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Book SynopsisTextual Explorations General Editors-Mick Short, Lancaster UniversityElena Semino, Lancaster UniversityThe focus of this series is on the stylistic analysis of literary and non-literary texts, and the theoretical issues which such work raises. Textual Explorations will include books that cover studies of literary authors, genres and other groupings, stylistic studies of non-literary texts, translation study, the teaching of language and literature, the empirical study of literature, and corpus approaches to stylistics and literature study. Books in the series will centre on texts written in English. Readership of the series is mainly undergraduate and postgraduate students, although advanced sixth formers will also find the books accessible. The series will be of particular interest to those who study English language, English literature, text linguistics, discourse analysis and communication studies. Language & Characterisation- People in Plays & Other Texts<Table of Contents1: Modelling Characterisation PART ONE: CHARACTERISATION AND THE MIND 2: Character categories and impressions of character 3: Inferring character from texts PART TWO: CHARACTERISATION AND THE TEXT 4: Textual clues in characterisation 5: (Im)politeness and characterisation 6: Conclusion: The characterisation of Katherina in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew Conclusion Further directions and exercises References Index

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Book SynopsisThis new text is a guide for understanding, envisioning, and acting on the lessons of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) research in English Language Teaching (ELT) classrooms. The volume is the result of the cooperation of an international team that includes members involved in research, teacher education, and classroom practice.This collection bridges theory, methodology, and real-world application of ELF research for the first time. Chapters offer a variety of practical perspectives and support teachers to better prepare their students for the reality of how the English language is used around the world today. With close attention to the nuts and bolts of teaching as well as useful features for further investigation, discussion, and application this book will be a helpful, practical resource for current and prospective English language teachers, teacher trainers and mentors, and curriculum designers.Table of ContentsContributorsAbbreviations1 IntroductionYasemin Bayyurt 2 Theoretical foundation: Terminology, ELF theory and research, language pedagogy and teacher education Éva Illés & Yasemin Bayyurt3 Teaching literature with ELF paradigm in ELT classrooms Derya Altınmakas & Hande Serdar Tülüce4 Using Web-based technology in ELF contexts Lili Cavalheiro, Luis Guerra, Ricardo Pereira & Tímea Tiboldi5 Assessment in ELF-informed pedagogy? Eva Knechtelsdorfer6 Integrating ELF-aware pedagogy into English classes: Practical ideas and hands-on practicesElif Kemaloğlu-Er, Esma Biricik Deniz, Yonca Özkan 7 CLIL and ELF in the ELT classroomÉva Illés, Yasemin Bayyurt & László Katona8 World Englishes and ELF in ELT coursebooks Paola Vettorel9 Authenticity in listening: An ELF perspective in the classroom Natasha Tsantila & Lucilla Lopriore10 Conclusion Éva Illés Index

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Book SynopsisThe Routledge Handbook of Materials Development for Language Teaching is the definitive resource for all working in this area of language and English language teaching. With 34 chapters authored by leading figures from around the world, the Handbook provides an historical overview of the development of language teaching materials, critical discussion of core issues, and an assessment of future directions.The contributions represent a range of different international contexts, providing insightful, state-of-the-art coverage of the field. Structured in nine sections, the Handbook covers: changes and developments in language teaching materials controversial issues in materials development research and materials development materials for language learning and skills development materials evaluation and adaptation materials for specific contexts materials development and technology

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Book SynopsisEnglish Vocabulary: The Basics offers a clear, non-jargonistic introduction to English vocabulary, the way linguists classify and explain it, and the place of vocabulary in our overall picture of the language, and in society. Introducing a range of terminology for discussing vocabulary, the reader is provided with a coherent, structured description of what we know about words and their meanings. Key features of this book include: Analysis of historical roots of present-day words Coverage of the differences between speech and writing and between formality and informality Understanding of the social implications of choices that readers make to use standard or non-standard (e.g., regional/dialect) vocabulary A focus on British English with reference to a wide range of varieties of English that include North American English, Irish English, Indian English, Malaysian English, Nigerian English and Caribbean English.Featuring a glossarTrade ReviewThis is a book for all of us who wonder where words in English come from, how they relate to each other, what patterns they occur in, how we store them in our minds, and what choices we make when we use words and why. This highly readable volume draws on multiple sources including many years of Michael McCarthy’s excellent scholarship, corpus evidence, examples from varieties of English and a keen interest in language and language learning.Averil Coxhead, Professor in Applied Linguistics, Victoria University of WellingtonTable of ContentsCONTENTSINTRODUCTION TO THE READER1 A WORD OR TWO ABOUT WORDS WHAT DO WE MEAN BY ‘VOCABULARY’?THE ‘ENGLISH’ IN ENGLISH VOCABULARYAT LEAST WE KNOW WHAT WORDS ARE … DON’T WE?SPACED OUTEYES AND EARSIT JUST FEELS RIGHTI SEE WHAT YOU MEANMORPHEMESTAKING WORDS TO PIECESGRAMMAR AND LEXISWORDS STICK TOGETHERCOMPOUNDSMULTI-WORD UNITSIDIOMSCOLLOCATIONRECIPES FOR NEW WORDSWORDS COME AND GONOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUNHALF AND HALFKEEP IT SHORTLENDING AND BORROWINGCORPORA: LETTING THE DATA SPEAKUSING A CORPUSCORPUS EXAMPLE (1): HARD-WORKING WORDSCORPUS EXAMPLE (2): SPEAKING VERSUS WRITINGSUMMING UPFURTHER READING2 WHERE DO ENGLISH WORDS COME FROM?THE DIM AND DISTANT PASTTHE BEGINNING OF ENGLISHANGLO-SAXONSBEGINNING TO LOOK FAMILIAR: CHRONICLES AND MONSTERSMORE INCOMERSVIKINGSA BIG CHANGE: THE NORMANS ARRIVEPUTTING IT IN BLACK AND WHITETELLING TALESPIERS PLOWMANINTO THE MODERN ERALANGUAGE ABOUT LANGUAGEAN EXPANDING VOCABULARYCIRCLING THE WORLDA SETTLED LANGUAGESPELLING IT OUTNEW WORLDS, NEW CULTURESNEW TECHNOLOGIES, NEW ENGLISHESFURTHER READING3 WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?FROM FORM TO MEANINGWORDING THE WORLDMAKING SENSE OF THE LEXICONSAME OR DIFFERENT?SYNONYMYLOOKS THE SAME, SOUNDS THE SAME BUT …SOMETHING DIFFERENTCLASSIFYING THE WORLDTHE UPSIDE-DOWN TREESCIENTIFICALLY SPEAKINGFUZZY BORDERS AND STEREOTYPESAN ARM AND A LEG: PARTS AND WHOLESMAKING SENSE IN THE REAL WORLDTAKING MEANING TO PIECESPLUSES AND MINUSES TO EVERYTHINGWORDS, THE MIND AND THE WORLDPRAGMATICS: WHAT DO YOU MEAN?FURTHER READING4 BEATING ABOUT THE BUSH: FIGURATIVE MEANINGJUST IMAGINEATOMS OR MOLECULES?BITE-SIZED CHUNKSROOM FOR MANOUEVREAS CLEAR AS MUD: IDIOMSDO YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN?IN A NUTSHELLIDIOM-PRONELOOK AT IT THIS WAYMETAPHORSPROVERBS AND METAPHORSTROPES GALOREHERE COMES THE ARMY: METONYMYNO EXAGGERATION: HYPERBOLEA NOT UNINTERESTING TROPE: UNDERSTATEMENTEUPHEMISMSSUMMARYFURTHER READING5 BEAR THIS IN MIND: THE MENTAL LEXICONA REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTHOW DID IT ALL GET THERE? ACQUIRING VOCABULARYDESIGNING A HUMANONE WORD AT A TIMETELEGRAMS FROM A CHILDMORE THAN ONE WAY OF SAYING THINGSSPELL IT OUTWHERE ARE ALL THOSE WORDS?MIND AND BRAIN: THE MENTAL LEXICONHOW DOES IT WORK?FASTER THAN YOU CAN SAY JACK ROBINSONWHAT COMES INTO YOUR HEAD?JUST A SLIP OF THE TONGUE?IN TWO MINDS AGAINCONCLUSIONFURTHER READING6 VOCABULARY IN ACTIONWORDS OUT THERELANGUAGE SNAPSHOTSHARD WORDSNOT IN FRONT OF THE CHILDRENLETTING THE MACHINE DECIDE: CORPORAQUIZZING THE DATAEXCHANGING A FEW WORDSLET’S NOT GO INTO DETAILSO, CONSEQUENTLY …WINDOWS ON CULTUREWORDS ON THE MOVENAUGHTY BUT NICEA NOTICEABLE UPTICKSHOWING YOUR AGEMAPPING ENGLISH VOCABULARYVARIETIESDIFFERENT VOICES: DIALECTS AND SOCIOLECTSSPECIAL VOCABULARIESWORDS AND THE IMAGINATIONFLOUTING CONVENTIONSOLD WORDS, NEW MEANINGSFOOD FOR THOUGHTHAVING A LAUGHEDUCATION AND LEARNINGGROWING UP WITH WORDSSECOND LANGUAGE VOCABULARYTHE END OF THE BEGINNINGFURTHER READINGGLOSSARY OF KEY TERMSREFERENCESINDEX

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Book SynopsisThe global spread of English, with over two billion users of the language, is now well-documented. English functions as a language of education, business, tourism, and intercultural communication in many settings across the world. Global Englishes offers a clear and comprehensive overview of key areas of the topic, encompassing both World Englishes and English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) within a single volume.This engaging textbook offers readers the opportunity to reflect on key debates as well as develop their own thinking on real-world language practices and problems in light of Global Englishes theory and research. Organised into a three-part Survey, followed by readings from important texts, this is both an introductory textbook covering key concepts and themes, and a starting point for further study. It is essential reading for students of Global/World Englishes and ELF in applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, English language teaching, and intercultural communi

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Book SynopsisThis accessible textbook introduces concepts and frameworks from linguistics and uses them in the analysis of language on social media. Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics and with examples drawn from 12 different social media platforms, including TikTok, Twitter (the book was written prior to the X rebrand), Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat, The Linguistics of Social Media: An Introduction provides the tools to unpick how language is used to portray a particular identity, to persuade, to inform, to amuse and entertain, to vent and to complain.Analysing the language of social media highlights the strategies which operate in the messages and posts found on such platforms. Together, these strategies involve a wide variety of language registers, creativity and language play and a wealth of linguistic innovation. By evidencing the many nuanced ways in which people are engaging with social media, this book demonstrates how users of social media are linguistically savTrade Review"Andreea Calude has done an excellent job of explaining fundamental concepts in linguistics. The textbook strikes a perfect balance between theory and practice, drawing on literature from various disciplines to provide a comprehensive characterization of social media practices. Importantly, the book assumes no prior knowledge of linguistics and is written in a manner that is engaging and accessible to students."Carmen Lee, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong KongTable of ContentsLists of illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of internet slang and abbreviations; About this book; 1. Language and social media; 2. Using social media for your purpose: Exploring genre, register and style; 3. Using social media to speak to your tribe: Considering Audience Design, language choice and multilingualism; 4. Using social media to get things done: Analysing speech acts and politeness; 5. Using social media to be yourself: Examining indexing, gender and communities of practice; 6. Using social media to save the world: Theorising metaphor; 7. Using social media to influence public opinion: Surveying texts with Move Analysis and corpus linguistics; 8. Using social media to amuse and entertain: Introducing word-formation and grammatical constructions 9. Using social media to rally for your language: Measuring linguistic vitality and language endangerment; 10. Epilogue: Ethical considerations and language change; Index; Index of languages; Index of social media platforms

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Book SynopsisThis original volume provides the first state-of-the-art overview of research on pronouns in the 21st century. With its dedicated sections on grammar, history, and change, language learning/acquisition, cognition and comprehension, power, politics, and identity, The Routledge Handbook of Pronouns shows that contemporary interest in pronouns and gender represents just the tip of the iceberg.Led by Laura Paterson, a transdisciplinary collection of experts discuss the global history of different pronoun systems, synthesize the literature, and contextualize the salient issues and current debates shaping research on pronouns across different spheres and via different theoretical-methodological traditions. The Handbook is designed to encourage readers to engage with a range of perspectives from within and beyond their immediate areas of interest, with the ultimate aim of shaping the future trajectory of interdisciplinary, multiingual research on pronouns.UsinTrade ReviewIn this thought-provoking book, the authors explore the profound role of pronouns in how we enact our identities and relationships through language. With remarkable insights, they illuminate in detail the often-overlooked functions that pronouns serve in construing the multifaceted aspects of the human experience.Michele Zappavigna, Associate Professor of Digital Communication, University of New South Wales, AustraliaNo stone is left unturned in The Routledge Handbook of Pronouns, with inspiring contributions by world-leading scholars, offering innovative analyses from all angles. Highly recommended for linguists, psychologists, neuroscientists, students, teachers and a general readership.Lucía Loureiro-Porto, Associate Professor in English, University of the Balearic Islands, SpainA welcome wealth of resources for the study of pronouns, the small giants in language processing. A must-read for seasoned scholars as well as for aspiring ones.Luis H. González, Professor of Spanish and Linguistics, Wake Forest University, USATable of Contents1 The little words that mean a lotLaura L. PatersonPART 1: HISTORY AND CHANGE2 Variation in pronoun typologiesHeather Bliss, Richard Compton, and Dennis Ryan Storoshenko3 A history of personal pronouns in Standard EnglishMikko Laitinen4 On the alleged stability of pronouns: The influence of language contact and social interventionPeter Siemund5 Grammaticalization as a process for pronoun changeGunther De Voglaer6 The future of pronouns in the online/offline nexusBrian W. King and Archie CrowleyPART 2: PROCESSING AND CATEGORISATION7 Pronouns in the brainJoanna Porkert, Hanneke Loerts, Anja Schüppert and Merel Keijzer8 Pronouns and aphasiaEleni Peristeri9 Pronoun comprehensionJennifer E. Arnold10 Personal pronouns and noun phrases as shifters in Southeast Asian languagesDwi Noverini Djenar11 Alternative pronominal items: Noncanonical pronouns in Chinese, Vietnamese, and AfrikaansChenchen Song, Li Nguyen and Theresa BiberauerPART 3: ACQUISITION AND LANGUAGE LEARNING12 How children acquire L1 pronounsPetra Hendriks13 Bilingual acquisition: More object pronouns at onceKatrin Schmitz14 Deixis in the manual modality: Insights from diverse signing communication systemsJenny C. Lu and Diane Lillo-Martin15 Acquisition of Pronouns in Creole LanguagesDany Adone and Tamirand De Lisser16 Use of anaphoric reference by second language writers: From empirical data to pedagogy in the classroomMasumi Narita and Mark FreiermuthPART 4: MAKING PRONOUNS PERSONAL17 T/V in the 21st century: A case study of FrenchKimberley Pager-McClymont, Sarah Eichhorn and Amélie Doche18 Pronouns as shibboleths: Prescriptive attitudes to case formsLinda Pillière19 Identifying who uses first person singular pronouns and the psychological impacts this language may haveNicholas S. Holtzman and Logan C. Delgado 20 Strategic uses of pronoun drop in economic decision-making Tai-Sen He21 What does it mean when a computer says I?Andrew GargettPART 5: POWER AND POLITICS22 The role of pronouns in the race debate: George Floyd and BLM protestsZeynep Cihan Koca-Helvaci23 'They really eat anything don't they?': Pronoun use in Covid-19-related anti-Asian racismUrsula Kania24 Pronoun use in cross-cultural therapy sessionsNahed Arafat25 Politicians’ pronouns: Who is 'we'? Negotiating national collectivities in Taiwan’s authoritarian periodJennifer M. Wei26 Strategic use of pronouns among lingua franca English users in a university project-based learning programmeSatomi Ura and Hiromasa Tanaka27 Pronoun activism and the power of animacyLaure GardellePART 6: GENDERED PRONOUNS AND BEYOND28 Epicene pronouns new and oldCharlotte Stormbom29 Gender-neutrality and cliticsAshley Reilly-Thornton30 Gender binaries in constructed languagesAngela Zottola31 Non-binary singular theyLex Konnelly, Kirby Conrod, and Evan D. Bradley32 Individuals' pronoun choice: A case study of transgender speakers in Berlin, GermanyOlga Steriopolo and Harley Aussoleil33 Misgendering in the mediaKat Gupta

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Book SynopsisTo embrace today's culturally and linguistically diverse secondary English Language Arts (ELA) classrooms, this text presents ways in which teachers can use digital tools in the service of antiracist teaching and developing equity-oriented mindsets in teaching and learning.Addressing how the use of digital tools and literacy practices can be woven into current ELA curricula, and with consistent sections, each chapter covers a different aspect of digital tool use, including multimodal texts, critical media literacies, connection-building, and digital composing. Understanding that no classroom is a monolith, Barnes and Marlatt's timely text presents practical applications and resources suitable for different environments, including urban and rural contexts.The volume is essential reading in courses on ELA/literacy methods and multicultural education.

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Book SynopsisEntangled Englishes offers an innovative approach to understanding the ongoing globalization of English by examining it in relation to its multiple, complex, and oftentimes unexpected entanglements.The book explores entangled narratives of English that are imprinted and in circulation in various global contexts. The chapters examine the globalization of English as a phenomenon that is invariably entangled with and through various languages; cultural forms such as ideological commitments and social norms,;or even (im)material objects such as food, signage, and attire. Offering a unique range of perspectives from leading scholars worldwide, this innovative volume presents exciting new research directions for anyone interested in the historical and contemporary complexities of language.This text is key reading for students and researchers of World Englishes, sociolinguistics, multilingualism, and linguistic anthropology.

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Book SynopsisSince its original publication in 1997, English with an Accent has inspired generations of scholars to investigate linguistic discrimination, social categorization, social structures, and power. This new edition is an attempt to retain the spirit of the original while enriching and expanding it to reflect the greater understanding of linguistic discrimination that it has helped create. This third edition has been substantially reworked to include: An updated concept of social categories, how they are constructed in interaction, and how they can be invoked and perceived through linguistic cues or language ideologies Refreshed accounts of the countless social and structural factors that go into linguistic discrimination Expanded attention to specific linguistic structures, language groups, and social domains that go beyond those provided in earlier editions New dedicated chapter on American Sign LTrade ReviewThe third edition of English with an Accent presents an extraordinary new resource created from a time-honored classic, taking the pieces of the original and elegantly intersecting them with 21st-century language practice. The original material is still there; however, it has been rewoven to include a broader semiotic realm, a deeper representation of language variation across multiple modalities, a richer set of theoretical and methodological approaches, and a new coherence rooted in the fact that language variation is simultaneously arbitrary and powerfully meaningful. As such, this edition sets a new standard for the presentation and discussion of linguistic discrimination. Robin Queen, University of Michigan With crisp prose and cogent arguments, the authors recreate the eye-opening impact of English with an Accent in light of recent movements for social justice, crafting activities, exercises, and discussion questions that directly help readers engage in questions of how language socialization works and how it affects our personal lives as well as our society’s future. Kirk Hazen, West Virginia University Be prepared to get comfortable with being uncomfortable. This edition of English with an Accent hits home and will keep you engaged and engrossed in issues that society too often doesn’t understand in any meaningful and life-altering way. Well, the road to enlightenment is clearly provided here. Sonja Lanehart, University of Arizona Since its first publication, English with An Accent has inspired conversations that grapple with and challenge the ways people use language to recognize, categorize, and rank social differences. This latest version builds on this important foundation while providing significant updates to the coverage of topics and theory. Written in an engaging, provocative style, this new edition by Barrett, Cramer and McGowan is comprehensive and accessible. It will leave readers with greater insight into and critical awareness of the subtle role language variation plays in the maintenance of power today and the marginalization and on-going subordination of particular social groups, in the U.S. and elsewhere. Barbra A. Meek, University of Michigan Table of ContentsContents List of Figures List of Tables The International Phonetic Alphabet Preface to the Third Edition Chapter One: The pronunciation of difference Reproducing inequality Discourse structural racism Language ideologies Red summer Where we are headed Discussion questions Chapter Two: Language, categorization, and social identities Fifty shades of grue Only skin deep Sorting humanity Categories and cognition Is that a sandwich? Some basic semiotics Language and racialization Discussion questions Chapter Three: Things linguists know about language Facts about language Linguistic potential Variety is the spice of life! Are you a robot? So-called Standard English Communicative effectiveness depends on variation Discussion questions Chapter Four: Language subordination Reading a textbook: roles and responsibilities Rejecting the gift: the individual’s role in the communicative process Hesitance and uncertainty? Standard language ideology Confronting ideologies Discussion questions Chapter Five: Place-based variation in the American context The social meaning of place Regional varieties of American English Spread the word Vowels on the move Regional variation in morphology and syntax OMG! There's, like, so much more variation! Structured variation: the hidden life of language Discussion questions Chapter Six: Language, racialization, and racism No MSG Race, ethnicity, and linguistic variation Ethnicity-indexing variation: words and sounds Ethnicity-indexing variation: sentences and meanings No MSG, no lazy grammar Language, interaction, and ethnic inequality Language, race, appropriation, and whiteness Language is love Discussion questions Chapter Seven: Language diversity in the United States Estados Unidos no tiene un idioma oficial Language abundance Stolen childhoods Language ideologies and English public space Embracing bilingualism Discussion questions Chapter Eight: American Sign Language and deaf culture How people communicate What it means to be hearing Deaf culture Sign languages and American Sign Language Martha's Vineyard Sign Language Oralism vs. manualism Language ideology and deaf culture Ideologies within the deaf community Discussion questions Chapter Nine: Putting language on the map How we see the language around us Perceptual dialectology Linguistic landscapes The linguistic perception of the American South Kountry Livin’ What it means to sound Southern Perceptions meet strategies of condescension Discussion questions Chapter Ten: A history of ‘r’ in the United States Meaningful, important, and arbitrary The remarkable letter ‘r’ Rhotics: variety, terminology, and symbols American [ɹ] is wei(r)d Where did American [ɹ] come from? From non-rhotic to rhotic: American sound change in the first half of the 20th century Non-rhotic in Manhattan Discussion questions Chapter Eleven: The communicative burden in education The medium of instruction Invisible ideologies go to school The setting of goals Whose language? Appropriacy arguments Languagelessness Education as cultural assimilation How teachers talk How graduate students talk What the science tells us Discussion questions Chapter Twelve: Language use, media stereotypes, and fake news Storytellers, Inc. Teaching children how to discriminate Building on stereotypes Disney’s worldview Information literacy: beyond cartoons Echo chambers and filter bubbles Bad is stronger than good Discussion questions Chapter Thirteen: Language in the workplace Unwelcoming environments Sorry not sorry "This is America, speak English!" "Nobody can understand those people" "You sound so insecure when you talk the way I do" "You’re so much prettier when you’re not angry" White men talking Discussion questions Chapter Fourteen: Examining the American judicial system and housing Language(s) and the law Lost in translation Linguists as experts American housing problems Heard but not seen I had you at "hello" A human failing Discussion questions Epilogue: Teach your children well Honesty & equality & respect & linguistic diversity You must be carefully taught Our hope for you, dear reader Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe Routledge Dictionary of Pronunciation for Current English is the most up-to-date record of the pronunciation of British and American English. Based on research by a joint UK and US team of linguistics experts, this is a unique survey of how English is really spoken in the twenty-first century. This second edition has been fully revised to include: a full reappraisal of the pronunciation models for modern British and American English; 2,000 new entries, including new words from the last decade, encyclopedic terms and proper names; separate IPA transcriptions for British and American English for over 100,000 words; information on grammatical variants including plurals, comparative and superlative adjectives, and verb tenses. The most comprehensive dictionary of its type available, The Routledge Dictionary of Pronunciation for Current English is the essential reference foTrade Review"It’s good to have it back! The new edition of Upton and Kretzschmar’s pronunciation dictionary is a must-have for everybody concerned with British and/or American English. It not only allows an immediate user-friendly access to all word forms, but it also helps understand what is currently really going on in these two standard accents, in terms of both convergence and divergence."Martina Lampert, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany"Both linguists and learners of English will profit from consulting the new edition of this well-established dictionary - a truly reliable and state-of-the-art reference work by two leading experts in the field of British and American pronunciation." Heinrich Ramisch, University of Bamberg, Germany"This comprehensive and up-to-date dictionary is an indispensable reference tool for both teachers and advanced students of English."Juhani Klemola, University of Tampere, FinlandTable of ContentsPrefaceUse of the DictionaryThe Text ExplainedTechnical Discussion: Transcription SetsPronunciation ModelsForeign PronunciationsAbbreviationsEntries A-Z

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Book SynopsisWhy is it that some ways of using English are considered good and others are considered bad? Why are certain forms of language termed elegant, eloquent or refined, whereas others are deemed uneducated, coarse, or inappropriate? Making Sense of Bad English is an accessible introduction to attitudes and ideologies towards the use of English in different settings around the world. Outlining how perceptions about what constitutes good and bad English have been shaped, this book shows how these principles are based on social factors rather than linguistic issues and highlights some of the real-life consequences of these perceptions. Features include: an overview of attitudes towards English and how they came about, as well as real-life consequences and benefits of using bad English; explicit links between different English language systems, including child's English, English as a lingua franca, African American English, Singlish, and NTrade Review"Enormously fascinating to anyone with an interest in varieties of English (dialects, accents, styles) as they are spoken, natively and non-natively, around the world; and endlessly helpful in the fightback against the benighted ones who attempt to shame their fellow human beings for the way they speak." Peter Trudgill, University of Fribourg, Switzerland "Perceptions of "good" and "bad" English are a major issue for language users, but vary in different nation states. Such ideologies and their social consequences have been examined by sociolinguists in monolingual and to a lesser extent well-established bilingual English-speaking communities. However, the perspectives of millions of speakers and writers world-wide for whom English is a lingua franca have been largely ignored. Elizabeth Peterson’s book is therefore timely, and particularly valuable in connecting English speakers from all types of language community with the ideologies which emerge from different histories and social contexts. It will be useful both as an undergraduate teaching tool and as a resource for researchers." Lesley Milroy, University of Michigan, USA"As the author says, the purpose of her book is not one of proselytism or conversion; rather, she has tried to make the reader think more carefully about language before labelling it ‘bad’. In using a multi-layered approach, along with an easy-to-read style, Elizabeth Peterson has easily accomplished the goal of making ‘bad English’ make sense. Ultimately, though, she leaves it to the reader to decide" Hiram L. Smith, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, USA Table of ContentsList of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Rationale for this book; Terminology used in this book; Introduction to Part 1: Making sense of "Bad English"; Chapter 1. English speakers in outer-circle and expanding-circle settings; Chapter 2: Where does "Good English" come from, and what does it have to do with Santa Claus?; Chapter 3. "Bad" English in inner-circle settings; Chapter 4. How "Bad English" works against us: linguistic discrimination in the USA; Chapter 5: Why does "Bad English" still exist?; Introduction to Part 2; Chapter 6: Acquisition of English as a mother tongue; Chapter 7: African American English; Chapter 8. Competing explanations for linguistic features in the outer circle; Chapter 9: English as a lingua franca; Summary of Part 2 ;Chapter 10. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisCorpus Linguistics for World Englishes offers a detailed account of how to analyse the many fascinating varieties of English around the world using corpus-linguistic methods. Employing case studies for illustration of relevant concepts and methods throughout, this book: introduces the theory and practice of analysing World Englishes illustrates the basics of corpus-linguistic methods and presents the vast World Englishes corpora links World Englishes to Learner Englishes and English as a Lingua Franca offers practical, hands-on exercises and questions for discussion in each chapter provides helpful overviews and course syllabi for students and instructors. Corpus Linguistics for World Englishes is key reading for advanced students of English as a World Language and Corpus Linguistics, as well as anyone keen to understand variation in World Englishes with the help of corpus linguistics.Trade Review"A long-awaited textbook for students and scholars interested in state-of-the-art corpus-based approaches to variation in World Englishes, Learner Englishes and English as a Lingua Franca. The combination of engaging writing, useful exercises and nuanced discussion of models and analytical tools make this an invaluable contribution to the fields of corpus linguistics and World Englishes."Elena Seoane, Universidade de Vigo, Spain"This new book by Lange & Leuckert is an excellent introduction and a very welcome overview of corpus linguistic approaches to World Englishes, which ports students right into the middle of exciting research questions. What is particularly enticing are the many case studies and exercises, which allow students to test their hypotheses and replicate some of the results."Gerold Schneider, University of Zurich, SwitzerlandTable of ContentsList of FiguresList of TablesList of AbbreviationsAcknowledgementsChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: World EnglishesChapter 3: Corpus-Linguistic Approaches to LanguageChapter 4: Corpora and World EnglishesChapter 5: Tracing Variation and Change in World EnglishesChapter 6: Interpreting Variation and Change in World EnglishesChapter 7: World Englishes, Learner Englishes, and English as a Lingua FrancaChapter 8: The State of the Art and the Way AheadAppendix

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Book SynopsisProviding a simple â but not simplistic â introduction to the Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG) of English, this book serves as a launching pad for the beginning student and a review for the more seasoned linguist. With an introduction to SFG through lexicogrammar and the concept of rankshift, this book is the first introduction to SFG (including Appraisal) with examples exclusively sourced from twenty-first century texts. Written for those learning English and English linguistics as a foreign language, this serves as an easy-to-read introduction or refresher course for Systemic Functional Linguistics.Table of ContentsContentsPrefaceChapter 1. Some introductory remarks to get us started.SummaryChapter 2. Grammatical parts and how they work together.Analysing a more extended example.SummaryActivities & Exercises Chapter 3. Representing the world.The ideational metafunction.Material process.Mental process.Relational process.Verbal Process.Existential process.Oblique participants.Analysing a more extended example;SummaryActivities & Exercises Chapter 4. The speaker’s relationships.Mood.Analysing a more extended example.Modality.Speech Acts.SummaryActivities & Exercises Chapter 5. Getting the message in order.Thematic structure.Analysing a more extended example.Thematic progression.Analysing a more extended example.Information structure.Analysing a more extended example.Cohesion: reference.Analysing a more extended example.Cohesion: lexical chains.Analysing a more extended example.SummaryActivities & Exercises Chapter 6. Extending the interpersonal metafunction.Attitude.Analysing a more extended example.Engagement.Graduation.SummaryActivities & Exercises Chapter 7. Modelling the text.SummaryActivities & Exercises Chapter 8. The text in context.SummaryActivities & Exercises Chapter 9. Final thoughts: a launching pad.Further Reading.Glossary.Key to Activities & Exercises.Index.

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Book SynopsisIn this book, John O'Regan examines the role of political economy in the worldwide spread of English and traces the origins and development of the dominance of English to the endless accumulation of capital in a capitalist world-system.O'Regan combines Marxist perspectives of capital accumulation with world-systems analysis, international political economy, and studies of imperialism and empire to present a historical account of the free riding' of English upon the global capital networks of the capitalist world-system. Relevant disciplinary perspectives on global English are examined in this light, including superdiversity, translanguaging, translingual practice, trans-spatiality, language commodification, World Englishes and English as a Lingua Franca. Global English and Political Economy presents an original historical and interdisciplinary interpretation of the global ascent of English, while also raising important theoretical and practical questions for perspectivTrade ReviewWith this book, John O’Regan has mastered the art of engaging readers with his elegant and sharp scholarship, however complex the subject matter may be. He treats seriously and passionately the long overdue need to examine and document the political economic dimension of language, specifically in relation to the historical global dominance of English. In so doing, O’Regan challenges established and promoted bodies of work by questioning normative and in-fashion ideologies and thinking, seeing beyond oft-celebrated sentiments and positions in order to deliver a work that is not only thought-provoking, but also of great merit and intellectual weight.Phan Le Ha, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, BruneiA careful, comprehensive and critical study of the intertwined tentacles of English and capitalism. John O’Regan presents here the big and the long picture of the political economy of English, showing how the global dominance of English and the development of the capitalist world-system cannot be usefully considered in isolation. A study of real importance.Alastair Pennycook, University of Technology Sydney, AustraliaIn conclusion, with this seminal work on the historical and ongoing alliance of capitalism and a normative English in helping one another, O’Regan has indeed filled in a crucial ‘number of the historical and economic lacunae which have existed...in applied linguistic and sociolinguistic accounts of the spread of English as a global language’ (p. 2) not only for him as he states, but also importantly for many of us who have been calling out capitalism for what ithas been doing to us for the past several centuries.Christian W. Chun, Applied Linguistics 2021: 1–4Deeply insightful and intellectually stimulating, O’Regan’s book will be essential reading for scholars and students of applied linguistics, World Englishes, and associated fields of study.Pamoda M. Jayaweera, Language in SocietyTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsChapter 1The political economy of English in a capitalist world-systemChapter 2English and the political economy of informal empire, 1688–1850Chapter 3The political economy of global English, 1850–1914Chapter 4The political economy of global English, 1918–1979Chapter 5Capital-centric English and the modern world-system, 1979–2008Chapter 6The decline of the US world-hegemonyChapter 7Superdiverse translingualism, commodification and trans-spatial resistancesChapter 8The demise of capitalism and the end of the hegemony of English ReferencesIndex

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This is the first book to focus solely on ethics in public service interpreting. Four leading researchers from across Europe share their expertise on ethics, the theory behind ethics, types of ethics, codes of ethics, and what it means to be a public service interpreter. This volume is highly innovative in that it provides the reader with not only a theoretical basis to explain why underlying ethical dilemmas are so common in the field, but it also offers guidelines that are explained and discussed at length and illustrated with examples. Divided into three Parts, this ground-breaking text offers a comprehensive discussion of issues surrounding Public Service Interpreting. Part 1 centres on ethical theories, Part 2 compares and contrasts codes of ethics and includes real-life examples related to ethics, and Part 3 discusses the link between ethics, professional development, and trust.Ethics in Public Service Interpreting serves as both

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Book SynopsisFirst published in 2003, this is a study of the syntactic behaviour of personal pronoun subjects and the indefinite pronoun man in Old English. It focuses on differences in word order as compared to full noun phrases. In generative work on Old English, noun phrases are usually divided into two categories: ''nominal'' and ''pronominal''. The latter category has typically been restricted to personal pronouns, but despite striking similarities to the behaviour of nominals there were good reasons to believe that man should be grouped with personal pronouns. This book explores the investigation carried out with the aid of the Toronto Corpus, which confirmed this hypothesis.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Topicalisation and (non-)inversion 3. Other aspects of word order in relation to man 4. On the status of man and personal pronouns 5. Topics in Old English clause structure 6. Conclusion; Bibliography

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Book SynopsisCataloguing the World's Endangered Languages brings together the results of the extensive and influential Catalogue of Endangered Languages (ELCat) project.Based on the findings from the most extensive endangered languages research project, this is the most comprehensive source of accurate information on endangered languages. The book presents the academic and scientific findings that underpin the online Catalogue, located at www.endangeredlanguages.com, making it an essential companion to the website for academics and researchers working in this area.While the online Catalogue displays much data from the ELCat project, this volume develops and emphasizes aspects of the research behind the data and includes topics of great interest in the field, not previously covered in a single volume. Cataloguing the World's Endangered Languages is an important volume of particular interest to academics and researTable of ContentsWhy catalogue endangered languages? Lyle Campbell and Anna Belew Naming conventions and challenges Yen-ling Chen and Lyle Campbell Language classifications and cataloguing endangered languages Russell Barlow and Lyle Campbell Language extinction then and now Anna Belew and Sean Simpson The Language Endangerment Index Nala H. Lee and John R. Van Way New knowledge produced by the Catalogue of Endangered Languages Lyle Campbell and Eve Okura The world’s endangered languages and their status Anna Belew, Yen-ling Chen, Lyle Campbell, Russell Barlow, Bryn Hauk, Raina Heaton, and Stephanie Walla How the Catalogue of Endangered Languages serves communities whose languages are at risk Raina Heaton and Sean Simpson Triage: Setting priorities for endangered language research Bryn Hauk and Raina Heaton

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Book SynopsisEnglish Accents and Dialects is an essential guide to contemporary social and regional varieties of English spoken in the British Isles today. Together with invaluable overviews of numerous regional accents and dialects, this fifth edition provides a detailed description of key features of Received Pronounciation (RP) as well as several major non-standard varieties of English.Key features: main regional differences are followed by a survey of speech in over 20 areas of the UK and Ireland, audio samples of which are available to download at www.routledge.com/cw/hughes recent findings on London English, Aberdeen English and Liverpool English contains new entries on Hull, Manchester, Carlisle, Middlesbrough, Southampton, London West Indian, Lancashire and the Shetlands additional exercises with answers online accompany the new varieties clear maps throughout for locating particular accents and dialects. Trade Review'This book really is a star. Written by people who really know how difficult it can be to pinpoint accents and dialects, this book provides maps and diagrams showing their locations, and differing phonological features of areas. The terminology is easily understood, so much so that it was a pleasure to read.' A reader from Essex (amazon.co.uk)Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgementsWord listList of online recordingsIPA chartChapter 1: Variation in EnglishChapter 2: Dialect variationChapter 3: Received PronunciationChapter 4: Regional Accent variationChapter 5: British Isles accents and dialects: London Cockney London West Indian Norwich Bristol Southampton South Wales West Midlands Leicester Bradford Liverpool Hull Manchester Middlesbrough Carlisle Edinburgh Aberdeen Belfast Dublin Galway Devon Lancashire Northumberland Lowland Scots Shetland Isles Suggestions for using the bookFurther readingReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisTexts written in Latin, Greek and other languages provide ancient historians with their primary evidence, but the role of language as a source for understanding the ancient world is often overlooked. Language played a key role in state-formation and the spread of Christianity, the construction of ethnicity, and negotiating positions of social status and group membership. Language could reinforce social norms and shed light on taboos. This book presents an accessible account of ways in which linguistic evidence can illuminate topics such as imperialism, ethnicity, social mobility, religion, gender and sexuality in the ancient world, without assuming the reader has any knowledge of Greek or Latin, or of linguistic jargon. It describes the rise of Greek and Latin at the expense of other languages spoken around the Mediterranean and details the social meanings of different styles, and the attitudes of ancient speakers towards linguistic differences.Trade Review'… this is a work with a clear aim and a lot of coherence; it will serve its purpose as an excellent introduction to a vast subject.' Staffan Wahlgren, Bryn Mawr Classical ReviewTable of Contents1. The linguistic ecology of the Mediterranean; 2. States of languages / languages of states; 3. Language and identity; 4. Language variation; 5. Language, gender, sexuality; 6. The languages of Christianity; Conclusion: dead languages?; Bibliographic essay.

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Book SynopsisThis entirely new, comprehensive reference grammar of Classical Greek is aimed at students, teachers and academics. It combines traditional grammatical description with the latest insights from Greek and general linguistics, covering morphology, syntax, and textual coherence. Succinct yet full analyses are accompanied by numerous original examples.Table of ContentsPreface; Abbreviations, symbols, editions; On terminology; Part I. Phonology and Morphology: 1. The signs and sounds of Classical Greek; 2. Introduction to nominal forms; 3. The article; 4. Nouns; 5. Adjectives and participles; 6. Adverbs; 7. Pronouns; 8. Correlative pronouns and adverbs; 9. Numerals; 10. The dual: nominal forms; 11. Introduction to verb forms; 12. The present; 13. The aorist: active and middle; 14. The aorist: passive; 15. The future: active and middle; 16. The future: passive; 17. The perfect (and future perfect): introduction; 18. The perfect: active; 19. The perfect: middle-passive; 20. The future perfect; 21. The dual: verb forms; 22. Principal parts; 23. Word formation; 24. Accentuation; 25. Ionic and other dialects; Part II. Syntax: 26. Introduction to simple sentences; 27. Agreement; 28. The article; 29. Pronouns and quantifiers; 30. Cases; 31. Prepositions; 32. Comparison; 33. The verb: tense and aspect; 34. The verb: mood; 35. The verb: voice; 36. Impersonal constructions; 37. Verbal adjectives; 38. Questions, directives, wishes, exclamations; 39. Introduction to complex sentences; 40. Introduction to finite subordinate clauses; 41. Indirect statements; 42. Indirect questions and indirect exclamations; 43. Fear clauses; 44. Effort clauses; 45. Purpose clauses; 46. Result clauses; 47. Temporal clauses; 48. Causal clauses; 49. Conditional clauses; 50. Relative clauses; 51. The infinitive; 52. The participle; 53. Overview of subordinate constructions; 54. Overview of moods; 55. Overview of the uses of ἄν; 56. Overview of negatives; 57. Overview of the uses of ὡς; Part III. Textual Coherence: 58. Introduction; 59. Particles; 60. Word order; 61. Four sample passages; Bibliography; Indexes.

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Book SynopsisTi Alkire and Carol Rosen trace the changes that led from colloquial Latin to the five major Romance languages which ultimately became national or transnational languages: Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Romanian. This book makes the more difficult issues clear, providing an appealing program of study.Trade Review'This attractive textbook is a great opportunity to bring the unique historical and typological richness of the Romance languages to today's students of language and linguistics and empower them to continue its exploration on their own. In its carefully gradated approach at complex issues of phonology and morphology, the authors provide readers with an analytical in-depth investigation of the diachronic developments in Spanish, French, and Italian, complemented by coherent sketches of Portuguese and Romanian. The book sets a new standard for focus, relevance, and accuracy of data as well as broadly informed and open-minded assessment of competing explanations offered in the literature. Readers who work their way through the book will come away from it with a structured picture of this fascinating language family spanning 2000 years of varying divergence and convergence.' Dieter Wanner, The Ohio State University'A user-friendly and straightforward approach to the topic, which cuts through much of the excessive and dense detail of traditional treatments.' Adam Ledgeway, University of CambridgeTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The evolution of stressed vowels; 2. Early changes in syllable structure and consonants; 3. Consonant weakening and strengthening; 4. New palatal consonants; 5. More about vowels: raising, yod effects, and nasalization; 6. Verb morphology: the present indicative; 7. Verb morphology: systemic reorganization; 8. Noun and adjective morphology; 9. History and structure of Portuguese: an overview; 10. History and structure of Romanian: an overview; 11. Formation of the Romance lexicon; 12. Emergence of the Romance vernaculars; Suggestions for further reading; Works cited; Index of topics.

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Book SynopsisThe second edition of a successful reader (first published in 1979) for intermediate students of ancient Greek which introduces three of ancient Greece's most important authors, Homer, Herodotus and Sophocles. Accompanying notes provide extensive help with vocabulary and translation. Extensively revised in order to better meet the needs of modern students.Table of ContentsHomer: introductory passage: Akhilleus and Hektor (Iliad 22.1-130); Target passages: the death of Hektor (Iliad 22.131-end); Hektor and Andromakhe (Iliad 6.237-end); Herodotus: introductory passages: Persian customs (Histories 1.131-140); Xerxes at Abydos (Histories 7.44-53); Target passage: the battle of Thermopylai (Histories 7.56-238); Sophocles: introductory passage: Oedipus the King (Oedipus Tyrannus 300-862); Target passage: the fall of Oedipus (Oedipus Tyrannus 950-end).

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Book SynopsisThe Cambridge Dictionary of Linguistics provides concise and clear definitions of all of the terms an undergraduate or graduate student is likely to encounter in the study of linguistics and English language. An electronic version of the dictionary is also available, which includes 'clickable' cross-referencing.Trade Review'Just what any novice needs. The definitions are brilliantly clear, and the book's 3,000 entries cover the entire field from AAVE to Zapotec and from A-bar-binding to Zero morph.' Richard Hudson, University College London'Nothing in the study of linguistics is more challenging than the mastery of its complex terminology. That's why every serious student of the subject should have a copy of this dictionary.' Heinz Giegerich, University of Edinburgh'The most comprehensive glossary available for anyone with more than a passing interest in language. Concepts and terms from the major theoretical and methodological approaches to linguistics are covered with precision and clarity. Invaluable for teachers and students alike.' Miriam Meyerhoff, University of Auckland'The Dictionary is admirably concise and comprehensive. The definitions are clear, carefully illustrated and cross-referenced, and the etymological information on the more opaque technical terms is a special bonus. This user-friendly reference tool will be welcome by all who like or dislike linguistic terminology.' Donka Minkova, University of California, Los Angeles'… an impressive work which could become the first port of call for any beginning linguistics student.' Val Hamilton, Reference Reviews'Students of linguistics will find it especially helpful as they are constantly attempting to remember the new terms they encounter. Missionaries and translators might find the dictionary handy as they continue to read linguistic literature and need refreshers on terminology and theories. Scholars may find the volume useful for short, citable definitions.' Todd A. Scacewater, Journal of Language, Culture, and ReligionTable of ContentsList of abbreviations; Phonetic symbols for English; Introduction; The dictionary.

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