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Book SynopsisThis book introduces and explores the concept of multilingual law. Providing an overview as to what is 'multilingual law', the study establishes a new discourse based on this concept, which has hitherto lacked recognition for reasons of complexity and multidisciplinarity. The need for such a discourse now exists and is becoming urgent in view of the progress being made towards European integration and the legal and factual foundation for it in multilingualism and multilingual legislation. Covering different types of multilingual legal orders and their distinguishing features, as well as the basic structure of legal systems, the author studies policy formation, drafting, translation, revision, terminology and computer tools in connection with the legislative and judicial processes. Bringing together a range of diverse legal and linguistic ideas under one roof, this book is of importance to legal-linguists, drafters and translators, as well as students and scholars of leTrade Review'Drawing a broad picture of the numerous dimensions of multilingual law from various viewpoints of law and language, this book provides an excellent introduction to multilingual legal drafting, legal translation, legal lexicography and related areas. Its focus on practical matters makes it particularly useful for practitioners and students.'Susan Šarčević, University of Rijeka, Croatia'Colin Robertson provides a practical perspective on multilingual law, the culmination of his experience as a lawyer-linguist at the European Union. His insightful approach to the topic constitutes an original contribution to this interdisciplinary field, and even lay readers will be attracted by his highly engaging style of writing.'Christopher Williams, University of Foggia, Italy`A masterly study of the subject, combining a wealth of scholarly research with the author’s extensive practical experience.’Professor Thomas G. Watkin, Formerly First Welsh Legislative Counsel, UKTable of ContentsPART I: Introduction; 1: The concept of multilingual law; 2: Framework of models and an overview; PART II: Law; 3: Viewpoints of law; 4: Legal texts; 5: Law of language(s); PART III: Language; 6: Viewpoints of language; 7: Language(s) for legal purposes; PART IV: Signs; 8: Law and language as signs; PART V: Meaning; 9: Texts, terms and meanings; PART VI: Translation and revision; 10: Viewpoints of translation; 11: Revision; PART VII: Back-up, support and training; 12: Tools and technology; 13: Education and training; PART VIII: Framework, models and applications; 14: Framework for analysis and understanding; 15: Multilingual law; Appendices;

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Book SynopsisFocusing on the anthropological consequences of the disappearing of materiality and sensory embodiment, On Insignificance highlights some of the most perturbing patterns of insignificance that have seeped into our everyday lives. Seeking to explain the semiotic causes of feelings of meaninglessness, Leone posits that caring for the singularities of the world is the most viable way to resist the alienating effects of the digital bureaucratization of meaning. The book will be of interest to scholars of anthropology, cultural studies, semiotics, aesthetics, communication studies, and social theory. Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Significance of Insignificance 1. Framing Insignificance: A Semiotic Typology of Meaningless 2. Trolling Insignificance: Disrupting the Digital Public Discourse 3. Contrarian Insignificance: Wars of Position in the Digitial Arena 4. Picturing Insignificance: The Utopia of Digital Perfection 5. Shopping Insignificance: Post-Material Temples 6. Assembling Insignificance: Post-Material Crowds 7. Eating Insignificance: Post-Material Meals 8. Recovering Significance: The Value of Singularity 9. Negotiating Significance: The Value of Compromise 10. Sharing Significance: the Value of Common Sense 11. Courting Significance: The Value of Interpretation 12. Conclusions: the Clash of Semiotic Civilizations

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Book SynopsisWinner of the 2018 Outstanding Edited Book Award from the Organizational Communication Division of the National Communication AssociationThe Agency of Organizing explains why the notion of agency is central to understanding what organizations are, how they come into existence, continue to exist, or fade away, and how they function. Written by leading organizational communication scholars, the chapters in this edited volume present seven different theoretical perspectives on agency in the dynamics of organizing. Authors discuss how they conceptualize agency from their own perspective and how they propose to investigate agency empirically in processes of organizing by using specific methods. Through insightful case studies, they demonstrate the value of these perspectives for organizational research and practice.Trade Review"This book presents an exciting and diverse set of approaches to agency. If we understand agency as ‘making a difference’ in the way situations unfold, this volume will certainly have agency in stimulating and shaping new lines of research in the field of organizational communication."-Lars Thøger Christensen, Professor of Communication and Organization, Department of Management, Society and Communication, Copenhagen Business School"This is a wonderfully edited volume of thought-provoking essays on the topic of agency in and around organizations. For some time, some of the best theorizing in organization studies has in my view been coming from the organizational communication field, and here once again the leading figures in this tradition unpack, challenge, critique, and extend established notions of agency and agency theory within management and organizational research. They push and refine our thinking on agency in many ways. If you have an interest in understanding organizations and organizational life, you simply must read this collection!"-Joep Cornelissen, Professor of Corporate Communication and Management, Erasmus University and Associate Editor, Academy of Management Review"Do we make our own future or are we pawns set in motion by forces we cannot control? This is an age-old question to be sure. Many of the most popular theoretical perspectives that have emerged over the past several decades to confront it have suggested that the answer is, 'both.' Clearly, that is not a very satisfactory answer. The contributors to this book dive deep into discussions of agency to begin mapping out new ways to understand our capacity to act – which often happens in conjunction with a network of other actors. Together, these insightful chapters provide us new ways to understand these old questions in an era of rapid change."-Paul Leonardi, Duca Family Professor of Technology Management, University of California, Santa Barbara"After reading this text, I came away impressed with the treatment of agency in all of its performative, material, constrained, individual, and collective aspects. Although the contributors are all organizational communication scholars, any organizational scientist interested in pushing the boundaries of what agency means for organizations and its members should find this book to be a valuable resource."-Gail T. Fairhurst, Distinguished University Research Professor of Organizational Communication, University of Cincinnati"Agency, seen in terms of this volume, helps us see how the context-bound present moment becomes real in the organization. The illustrations here allow us to envision how seeing agency differently can open up new ways of understanding the organization and its consequences."-James R. Barker, Professor of Organizational Theory and Strategy and Herbert S. Lamb Chair in Business Education, Dalhousie University"Theorizing is a risky business; creativity and courage are needed. The chapters in Professor Boris H. J. M. Brummans’s edited volume exhibit both at full tilt. I recommend the book for the advanced and serious student of organizational communication and organization studies."-Ryan S. Bisel, Professor of Organizational Communication, University of OklahomaTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsForeword: Theorizing Agency by Making the Implicit Explicit Linda L. Putnam Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Perspectives on the Agency of Organizing Boris H. J. M. Brummans 2. The Distribution of Decision Rights at ICANN: A Luhmannian Perspective on Agency Steffen Blaschke 3. Being Able to Act Otherwise: The Role of Agency in the Four Flows at 2-1-1 and Beyond Joel O. Iverson, Robert D. McPhee, and Cade W. Spaulding 4. Agency in Structurational Divergence and Convergence: Insights from Nursing Anne M. Nicotera 5. Targeting Alex: Brand as Agent in Communicative Capitalism Dennis K. Mumby 6. Releasing/Translating Agency: A Postcolonial Disruption of the Master’s Voice among Liberian Market Women Kirsten J. Broadfoot, Debashish Munshi, and Joëlle Cruz7. Acting For, With, and Through: A Relational Perspective on Agency in MSF’s Organizing François Cooren 8. Agential Encounters: Performativity and Affect Meet Communication in the Bathroom Karen Lee Ashcraft and Timothy R. Kuhn 9. Conclusion: Further Theoretical and Practical Reflections on Agency George Cheney and Dean Ritz About the ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisOn Becoming Bilingual: Children's Experiences across Homes, Schools, and Communities provides a theoretical and methodological introduction to research on children's participation in and across a multiplicity of activities where they display complex linguistic and sociocultural knowledge. From a perspective that engages intersections of language, race, and class, the book reviews foundational and recent studies highlighting innovations, trends, and future directions for research. The book offers a helpful set of resources, including guiding questions at the start of each chapter, links to online and bibliographic sources, discussion questions and activities, and a glossary of key terms. This book is intended for scholars and students in language-oriented fields of study who are interested in learning about how bilingual children engage with, negotiate, and transform their social worlds.Trade ReviewSimultaneously a rigorous account of and a tribute to bilingual children’s agency, knowledge, and creativity, On Becoming Bilingual is a must read for those seeking to understand the complex experiences of children growing up in linguistically diverse environments. Bringing together their experience as researchers of childhood bilingualism in North America and the Caribbean with detailed consideration of contemporary scholarship on bi/multilingualism and immigrant/postcolonial childhoods, Baquedano-López and Garrett offer us a compelling treatise on the social, political, and educational worlds that bilingual children inhabit and help create. Thoughtfully structured for use in graduate and undergraduate seminars, this state-of-the-art volume provides critical tools for discussions of the deficit framings of bilingual children’s skill and knowledge, and of how we can best support them in a dignity-affirming way.Inmaculada Ma García-Sánchez, Associate Professor of Social Research Methodology, School of Education and Information Studies, University of California, Los AngelesTable of ContentsTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsPrefaceCopyright Acknowledgements1. Introduction: The Social Worlds of Bilingual Children2. A Critical Approach to Language Learning in Social Context3. Becoming A Bilingual Speaker of Culture4. Bilingualism in Schools5. Children’s Participation in Social Activities 6. Becoming Speakers for Others7. Developing a Critical Lens on Children’s Words and WorldsGlossaryIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the effects of L1 cognitive resources on L2 reading e.g. the effects of L1 reading ability, the ability in L1 mental-structure building, L1 cognitive use in L2 reading, and other related cognitive mechanisms and capacities of EFL learners in China. It integrated test-based and product-oriented as well as VPA-based (verbal protocol analysis) and process-oriented experiments to address the problems of reading in a second language. This book provides several theoretical, methodological and pedagogical insights, including the multidimensional nature of L2 reading and Vygotskyan sociocultural theory as a suitable L2 reading framework, combined approaches on L2 studies, and the rewarding active use of L1 cognitive resources in L2 learning.Table of Contents1 Introducing the Study 1.Need for the Study 2.Research Questions 3.Significance of the Study 4.Basic Concepts and Constructs 5.Outline of the Book 2 Research Background 2.1 Reading and Reading Research 2.2 A Brief History in L2 Reading Research 2.3 Previous Research about the Effects of L1 Reading on L2 Reading 2.4 Previous Research on L1 Cognitive Use in L2 Reading 3 Theoretical Perspectives 3.1 The Structure Building Framework 3.2 Vygotsky¡¯s Sociocultural Theory 3.3 Theories of Transfer 4 Research Design and Methodology: The Test-based and Product-Oriented Experiments 4.1 The Effects of L1 Reading Ability on L2 Reading: The Research Design 4.2 The Transfer of the Building of Mental-representations: The Research Design 5 Research Design and Methodology: The VPA-based and Process-Oriented Experiment 5.1 Subjects 5.2 Method 5.3 Material 5.4 Data Collecting Procedure 5.5 Transcribing Verbal Reports 6 Results and Discussion: The Test-based and Product-Oriented Experiments 6.1 Question 1 6.2 Question 2 6.3 Question 3 6.4 General Findings 6.5 Reading Problems or Language Problems 6.6 Automaticity or Control in L2 Reading 7 Results and Discussion: The VPA-based and Process-Oriented Experiment 7.1 The Threshold Effect 7.2 The Role of L1 Cognitive Use in L2 Reading 7.3 Discussion and Conclusion 8 Conclusion 8.1 Findings Based on Test-based and Product-oriented Experiments 8.2 Findings Based on the VPA-based and Process-oriented Experiments

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Book SynopsisThe Dravidian language family is the world''s fourth largest with nearly 250 million speakers across South Asia from Pakistan to Nepal, from Bangladesh to Sri Lanka. This authoritative reference source provides a unique description of the languages, covering their grammatical structure and historical development, plus sociolinguistic features. Each chapter combines a modern linguistic perspective with traditional historical linguistics, and a uniform structure allows for easy typological comparison between the individual languages. New to this edition are chapters on Be??a Ku?umba, Ku?ux, Kuvi and Malaya?am, and enlarged sections in various existing chapters, as well as updated bibliographies and demographic data throughout.The Dravidian Languages will be invaluable to students and researchers within linguistics, and will also be of interest to readers in the fields of comparative literature, areal linguistics and South Asian studies.Trade ReviewPraise for the previous edition:‘Steever sets out the aim of this volume as being to enable "the layman or linguist … to satisfy his curiosity about these individual languages" … The volume succeeds in Steever’s aim, while in addition suggesting a number of interesting questions for further investigation.’Bernard Comrie, Journal of Linguistics, Vol. 36 [2000]Table of Contents1 Introduction to the Dravidian Languages Sanford B. Steever2 The Dravidian Scripts William Bright Part I: South Dravidian3 Old Tamil Thomas Lehmann4 Modern Tamil E. Annamalai and Sanford B. Steever5 Malayalam P. Sreekumar 6 Betta KurumbaGail Coelho7 Kannada Sanford B. Steever8 Tulu D.N.S. BhatPart II: South-Central Dravidian9 Old Telugu P. Ramanarasimham10 Telugu Bh. Krishnamurti11 Koṇḍa Bh. Krishnamurti and Brett A. Benham12 Gonḍi Sanford B. Steever13 Kūvi Sanford B. SteeverPart III: Central Dravidian14 Kolami P.S. Subrahmanyam15 Gadaba Peri BhaskararaoPart IV: North Dravidian16 Malto Sanford B. Steever17 Kurux Masato Kobayashi and Tetru Oraon18 Brahui Josef Elfenbein

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Book SynopsisThe Routledge Handbook of Language and Superdiversity provides an accessible and authoritative overview of this growing area, the linguistic analysis of interaction in superdiverse cities. Developed as a descriptive term to account for the increasingly stratified processes and effects of migration in Western Europe, âsuperdiversityâ has the potential to contribute to an enhanced understanding of mobility, complexity, and change, with theoretical, practical, global, and methodological reach.With seven sections edited by leading names, the handbook includes 35 state-of-the art chapters from international authorities. The handbook adopts a truly interdisciplinary approach, covering: Cultural heritage Sport Law Education Business and entrepreneurship. The result is a truly comprehensive account of how people live, work and communicate in superdiverse spaces.This volumeTrade ReviewSuresh Canagarajah, Penn State, USAI am of the view that this book will be an important publication in the fields of applied linguistics and sociolinguistics to further our understanding of language diversity in our globalizing world.. The editors succeed in showing the need for the handbook and the way it carves its own niche in the market.He had a few very constructive suggestions, including adding a section on education, which I am discussing with the editors.John Gray, Univ of East London, UKA handbook at this stage would be an invaluable resource, given this proliferation and indeed recent critique of the concept... Such a volume would also sit well in the Applied Linguistics series, given the centrality of language in work on superdiversity.. There are many strengths – the involvement of a team of already recognised scholars of international standing; the interdisciplinary focus and the centrality of language are all noteworthy.Main suggestion was to add a section on education, as SC above. This does reflect the background of both readers but it is clearly important.Table of ContentsDedicationAcknowledgementsList of illustrationsList of contributorsIntroduction - Adrian Blackledge and Angela CreesePART I – edited by Jenny Phillimore and Li WeiLanguage and superdiversity Repertoires, registers, and linguistic diversity Alastair Pennycook Linguistic (super)diversity, post-multilingualism and translanguaging moments Li Wei Superdiversity perspective and the sociolinguistics of social media Sirpa Leppänen, Saija Peuronen and Elina Westinen Superdiversity as a lens to understand complexities Dirk Geldof "All the people speak bad English". Communicating across differences in a super-diverse context Susanne Wessendorf PART II – edited by Lisa Goodson and Caroline Tagg Researching communication in superdiverse contexts Superdiversity and linguistic ethnography: researching people and language in motion Martha Karrebaek and Constadina Charalambous Blurred vision? "Superdiversity" as a lens in research on communication in border contexts Robert Gibb and Julien Danero Iglesias Using researcher vignettes to explore co-production in a large diverse team: implications for research in superdiverse contexts Lisa Goodson and Caroline Tagg Moving methods online: Researching digital language practices Jannis Androutsopoulos and Andreas Staehr Reflecting on the ethics of researching communication in superdiverse contexts Fiona Copland PART III – edited by Adrian Blackledge and Mike Robinson Language, superdiversity and heritage The multivocality of heritage: Moments, encounters and mobilities Ana Deumert Dialect as heritage Joan Beal Discourses of ‘Chineseness’ and superdiversity Jing Huang Talking of heritage: The past in conversation Mike Robinson Superdiverse heritage and the question of authenticity: Reframing ‘brokenness’, comprehending change Sabina Vakser PART IV – edited by Zhu Hua and Janice Thompson Language, superdiversity and sport Language policy and planning and the Olympic Games Rachelle Vessey Linguistic practices, social identities and sports Lian Malai Madsen Football language in the age of superdiversity Gunnar Bergh and Sölve Ohlander Race, ethnicity and ‘Africa’ in football discourse – perspectives in the age of superdiversity Samu Kytölä Language and sport, physical activity and health among Black and Asian ethnic minority groups Symeon Dagkas and Whitney B. Curry PART V – edited by Mike Baynham and Kiran Trehan Language, superdiversity and business Language, Superdiversity, and Self-Employment Adrian Blackledge and Kiran Trehan Mobile messaging by migrant micro-entrepreneurs in contexts of superdiversity Caroline Tagg and Agnieszka Lyons Managing superdiversity in multinational companies Jiří Nekvapil and Tamah Sherman You are now one of us - negotiating ‘fitting in’ in the workplace Marta Kirilova and Jo Angouri Multilingualism in migrant-tailored businesses: The case of telecommunications multinationals and "ethnic" call shops Maria Sabaté Dalmau PART VI – edited by Bharat Malkani and Frances Rock Language, superdiversity and law Sociolinguistic superdiversity and asylum Marco Jacquemet Legal interpreting in domestic and international courts: Responsiveness in action Ludmila Stern Joanna Drugan and Krzysztof Kredens Superdiversity and the relationship between law, language and translation in a supranational legal order Karen McAuliffe and Aleksandar Trklja The development of deaf legal discourse Christopher Stone and Gene Mirus PART VII – edited by Melanie Cooke and James Simpson Language, superdiversity and education Multilingual education policy, superdiversity and educational equity Kendall A. King and Martha Bigelow Translanguaging as pedagogy - a critical review Jean Conteh Adult migrant language education in a diversifying world Sari Pöyhönen, Mirja Tarnanen and James Simpson The multilingual University Mbulungeni Madiba Linguistic diversity in online and mobile learning Agnes Kukulska-Hulme and Mark PegrumIndex

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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 SynopsisThe Routledge Handbook of Language Awareness is a comprehensive and informative overview of the broad field of language awareness. It contains a collection of state-of-the-art reviews of both established themes and new directions, authored and edited by experts in the field. The handbook is divided into three sections and reflects the engaging diversity of language awareness perspectives on language teaching and teachers, language learning and learners, and extending to additional areas of importance that are less directly concerned with language instruction.In their introductory chapter, the editors provide valuable background to the language awareness field along with their summary of the chapters and issues covered. A helpful section giving further reading suggestions for each of the chapters is included at the end of the book. This volume is essential reading for graduate students and researchers working in the sphere of language awareness within applied lTrade Review"This volume encapsulates all that is best about language awareness. It provides valuable perspectives on the history of the subject and each chapter brims with insights that carry the subject forward. Across so many areas of human activity the volume underlines the centrality of language awareness to our thinking, teaching, learning and social life, to the ways in which power and control are exercised and to our better understanding of the complex relationships between languages and cultures. This is an indispensable resource for students and researchers across many different disciplines."Ronald Carter, Emeritus Professor, University of Nottingham, UKTable of Contents1. Language awareness: Opening up the field of study by Josep M. Cots and Peter Garrett. PART 1: FOCUS ON LANGUAGE TEACHING AND TEACHERS. 2. Language awareness, language diversity and migrant languages in the primary school by Andrea Young. 3. Form-focused instruction by Leila Ranta and Roy Lyster. 4. Language awareness and teacher development by Stephen Andrews and Angel M. Y. Lin. 5. Teachers’ beliefs and classroom practices by Simon Borg. 6. Language awareness and the teaching of listening and speaking by Christine C. M. Goh. 7. Language awareness in the teaching of reading and writing by Claudia Finkbeiner and Jennifer Schluer. 8. Teaching critical literacy and language awareness by Catherine Wallace. 9. Literature, creativity and language awareness by Geoff Hall. 10. Raising teachers’ awareness about English and English as a lingua franca by Enric Llurda, Yasemin Bayyurt and Nicos Sifakis. 11. English-medium instruction in multilingual university settings: An opportunity for developing language awareness by Emma Dafouz. 12. Language awareness and assessment by Neus Figueras. PART 2: FOCUS ON LANGUAGE LEARNING AND LEARNERS. 13. The study of metalinguistic constructs in second language acquisition research by Daphnée Simard and Xavier Gutiérrez. 14. Revisiting research on learner beliefs: Looking back and looking forward by Paula Kalaja, Ana Maria F. Barcelos and Mari Aro. 15. Language awareness and the development of learners’ plurilingual competence by Ana Luísa Oliveira and Maria Helena Ançã. 16. Language awareness in multilingual learning and teaching by Ulrike Jessner. 17. The role of language awareness in a study abroad context by Àngels Llanes. 18. The role of collaborative tasks and peer interaction in the development of second language awareness by Helen Basturkmen and Jenefer Philp. 19. “I h8 txt msgs”. How social media has had an impact on language awareness by Melinda Dooly. 20. Pragmatic awareness in second language acquisition by Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig. 21. The role of phonological awareness in language learning by Tracey Derwing. PART 3: BEYOND LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY. 22. Language awareness and multimodality: A social semiotic approach to visual composition by Theo van Leeuwen. 23. Folk linguistics and language awareness by Dennis R. Preston. 24. Language awareness and language change by Tore Kristiansen. 25. Language awareness in minority language contexts by David Lasagabaster. 26. Language awareness in diasporic contexts by Anikó Hatoss. 27. Language awareness and the acquisition of Intercultural Communicative Competence by Sarah Boye and Michael Byram. 28. Language awareness and translation by Kirsten Malmkjaer. 29. Language awareness in multilingual and multicultural organisations by Eva Codó. 30. Contesting key terms and concepts in the civil sphere: A neo-Gramscian analysis of language awareness by Tom Bartlett, Nicolina Montesano Montessori and Harriet Lloyd. Further Reading for Each Chapter.

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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 SynopsisLeading scholars trace the development of Standard English, revealing a complex history that challenges the usual textbook accounts. The volume demonstrates that Standard English has no one single ancestor dialect, but is the cumulative result of generations of authoritative writing from many text types.Trade Review'The Development of Standard English, 1300–1800 provides thought-provoking insights into the past of standard English. I strongly recommend it to anyone interested in a refreshing re-examination of the teaching of the story of this language.' International TradeTable of ContentsList of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction Laura Wright; Part I. Theory and Methodology: Approaches to Studying the Standardisation of English: 1. Historical description and the ideology of the standard language Jim Milroy; 2. Mythical strands in the ideology of prescriptivism Richard J. Watts; 3. Rats, bats, sparrows and dogs: biology, linguistics and the nature of Standard English Jonathan Hope; 4. Salience, stigma and standard Raymond Hickey; 5. The ideology of the standard and the development of Extraterritorial Englishes Gabriella Mazzon; 6. Metropolitan values: migration, mobility and cultural norms, London 1100–1700 Derek Keene; Part II. Processes of the Standardisation of English: 7. Standardisation and the language of early statutes Matti Rissanen; 8. Scientific language and spelling standardisation 1375–1550 Irma Taavitsainen; 9. Change from above or below? Mapping the loci of linguistic change in the history of Scottish English Anneli Meurman-Solin; 10. Adjective comparison and standardisation processes in American and British English from 1620 to the present Merja Kytö and Suzanne Romaine; 11. The Spectator, the politics of social networks, and language standardisation in eighteenth-century England Susan Fitzmaurice; 12. A branching path: low vowel lengthening and its friends in the emerging standard Roger Lass; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book collects all known Jewish inscriptions in Egypt between the third century BC and the sixth century AD.Table of ContentsPreface; Introduction; Inscriptions; Appendix 1: inscriptions not considered to be Jewish; Appendix 2: inscriptions from outside Egypt; Appendix 3: Jewish names in Pagan inscriptions; Indexes to the inscriptions of Egypt; Indexes to the inscriptions of Cyrenaica; Bibliography; Abbreviations; Concordance with CIJ and CPJ; Plates.

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Book SynopsisThis volume, first published in 2000, addresses the fundamental linguistic question of how the perceived world is expressed through systems of nominal classification. Leading scholars review the whole spectrum of nominal classification, from gender systems through to numeral classifiers, providing theoretical interpretations and empirical case studies across a variety of languages.Table of ContentsPreface Gunter Senft; 1. What do we really know about nominal classification systems? Gunter Senft; 2. A morphosyntactic typology of classifiers Colette Grinevald; 3. Unusual classifiers in Tariana Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald; 4. Multiple classifier systems in Akatek (Mayan) Roberto Zavala Maldonado; 5. Ant, ancestors and medicine: a semantic and pragmatic account of classifier constructions in Arrernte (Central Australia) David P. Wilkins; 6. Visualizing ability and nominal classifications: an evidence of cultural operation in the agreement rules of Japanese numeral classifiers Kyoko Inoue; 7. Isolation of units and unification of isolates: the gestalt-functions of classifiers Jürgen Broschart; 8. Bantu noun class system. Loanword and acquisition evidence of semantic productivity Katherine Demuth; 9. Gender assignment: a typology and a model Greville G. Corbett and Norman M. Fraser; 10. Systems of nominal classification - a concluding discussion John Lucy.

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Book SynopsisSince its first publication in 1954, The Classical Heritage has become established as a classic introduction to cultural and intellectual history from the Carolingian age to the end of the Renaissance.Trade Review'Mr Bolgar continually suppies concrete and fresh or unfamiliar information that makes the shadowy more substantial, and analytical comments that enrich or qualify or explode over-simple generalizations … There are few men who have the zeal, the comprehensive learning and the historical insight even to contemplate a single-handed work of such scope, and as a history and active reinterpretation of a great movement, Mr Bolgar's book is richly informative and illuminating.' Douglas Bush, Renaissance News'Bolgar's work is thick with new material and, better still, it draws many new diagonals through old subjects. The author's main interest centers in modifications in education, but he branches out to show the basic changes in law, philosophy, medicine, and literature in the Byzantine world … But to anyone interested in the intellectual history of the centuries A.D. 700 to 1600 the book will be a grande trouvaille.' Frederick B. Artz'He posses not only the vast knowledge required to fish in such wide waters, but the rarer capacity to synthesize his results; his powers of analysis are only equalled by his powers of judgment. He always keeps a firm grasp on the main thread of his argument; he never swamps the reader with mountains of unassimilated facts; he possesses not only a Gibbonian commoon sense … but a neo-Gibbonian prose style which is a delight to read, and is a welcome rarity among contemporary scholars. Rarer still is his astringent wit, as relevant as it is illuminating.' The Times Literary SupplementTable of ContentsPreface to 1973 impression; Introduction; 1. The background; 2. The Greek East; 3. The Carolingian Age; 4. The Pre-scholastic Age; 5. The Scolastic Age; 6. Collapse an new beginnings; 7. The high renaissance; 8. The end of the renaissance and the appearance of new patterns in classical education and scholarship; 9. Education and the classical heritage; Notes; Appendices; Index.

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