal from noise. The book excels in explaining difficult concepts through simple explanations and detailed explanatory illustrations. Most unique is the focus on confidence limits for power spectra and their proper interpretation, something rare or completely missing in other books. Likewise, there is a thorough discussion of how to assess uncertainty via use of Expectancy, and the easy to apply and understand Bootstrap method. The book is written so that descriptions of each method are as self-contained as possible. Many examples are presented to clarify interpretations, as are user tips in highlighted boxes.Trade Review'This text is suitable for undergraduates and graduates, as well as seasoned scientists and engineers seeking to broaden their statistical skills. It will have lasting value as it is comprehensive, containing detailed explanations of a wide range of statistical methods. The book is clearly written by a meticulous scientist who is an expert in the field and an award winning teacher.' James Hays, Columbia University, New York'At last: a guide for getting the most out of your data analysis while avoiding the many pitfalls, hazards and common mistakes. This book is an invaluable and inspired opus on the fundamentals of quantitative data analysis. It is both comprehensive and illuminating, with many a nugget of enlightened wisdom, as well as succinctly summarized 'take-home' points in each and every section. A very accessible must-have guide for exploring data in the most informed way, and a gem of a textbook for students, teachers and practitioners alike.' Sharon Stammerjohn, University of Colorado, Boulder'Coherent book-length treatments are so valuable in the Data Age: the internet is full of algorithms - but described flatly, and in myriad notations and nomenclatures. This long-time teacher's lucid text expresses the spirit and strategy of data analysis, as well as the details. Boxes set off optional advanced derivations, appendices survey matrix algebra and uncertainty analysis, and the chapters aim for standalone readability, making this a valuable reference as well as a flexible textbook (with questions). Spectral estimation is especially well covered.' Brian Mapes, University of Miami'This is a competent development of many data analysis methods … Overall, the book is the outgrowth of teaching the subject for 30 years, which shows in the well-developed, clear narrative descriptions accompanying the theory.' D. A. Vaccari, ChoiceTable of ContentsPart I. Fundamentals: 1. The nature of data and analysis; 2. Probability theory; 3. Statistics; Part II. Fitting Curves to Data; 4. Interpolation; 5. Smoothed curve fitting; 6. Special curve fitting; Part III. Sequential Data Fundamentals: 7. Serial products; 8. Fourier series; 9. Fourier transform; 10. Fourier sampling theory; 11. Spectral analysis; 12. Cross spectral analysis; 13. Filtering and deconvolution; 14. Linear parametric models; 15. Empirical orthogonal function (EOF) analysis; A1. Overview of matrix algebra; A2. Uncertainty analysis; References; Index.
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Cambridge University Press The Culture of Singapore English
Book SynopsisThis book provides a fresh approach to Singapore English, by focusing on its cultural connotations. The author, a native Singaporean, explores a range of aspects of this rich variety of English - including address forms, social categories, particles and interjections – and links particular words to particular cultural norms.Trade Review'Wong unravels the semantic, pragmatic and structural intricacies of Singlish, treating it not as a variety of English but as a language in its own right. Fresh, strong and original, this is a book for everyone interested in language, culture and meaning.' Cliff Goddard, Griffith University, Queensland'Jock O. Wong's study of English in Singapore is a major contribution to our understanding of not only the semantic structuring of 'Singlish' but moreover to studies of pragmatics and culture. The latter is demonstrated broadly by considerations of data from everyday conversations, e-mail and chat rooms, and analyses of the meanings activated in such usage. The consideration of various linguistic devices such as forms of address, various cultural categories, including tonal qualities, all demonstrate how the use of a rigorous Semantic Metalanguage clarifies specific cultural meanings that are associated with Singlish and everyday language.' Donal Carbaugh, University of Massachusetts, AmherstTable of Contents1. English in Singapore; 2. The language of culture and the culture of language; 3. Singlish forms of address; 4. Cultural categories and stereotypes; 5. The discourse of 'can' in Singlish; 6. Expressions of certainty and overstatements; 7. The tonal particles of Singlish; 8. The enigmatic particle lōr; 9. Interjections: aiya and aiyo; 10. Making sense of Singlish.
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Cambridge University Press Gemination Lenition and Vowel Lengthening
Book SynopsisThe processes of gemination, lenition, and vowel lengthening are central to the study of phonology, as they reveal much about the treatment of quantity in a given language. Using data from older language stages, modern dialects and standard languages, this study examines the interdependence of vowel and consonant quantity in the history of the Germanic branch of Indo-European. Kurt Goblirsch focusses on the various geminations in Old Germanic languages (West Germanic gemination, glide strengthening, and expressive gemination), open syllable lengthening in German, Dutch, Frisian, English, and Scandinavian languages, and the major lenitions in High German, Low German, and Danish, as well as minor lenitions in Bavarian, Franconian, and Frisian dialects. All of these changes are related to the development of the Germanic languages from distinctive segmental length to complementary length to syllable cut. The discussion challenges traditional theoretical assumptions about quantity change in Germanic languages to argue for a new account whereby, gemination, lenition, and vowel lengthening are interrelated.Table of Contents1. Theoretical preliminaries; 2. The road to complementary length: gemination and quantity in Old Germanic; 3. Arriving at the goal: vowel lengthening in Middle Germanic; 4. The reaction of consonants: lenition in Middle Germanic; 5. Quantity types in Modern Germanic.
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Cambridge University Press The Structure of Spoken Language
Book SynopsisDrawing on data from six Romance languages (French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan and Romanian), this monograph focuses on a widely debated area of phonetics and phonology: intonation, and specifically its relation to metrics, its interface with syntax, and whether it can be attributed to phonetics or phonology, or to both.Trade Review'One of the leading scholars in the field of prosody presents his framework in this comprehensive book. The 'incremental storage concatenation model' challenges the 'autosegmental model' on the basis of large spoken corpora, looking at the Romance languages in particular, while also extending to English and Chinese Mandarin. An independent prosodic structure assembles the prosodic words into a hierarchy and predicts actual spontaneous speech data on the basis of a 'dependency to the right' principle.' Emanuela Cresti, Università degli Studi di Firenze, ItalyTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. The role of technological advances; 3. Transcription systems; 4. The autosegmental-metrical prosodic structure; 5. The incremental prosodic structure; 6. Lexical stress in Romance languages; 7. The incremental prosodic structure in six Romance languages; 8. Macrosyntax; 9. Applications; 10. Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Handbook of English Historical Linguistics
Book SynopsisEnglish historical linguistics is a subfield of linguistics which has developed theories and methods for exploring the history of the English language. This Handbook provides an account of state-of-the-art research on this history. It offers an in-depth survey of materials, methods, and language-theoretical models used to study the long diachrony of English. The frameworks covered include corpus linguistics, historical sociolinguistics, historical pragmatics and manuscript studies, among others. The chapters, by leading experts, examine the interplay of language theory and empirical data throughout, critically assessing the work in the field. Of particular importance are the diverse data sources which have become increasingly available in electronic form, allowing the discipline to develop in new directions. The Handbook offers access to the rich and many-faceted spectrum of work in English historical linguistics, past and present, and will be useful for researchers and students interested in hands-on research on the history of English.Trade Review'Written by the foremost experts in the field, this timely handbook provides a fresh and exciting overview of methodologies and approaches in the diachronic study of the English language.' Andreas H. Jucker, University of Zurich'An engaging, well-planned survey of evidence, theories and recent research, particularly strong on methodology. Students and seasoned scholars too will undoubtedly find much to interest and enlighten them.' David Denison, University of ManchesterTable of ContentsIntroduction Merja Kytö and Päivi Pahta; Part I. Framework: Section 1. Theories and Methodologies: 1. The variationist approach Suzanne Romaine; 2. Quantitative approaches to diachronic corpus linguistics Martin Hilpert and Stefan Th. Gries; 3. English historical pragmatics Gabriella Mazzon; 4. Construction grammar Graeme Trousdale; 5. Generative frameworks and approaches Elly van Gelderen; 6. Philological methods Robert D. Fulk; Section 2. Evidence: Material and Data: 7. Manuscripts and early printed books Simon Horobin; 8. Corpora and online resources in English historical linguistics María-José López-Couso; 9. Audio recordings Christian Mair; 10. Early and Late Modern English grammars as evidence in English historical linguistics Nuria Yáñez-Bouza; 11. Extracting data from historical material Erik Smitterberg; Part II. Analyses: Section 3. Perspectives on Processes of Change: 12. Phonological change in English Raymond Hickey; 13. Change in the English lexicon Christian Kay and Kathryn Allan; 14. Morphosyntactic change Olga Fischer; 15. Semantic and pragmatic change Susan M. Fitzmaurice; 16. Genre dynamics in the history of English Irma Taavitsainen; 17. Processes of sociolinguistic and sociopragmatic change Minna Nevala; 18. Standardization Joan C. Beal; 19. Contact-related processes of change in the early history of English Peter Trudgill; 20. Global spread of English: processes of change Marianne Hundt; Section 4. Highlighting the Research Process: 21. Variationist versus text-linguistic approaches to grammatical change in English: nominal modifiers of head nouns Douglas Biber, with Jesse Egbert, Bethany Gray, Rahel Oppliger and Benedikt Szmrecsanyi; 22. Identifying micro-changes in a particular linguistic change-type: the case of subjectification Elizabeth Closs Traugott; 23. The OED and HTOED as tools in practical research: a test case examining the impact of loanwords on areas of the core lexicon Philip Durkin; 24. The individuality of English in the multilingual Middle Ages Tim William Machan; 25. Ambisyllabicity in English: present and past Donka Minkova and Kie Ross Zuraw; 26. Typological change: investigating loss of inflection in early English Cynthia Allen; 27. Third-person present singular verb inflection in Early Modern English: new evidence from speech-related texts Terry Walker; 28. Visual pragmatics: speech presentation and Middle English manuscripts Colette Moore.
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Cambridge University Press Language Endangerment
Book SynopsisUp to ninety percent of humanity''s traditional languages and cultures are at risk and may disappear this century. While language endangerment has not achieved the publicity surrounding environmental change and biodiversity loss, it is just as serious, disastrously reducing the variety of human knowledge and thought. This book shows why it matters, why and how it happens, and what communities and scholars can do about it. David and Maya Bradley provide a new framework for investigating and documenting linguistic, social and other factors which contribute to languages shifting away from their cultural heritage. Illustrated with practical in-depth case studies and examples from the authors'' own work in Asia and elsewhere, the book encourages communities to maintain or reclaim their traditional languages and cultures.Trade Review'A masterpiece both because of its erudition and its coherent perspective.' David Olson, University of Toronto'The authors address, among other things, endangerment stages and measures; research methods and ethics; linguistic ideology and attitudes that encourage speakers to maintain, or abandon, their language; factors (demographic, political, economic, etc.) that lead to language endangerment; language policy and planning; and strategies and resources for language reclamation.' L. Lindstrom, Choice'The innovative approach of this book, its distinct style and structure as well as the wealth of information and illustration, make it an invaluable resource not only for scholars and students of cognitive and social sciences, but also for those members of the larger public interested in the latest advances in the field.' Radu Voica, Anthropos'Both the formal features and the contents of this volume make it suitable and of potential interest for a diverse target audience, ranging from non-expert readers to researchers that may wish to obtain an up-to-date state of the issue.' Marc Gandarillas, Language in SocietyTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Stages of language endangerment; 3. Working in a community; 4. Identity and attitudes; 5. Language knowledge and use; 6. The sociolinguistic setting; 7. Linguistic processes; 8. Policy and planning; 9. Language reclamation; 10. Methodology; 11. Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press Linguistic Ecology and Language Contact
Book SynopsisContributions from an international team of experts revisit and update the concept of linguistic ecology in order to critically examine current theoretical approaches to language contact. Language is understood as a part of complex socio-historical-cultural systems, and interaction between the different dimensions and levels of these systems is considered to be essential for specific language forms. This book presents a uniform, abstract model of linguistic ecology based on, among other things, two concepts of Edmund Husserl''s philosophy (parts and wholes, and foundation). It considers the individual speaker in the specific communication situation to be the essential heuristic basis of linguistic analysis. The chapters present and employ a new, transparent and accessible contact linguistic vocabulary to aid reader comprehension, and explore a wide range of language contact situations in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, Asia and the Pacific. This book will be fascinatingTrade Review'Following an extraordinarily thorough editorial overview, the topics covered here range from conversation and code-mixing to language contact writ large. This is a valuable treatment of an important area.' John Edwards, Editor, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural DevelopmentTable of ContentsPart I. Introduction and Theoretical Frame: 1. Linguistic ecology and language contact: conceptual evolution, interrelatedness, and parameters Ralph Ludwig, Peter Mühlhäusler and Steve Pagel; 2. On the notion of natural in ecological linguistics Françoise Gadet and Steve Pagel; Part II. On the Ecology of Speaker and Space from Situational to Intermediate Ecology: 3. An interactionist perspective on the ecology of linguistic practices: the situated and embodied production of talk Lorenza Mondada; 4. Approaching language in urban interactions ecologically: the case of Spanish in Lima Juan Carlos Godenzzi; Part III. On the Ecology of Space and Time, Traditions in the Formation of Macro-Ecologies: 5. The historical formation of a macro-ecology: the case of the Levant Cyril Aslanov; 6. Spanish anthroponomy from an ecological linguistic view: the Antillean society in the early sixteenth century Silke Jansen; Part IV. On the Ecology of Language and Speaker, the Hybridization of Language and Discourse: 7. Reflections on discourse ecology and language contact: the crucial role of some scalar terms Sibylle Kriegel, Ralph Ludwig and Tabea Salzmann; 8. Language mixing and ecology in Africa: focus on Camfranglais and Sheng Anne Schröder and Philip W. Rudd; 9. Hybrid speech of Francophone groups in Cairo: from macro-level ecology to discourse Cynthia Dermarkar, Françoise Gadet, Ralph Ludwig and Stefan Pfänder; 10. The opposite of an anti-Creole? Why modern Chamorro is not a new language Steve Pagel; Part V. The Multiplicity of Ecological Parameters, Echoing the Theoretical Frame and Going Beyond: 11. Contact between typologically different languages Peter Mühlhäusler; 12. Theoretical and practical aspects of ecological language planning Peter Mühlhäusler.
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Cambridge University Press Narrative Development in Young Children
Book SynopsisAs children begin to use language in early childhood, they produce increasingly large units of coherent speech, including narrative descriptions of events. This book examines the process of narrative development in young children, focusing on the development of ''cohesion'' - the use of speech and gesture to create coherent perspectives on events. Surveying early narrative development in which gesture plays an integral part, the book explores the development of cohesive, clause-linking devices during the period from age two to three. Illustrated with longitudinal cases studies, the book examines the crib-talk of two-year-old Emily and compares it to the discourse patterns of storybooks and nursery rhymes, and to her father''s pre-bedtime routines. In a second case study, the authors trace the changing relationships between speech and gesture in the spontaneous narratives of two-year-old Ella. This book will be invaluable to students and researchers in language acquisition, developmental psychology and gesture studies.Table of Contents1. Toward an embodied account of narrative development; Part I. Narratives As Symbol Formation: 2. Narratives, cohesion and symbol formation; 3. Social and natural sources of change; Part II. Social Sources of Cohesion: 4. Social sources of cohesion – cohesive sources of coherence; 5. How early cohesion is grounded in enactment; Part III. Gestures, Cohesion, and Narrative Development: 6. Dual semiosis and the roots of cohesion; 7. Gestural sources of early cohesion – insights from Ella's stories; 8. Gestures, cohesion, and symbol formation; 9. Implications for children with autism; 10. The material carrier; Appendix 1. Transcription of Ella's speech and gestures; Appendix 2. Description of Rosie and Jim episodes (94 weeks; 23:00 on video).
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Cambridge University Press The Economics of Developing and Emerging Markets
Book SynopsisThis textbook presents an innovative new perspective on the economics of development, including insights from a broad range of disciplines. It starts with the current state of affairs, a discussion of data availability, reliability, and analysis, and an historic overview of the deep influence of fundamental factors on human prosperity. Next, it focuses on the role of human interaction in terms of trade, capital, and knowledge flows, as well as the associated implications for institutions, contracts, and finance. The book also highlights differences in the development paths of emerging countries in order to provide a better understanding of the concepts of development and the Millennium Development Goals. Insights from other disciplines are used help to understand human development with regard to other issues, such as inequalities, health, demography, education, and poverty. The book concludes by emphasizing the importance of connections, location, and human interaction in determining fTrade Review'This is a masterful textbook on development. It extensively discusses the root causes of development, and more recent topics such as randomized controlled trials. The book stands out by also providing a rich discussion of 'international' issues relevant for development, such as globalization, international trade, migration, and international financial flows.' Robert Lensink, University of Groningen'A splendid new textbook by van Marrewijk and Brakman! Their lucid exposition is wide ranging, deeply informed and up to date. The student will acquire a broad knowledge of developing and emerging economies and, more importantly, understand the data, theories, and methods that inform the authors' insights.' Donald Davis, Columbia University'This excellent new textbook on development economics is up to date in its coverage of research - history, data, and theories. It explains difficult concepts simply and clearly. The visual presentation - figures, charts, and use of color - is outstanding. It is balanced and thoughtful in its assessment of the issues and policies. A treasure for students and teachers alike.' Avinash Dixit, Princeton UniversityTable of ContentsPart I. Introduction and Deep Roots: 1. Economic Development Today; 2. Data and Methods; 3. Uneven Playing Field; 4. Geo-Human Interaction; Part II. Human Interaction: 5. Globalization and Development; 6. International Trade; 7. Economic Growth; 8. Institutions and Contracts; 9. Money and Finance; Part III. Human Development: 10. Poverty, Inequality, and Gender; 11. Poor Economics; 12. Population and Migration; 13. Education; 14. Health; Part IV. Connections and Interactions: 15. Agriculture and Development; 16. Urbanization and Agglomeration; 17. Geographical Economics and Development; 18. Heterogeneous and Multinational Firms; 19. Sustainability and Development.
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Cambridge University Press Endangered Languages and New Technologies
Book SynopsisAt a time when many of the world''s languages are at risk of extinction, the imperative to document, analyse and teach them before time runs out is very great. At this critical time new technologies, such as visual and aural archiving, digitisation of textual resources, electronic mapping and social media, have the potential to play an integral role in language maintenance and revitalisation. Drawing on studies of endangered languages from around the world - Europe, Asia, Africa and North and South America - this volume considers how these new resources might best be applied, and the problems that they can bring. It also re-assesses more traditional techniques of documentation in light of new technologies and works towards achieving a practicable synthesis of old and new methodologies. This accessible volume will be of interest to researchers in language endangerment, language typology and linguistic anthropology, and to community members working in native language maintenance.Trade Review'This volume presents groundbreaking work on the opportunities and challenges of using technology in the study and revitalization of endangered languages and is sure to become a foundational work in this field.' Lenore A. Grenoble, University of Chicago'In an age of language endangerment crisis and rapid technological developments, this volume sets the tone for future discussions on technologies for endangered languages and can serve as a stepping-stone for future research as technology develops and the field of endangered language studies grows.' Tihomir Rangelov, Language in SocietyTable of ContentsIntroductory essay. Endangered languages in the new multilingual order per genus et differentiam Nicholas Ostler; Part I. Creating New Technologies for Endangered Languages: 1. The Kiranti comparable corpus: a prototype corpus for the comparison of Kiranti languages and mythology Aimée Lahaussois; 2. European dialect syntax: towards an infrastructure for documentation and research of endangered dialects Sjef Barbiers; 3. Keyboard layouts: lessons from the Meꞌphaa and Sochiapam Chinantec designs Hugh Paterson, III; 4. Rule-based machine translation for Aymara Matt Coler and Petr Homola; 5. Data management and analysis for endangered languages Dorothee Beermann; 6. Endangered languages, technology and learning: immediate applications and long-term considerations Russell Hugo; Part II. Applying New Technologies to Endangered Languages: 7. Digital curation and event-driven methods at the service of endangered languages Bernard Bel and Médéric Gasquet-Cyrus; 8. 'Allant contre vent et mathée': Jèrriais in the twenty-first century Anthony Scott Warren and Geraint Jennings; 9. The use of new technologies in the preservation of an endangered language: the case of Frisian Tjeerd de Graaf, Cor van der Meer and Lysbeth Jongbloed-Faber; 10. Language description and documentation from the native speaker's point of view: the case of the Tundra Yukaghir Cecilia Odé; 11. American Indian sign language: documentary linguistic methodologies and technologies Jeffrey E. Davis.
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