Sociolinguistics Books
Steiner Franz Verlag Sprachliche Regionalisierung
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£59.40
Brill I Fink IntraSections
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£55.20
Universitätsverlag Winter Sprachenerhalt und Sprachenwechsel
£59.50
Universitätsverlag Winter Sprachgeschichte soziolinguistisch pragmatisch und politisch
£45.90
V&R unipress Schlagwörter und argumentative Topoi im
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V&R unipress Restoring the Reich
Book SynopsisThe strategies of the ReichsbÃrger language â comprehensively analysed for the first time
£43.19
V&R unipress Das Bild des FlÃchtlings im Deutschen und im
Book SynopsisWie werden FlÃchtlinge in Deutschland und in Polen wahrgenommen?
£58.89
V&R unipress Der soziale Ansatz zum Fremdsprachenlernen und
Book SynopsisEmotionen und Relationen fÃrdern den Prozess des Fremdsprachenlernens
£43.19
V & R Unipress GmbH Deutschsprachige historische Texte im Kaleidoskop der Linguistik
£74.62
V&R unipress Identity Conflict Interaction
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Brill Women, Gender and Language in Morocco
Book SynopsisThis volume deals with the complex but poorly understood relationship between women, gender, and language in Morocco, a Muslim, multilingual, multicultural, and developing country. The hypothesis on which the book is based is that an understanding of gender perception and women's agency can be achieved only by taking into account the structure of power in a specific culture and that language is an important component of this power. In Moroccan culture, history, geography, Islam, orality, multilingualism, social organization, economic status, and political system constitute the superstructures of power within which factors such as social differences, contextual differences, and identity differences interact in the daily linguistic performances of gender. Moroccan women are far from constituting a homogeneous group, consequently the choices available to them vary in nature and empowering capacity, thus ‘widening’ the spectrum of gender beyond cultural limits.
£112.00
Finnish Literature Society Talk in Interaction: Comparative Dimensions
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£29.50
Central European University Press Words in Space and Time
Book SynopsisWith forty-two extensively annotated maps, this atlas offers novel insights into the history and mechanics of how Central Europe's languages have been made, unmade, and deployed for political action. The innovative combination of linguistics, history, and cartography makes a wealth of hard-to-reach knowledge readily available to both specialist and general readers. It combines information on languages, dialects, alphabets, religions, mass violence, or migrations over an extended period of time. The story first focuses on Central Europe's dialect continua, the emergence of states, and the spread of writing technology from the tenth century onward. Most maps concentrate on the last two centuries. The main storyline opens with the emergence of the Western European concept of the nation, in accord with which the ethnolinguistic nation-states of Italy and Germany were founded. In the Central European view, a proper nation is none other than the speech community of a single languag
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Oxford University Press Sunnyside
Book SynopsisThis book discusses developments in the history of British house names from the earliest written evidence (Beowulf''s Heorot) to the twentieth century. Chapters 1 and 2 track changes from medieval naming practices such as Ceolmundingchaga and Prestebures, to present-day house names such as Fairholme and Oakdene: that is, the shift from recording the name of the householder (Sabelinesbury, ''Sabeline''s manor''), the householder''s occupation (le Taninghus, ''the tannery'') and the appearance of the house (le Brodedore, ''the broad door''); to the five main categories still in use today: the transferred place-name (Aberdeen House), the nostalgically rural (Springfield), the commemorative (Blenheim Palace), the upwardly mobile (Vernon Lodge), and the latest fashion (Fernville). The development and demise of pub names and shop names such as la Worm on the Hope and the Golden Tea Kettle & Speaking Trumpet are detailed, and the rise of heraldic names such as the Red Lion is explained. ChaptTrade ReviewReview from previous edition There are books that wrap up a subject, and books that send the mind wandering serendipitously. Laura Wright's Sunnyside does both ... meticulously researched with respect to both the origins and the occurrences of houses called Sunnyside ... This is a provocative and enticing history of the now sadly neglected custom of naming one's house. * Christina Hardyment, Times Literary Supplement *[...] this is an informative and enjoyable book. Any linguist who lives in a Sunnyside (there is at least one) will undoubtedly be keen to read it, and so will many others. * Geoffrey Sampson, Linguist List *A select bibliography presents the wide array of manuscripts, printed and on-line sources used in compiling this intriguing book that moves from medieval London to branches of non-conformism and Victorian villas, then back to historic solskifte and forward again to house names in our own time. This remarkable work of erudition is not for the faint hearted. The Sunnyside journey taken by Laura Wright is complicated, even labyrinthine, but sharing it with her is well worth the effort. * Hugh Clout, Cercles *Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations Acknowledgements List of illustrations Introduction 1: The Earliest London House Names 2: Victorian Villas 3: London's First Sunnysiders 4: Religion, Fame, and Sunnyside 5: Sunnyside and the North Appendix 1 Pre-1400 London House Names Appendix 2 House Names from William Porlond's Book Appendix 3 Stagecoach Names Sunnyside Gazetteer References Index
£65.00
The University of Chicago Press Spaces Worlds and Grammar Cognitive Theory of
Book SynopsisThese 12 original papers extend the mental-spaces framework developed by Gilles Fauconnier and demonstrate its utility in solving deep problems in linguistics and discourse theory. The contributors analyze a wide range of phenomena, including analogical counterfactuals and deictic expression.
£35.15
The University of Chicago Press Speak No Evil
Book SynopsisOpponents of speech codes often argue that liberal academics use the codes to advance an agenda of political correctness. But Jon B.Trade Review"Speak No Evil is an interesting inquiry into the debate and practice of hate speech regulation on college campuses and beyond. This fascinating study surpasses the usual legalistic and policy questions to look at how hate speech has developed and thrived in American institutional settings. It is original, compelling, and most convincing." - Michael McCann, coauthor of Distorting the Law"
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press Speaking of Crime
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£27.00
University of Chicago Press Home Signs
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£22.00
The University of Chicago Press When Words Lose Their Meaning Constitutions and
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McGill-Queen's University Press Language Ethics
Book SynopsisLanguage is central to political philosophy, yet until now there has been little in the way of a common framework capable of bridging disciplines that share an interest in language, power, and ethics. Studies are predominantly carried out in isolated disciplinary silos - notably linguistics, philosophy, political science, public administration, and education. This volume proposes a new vision for understanding the political ethics of language, particularly in linguistically diverse societies, and it establishes the necessary common framework for this field of inquiry: language ethics. Through creative and constructive thinking, Language Ethics considers how to advance our understanding of the human commonalities of moral and linguistic capacities and the challenge of linguistic difference and societal interdependence. The book embraces the longstanding centrality of language to moral reasoning and reinterprets it in a manner that draws on the social and political life of real-world intTrade Review"Drawing on both normative principles and empirical findings, the various essays in this volume examine the centrality of language to issues of social justice, exploring its role in establishing social equality, status, and solidarity, as well as how individual and group identity and dignity seek verbal expression. Also explored are the expressive and communicative aspects of language as shown through social, economic, and political practices and structures. The essays are rigorous, thorough, and demanding, while also being fair and fecund. Recommended. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals." Choice
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McGill-Queen's University Press Forty Narratives in the Wyandot Language
Book SynopsisIn 1911-1912, anthropologist Marius Barbeau spent a year recording forty texts in the Wyandot language as spoken by native speakers in Oklahoma. Though he intended to return and complete his linguistic study, he never did. More than a century later, this book continues Barbeau's work.Trade Review"Forty Narratives in the Wyandot Language is very significant as a literary record of a people and a language, and makes a major contribution to the study of Indigenous language in North America." David Kanatawakhon-Maracle, Western University, Ontario
£35.10
Columbia University Press The Fall of Language in the Age of English
Book SynopsisAn award-winning novelist composes a multifaceted critique of the politics of personal expression.Trade ReviewThe Fall of Language in the Age of English provocatively participates in current debates on world literature, translation, reading, and writing in the age of global English and the Internet, bringing forward a new and illuminating perspective on the translingual formation of national languages and the now endangered arc of modern literature. It is written from the viewpoint of a noted Japanese novelist as well as from a wider theoretical and historical perspective. -- Tomi Suzuki, Columbia University A dazzling rumination on the decline of local languages, most particularly Japanese, in a world overshadowed by English. Moving effortlessly between theory and personal reflection, Minae Mizumura's lament-linguistic and social in equal measure-is broadly informed, closely reasoned, and-in a manner that recalls her beloved Jane Austen-at once earnest and full of mischief. -- John Nathan, translator of Light and Dark: A Novel by Natsume Soseki A stirring call to consciousness about the role of language... For English speakers, the book presents an important opportunity to walk in someone else's shoes. Publishers Weekly The Fall of Language in the Age of English is-or at least can be-valuable to any literature-interested reader. Certainly, it is an interesting personal introduction to aspects of Japanese writing, and its transitions across recent centuries, as Japan's own position internationally has shifted. -- M. A. Orthofer The Complete Review A call to arms for everyone: for all non-native English speakers to embrace and champion literature in their own languages, and for English speakers to be that little less arrogant in their use of their mother tongue, which just happens to have become the world's universal language. -- Sophie Knight The Japan Times Mizumura traces how the myth of the 'national language,' a pure upwelling of political character, coincided with the flowering of the nation-state-and, even more fascinatingly, of the novel itself... 'Language' may be in the book's title, but Mizumura has really crafted a conservationist's plea for literature. -- Katy Waldman Slate Rigorous and wide-ranging... This book is a cracker. -- Peter Gordon Asian Review of Books An eye-opening call to consciousness about the role of language. Publishers Weekly Tip Sheet There is incredibly smart stuff in here... Mizumura's ability to weave together so many strands of history (lingual, academic, economic, geopolitical) paints a clear picture of the evolution of Japanese literature, with commentary on the rest of the globe being a pleasant byproduct. -- Graham Oliver The Rumpus [A] highly charged book. -- Eric Banks The Chronicle Of Higher Education Persuasive, elegantly written... [The Fall of Language in the Age of English] is highly deserving of attention, from English and Japanese speakers alike, as well as from anyone concerned about literature's past and future. -- Rebecca Hussey The Quarterly Conversation The Fall of Language in the Age of English deserves wider coverage (and debate). Flavorwire Mizumura has crafted a book that stimulates thought, excites passions, and encourages debate. For these alone, it is well worth a read. -- Erik R. Lofgren World Literature Today Translators Juliet Winter Carpenter and Mari Yoshihara have done a superb job of rendering [the text] into clear, readable English. Japanese Studies This powerful, insightful work analyzes the predicament of world languages and literatures in an age when English has become the universal language of science and the default language of the internet... Rich, profound meditation on language and literature. Claremont Review of Books In The Fall Of Language in the Age of English, Minae Mizumura shows, better than anyone ever has, how English is wrecking other languages - reducing even great literary languages, including Japanese and French, to local dialects - and makes a vigorous case for the superiority of the written over the spoken word. -- Benjamin Moser New York Times Book Review [Mizumura's] book is a 'text to read' in the 'universal library,' to use her terms. -- Selma K. Sonntag Journal of Asian Studies Skillfully translated. -- Harou Shirane Public Books The care with which Mizumura has crafted this book... [makes] the reading of it a pleasure, allowing for wit and personality to shine. Full StopTable of ContentsPreface to the English Edition Introduction, by Mari Yoshihara and Juliet Winters Carpenter 1. Under the Blue Sky of Iowa: Those Who Write in Their Own Language 2. From Par Avion to Via Air Mail: The Fall of French 3. People Around the World Writing in External Languages 4. The Birth of Japanese as a National Language 5. The Miracle of Modern Japanese Literature 6. English and National Languages in the Internet Age 7. The Future of National Languages Notes Selected Bibliography Index
£58.77
Columbia University Press The Fall of Language in the Age of English
Book SynopsisAn award-winning novelist composes a multifaceted critique of the politics of personal expression.Trade ReviewThe Fall of Language in the Age of English provocatively participates in current debates on world literature, translation, reading, and writing in the age of global English and the Internet, bringing forward a new and illuminating perspective on the translingual formation of national languages and the now endangered arc of modern literature. It is written from the viewpoint of a noted Japanese novelist as well as from a wider theoretical and historical perspective. -- Tomi Suzuki, Columbia University A dazzling rumination on the decline of local languages, most particularly Japanese, in a world overshadowed by English. Moving effortlessly between theory and personal reflection, Minae Mizumura's lament-linguistic and social in equal measure-is broadly informed, closely reasoned, and-in a manner that recalls her beloved Jane Austen-at once earnest and full of mischief. -- John Nathan, translator of Light and Dark: A Novel by Natsume Soseki A stirring call to consciousness about the role of language... For English speakers, the book presents an important opportunity to walk in someone else's shoes. Publishers Weekly The Fall of Language in the Age of English is-or at least can be-valuable to any literature-interested reader. Certainly, it is an interesting personal introduction to aspects of Japanese writing, and its transitions across recent centuries, as Japan's own position internationally has shifted. -- M. A. Orthofer The Complete Review A call to arms for everyone: for all non-native English speakers to embrace and champion literature in their own languages, and for English speakers to be that little less arrogant in their use of their mother tongue, which just happens to have become the world's universal language. -- Sophie Knight The Japan Times Mizumura traces how the myth of the 'national language,' a pure upwelling of political character, coincided with the flowering of the nation-state-and, even more fascinatingly, of the novel itself... 'Language' may be in the book's title, but Mizumura has really crafted a conservationist's plea for literature. -- Katy Waldman Slate Rigorous and wide-ranging... This book is a cracker. -- Peter Gordon Asian Review of Books An eye-opening call to consciousness about the role of language. Publishers Weekly Tip Sheet There is incredibly smart stuff in here... Mizumura's ability to weave together so many strands of history (lingual, academic, economic, geopolitical) paints a clear picture of the evolution of Japanese literature, with commentary on the rest of the globe being a pleasant byproduct. -- Graham Oliver The Rumpus [A] highly charged book. -- Eric Banks The Chronicle Of Higher Education Persuasive, elegantly written... [The Fall of Language in the Age of English] is highly deserving of attention, from English and Japanese speakers alike, as well as from anyone concerned about literature's past and future. -- Rebecca Hussey The Quarterly Conversation The Fall of Language in the Age of English deserves wider coverage (and debate). Flavorwire Mizumura has crafted a book that stimulates thought, excites passions, and encourages debate. For these alone, it is well worth a read. -- Erik R. Lofgren World Literature Today Translators Juliet Winter Carpenter and Mari Yoshihara have done a superb job of rendering [the text] into clear, readable English. Japanese Studies This powerful, insightful work analyzes the predicament of world languages and literatures in an age when English has become the universal language of science and the default language of the internet... Rich, profound meditation on language and literature. Claremont Review of Books In The Fall Of Language in the Age of English, Minae Mizumura shows, better than anyone ever has, how English is wrecking other languages - reducing even great literary languages, including Japanese and French, to local dialects - and makes a vigorous case for the superiority of the written over the spoken word. -- Benjamin Moser New York Times Book Review [Mizumura's] book is a 'text to read' in the 'universal library,' to use her terms. -- Selma K. Sonntag Journal of Asian Studies Skillfully translated. -- Harou Shirane Public Books The care with which Mizumura has crafted this book... [makes] the reading of it a pleasure, allowing for wit and personality to shine. Full StopTable of ContentsPreface to the English Edition Introduction, by Mari Yoshihara and Juliet Winters Carpenter 1. Under the Blue Sky of Iowa: Those Who Write in Their Own Language 2. From Par Avion to Via Air Mail: The Fall of French 3. People Around the World Writing in External Languages 4. The Birth of Japanese as a National Language 5. The Miracle of Modern Japanese Literature 6. English and National Languages in the Internet Age 7. The Future of National Languages Notes Selected Bibliography Index
£999.99
Columbia University Press The Sounds of Mandarin
Book SynopsisThis book traces the surprising social history of China’s spoken standard, from its creation as the national language of the early Republic in 1913 to its journey into postwar Taiwan to its reconfiguration as the common language of the People’s Republic after 1949.Trade ReviewThe Sounds of Mandarin is the definitive study of the modern Chinese quest for a unified spoken language. Janet Y. Chen transports readers into the meeting rooms where linguistic models were debated and the classrooms, movie theaters, and military units where the national language was taught. She captures the elusiveness of crafting a single national standard and the challenge of making it a living language. -- Robert Culp, author of The Power of Print in Modern China: Intellectuals and Industrial Publishing from the End of Empire to Maoist State SocialismThis absorbing narrative traces efforts to establish a common spoken language across China’s national expanse. Ingenious reformers, determined state authorities, and beleaguered teachers were no match for China’s cacophonous soundscape. Placing spoken language at the heart of historical explanation, The Sounds of Mandarin is by turns hilarious and sobering. -- Gail Hershatter, University of California, Santa CruzIn prose that is as clear as it is elegant, Chen’s book introduces the myriad actors—reformists, linguists, educators, and state officials—who negotiated the social stakes, political implications, and pedagogical processes of making the Chinese nation speak, utter, sing, and chant in unity. This is a wonderful read by a masterful historian. -- Eugenia Lean, author of Vernacular Industrialism in China: Local Innovation and Translated Technologies in the Making of a Cosmetics Empire, 1900-1940For years, scholars mostly assumed that we knew the roughly parallel stories of ‘linguistic unification,’ both on the Chinese mainland and in Taiwan: a slow but inexorable triumph of standardization pushed by strong states armed with new technologies. Janet Y. Chen’s exciting book shows us something radically different: stop-start cycles of intense campaigns; powerful, multivalent resistance; changing, politically fraught standards; and divergent outcomes. -- Kenneth Pomeranz, author of The Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World EconomyIn The Sounds of Mandarin, Chen explores the complex process by which Chinese nation-builders struggled to define and promulgate a shared national language, to enable the state to talk to its citizens and its citizens to talk to one another. The result is a surprising and fascinating window into the politics of modernizing China. -- Michael Szonyi, professor of history and former director of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard UniversityA valuable addition to the growing scholarship on Chinese languages and scripts. * China Quarterly *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsNotes on Language and TransliterationIntroduction1. Dueling Sounds and Contending Tones2. In Search of Standard Mandarin3. The National Language in Exile4. Taiwan Babel5. The Common Language of New ChinaEpilogueNotesBibliographyIndex
£105.30
Columbia University Press Global Language Justice
Book SynopsisThis book brings together leading experts and younger scholars across the humanities and social sciences to investigate what global language justice looks like in a time of climate crisis.Trade ReviewIn a beautiful assemblage of theory and poetry, this volume addresses one of the most difficult problems of our planetary age, caught between the intensity of cultural wars and the uncertainties of the digital revolution: Which futures, rights, and institutions exist for the world’s many languages, inherited from history and recreated in everyday life? It clarifies the struggle for concrete universalism with striking vigor and originality. -- Etienne Balibar, author of On Universals“Can we demand language justice the way others have demanded environmental justice, economic justice, and social justice?” This absolutely fundamental question of our time is trenchantly examined throughout this collective study of the lifeworld of human languages. At a moment when there is renewed focus on the links between the right to language diversity and human rights, on what the American Bar Association calls "language justice" and the right to translation, Global Language Justice comes at a particularly opportune moment. It offers experimental approaches to language extinction and digital language projects aimed at translating and preserving languages. It also defines emerging fields of public policy that draw on the rich connections between the humanities and multilingual education and art practice, especially for those committed to rethinking global language politics in relation to climate change and ecopolitical activism. -- Emily Apter, author of Against World Literature: On the Politics of UntranslatabilityIn nine thoughtful chapters this collection lays out the parameters for the conversation on language justice in the twenty-first century context of the digital revolution, climate catastrophe, mass displacement, language endangerment and reclamation, the Global English industry, and economic polarization on a planetary scale. The authors question the concept of language rights as either the beginning or end point of this conversation and call for a new theorizing of equality as it pertains to languages and speakers. Readers will encounter keen new insights on such topics as digitization, scripts and Unicode; alternatives to the concept of "language death"; the role of linguistic pluralism in new forms of political dissent; and the fraughtness of translation. -- Mary Louise Pratt, author of Planetary LongingsBy interspersing academic essays with multilingual poems, Liu, Rao, and Silverman have assembled a rich, stimulating kaleidoscope of global explorations of the complex entanglements of language, environment, and technology in the 21st century. -- Ingrid Piller, author of Linguistic Diversity and Social JusticeTable of ContentsPoems and ArtworksAcknowledgmentsIntroduction. The Lifeworld of Languages: Rethinking Logos, Oikos, and Techné, by Lydia H. Liu and Anupama Rao1. Equality or Diversity: Language, Rights, Justice, by L. Maria Bo2. Global Language Justice Inside the Doughnut: A Planetary Perspective, by Suzanne Romaine3. The Asylum Trial: Translating Justice at the Borders of Europe, by Tommaso Manfredini4. Challenging “Extinction” Through Modern Miami Language Practices, by Wesley Y. Leonard5. Indigenous Languages Between Erasure and Disinvention, by Daniel Kaufman and Ross Perlin6. Linguistic Democracy and the Algerian Hirak, by Madeleine Dobie7. Digital Vitality for Linguistic Diversity: The Script Encoding Initiative, by Deborah Anderson8. Language Justice in the Digital Sphere, by Isabelle a. Zaugg9. Exit: An Interview, by Laura Kurgan and Charlotte A. SilvermanContributorsIndex
£27.00
Indiana University Press Creatures of Politics Media Message and the
Book SynopsisExamines some of the revelatory moments in debates, political ads, interviews, speeches, and talk shows to explain how these political creations come to have a life of their ownTrade Review...Very few scholars can match [the authors'] detailed analysis of political and media discourse. The authors illuminate the subtle, multimodal, and intertextual mechanisms by which messages are constructed. Those who read their work will learn much about the semiotics of presidential campaigns as well as the cultural expectations that regulate and naturalize our electoral character contests. * Presidential Studies Quarterly *A quirky, sharp and depressing analysis of the current state of campaigning. * Kirkus Reviews *[Creatures of Politics] cover[s] different aspects of messaging with interesting discussions, and provides[s] new ways of thinking about campaign coverage. * Foreword Reviews *[Creatures of Politics] makes for a fascinating read and an illuminating look into the complex realm of political rhetoric. * Publishers Weekly *The authors draw on findings from electoral politics, the mass media and linguistic anthropology to analyse political communications, exploring how the 'messages' of presidential candidates are crafted not only through their platforms, but through verbal, sartorial, gestural, behavioural and linguistic cues. * Survival *Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Message is the Medium2. Getting it Ju:::st Right3. Addressing "The Issues" 4. Ethnoblooperology5. Unflipping the Flop6. The Message in Hand7. What Goes Around. . .
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University of Notre Dame Press Contest of Language
Book SynopsisThese essays, written by eminent scholars from diverse disciplines and perspectives, consider various present-day and historical efforts to make a language dominant through textual, institutional, academic, and literary means. Contributors examine pressures to elevate one language at the expense of another and the cultural and intellectual consequences of that elevation. Specific essays apply this theme of the contest of language to the suppression, survival, and revival of the Irish language; to Greek, Latin, and the emergence of the vernacular in Europe; to the relationship between minority and dominant language in China; and to the lack of linguistic imperialism in the spread of Arabic, among other fascinating topics.Trade Review"A collection which studies this social function of language not only by applying a variety of theoretical approaches but also by examining this phenomenon across times and cultures is a most desirable project that should appeal to scholars of various disciplines, from literary to social studies, from linguistics to anthropology and philosophy. ...a concentrated effort which results in a collection of highly interesting and very inspiring essays. ...Bloomer's book is a contribution of eminent value to the debate about the role of language in relation to politics and power and provides a most useful access to this complex field of study. Its wide range both of methods and of topics allows readers to get an overview, first of all, of the different methodological questions that are and must be involved in exploring the social functions of language. ...I am convinced that anyone interested in the interaction of society and language will gain substantial profit from it." —Bryn Mawr Classical Review“The Contest of Language is highly recommended to all students of Linguistic Studies as well as the general reader who has interest in the cultural and political implications of language.” —The Midwest Book Review"The Contest of Language is an ambitious and appealing collection that should attract a variety of humanists and linguists interested in the relationship between politics, language use, literature, and power. Its wide range makes it a 'must-have' for the humanities and social sciences sections in every college and university library." —Joy Connolly, Stanford University
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University of Notre Dame Press Dante and the Grammar of the Nursing Body
Book SynopsisDante and the Grammar of the Nursing Body takes a serious look at Dante''s relation to Latin grammar and the new mother tongue-Italian vernacular-by exploring the cultural significance of the nursing mother in medieval discussions of language and selfhood. Inspired by Julia Kristeva''s meditations on the maternal semiotic, Cestaro''s book uncovers ancient and medieval discourses that assert the nursing body''s essential role in the development of a mature linguistic self.The opening chapters locate traces of the nursing motif in Dante''s minor works and particularly in his Latin treatise on the mother tongue, De vulgari eloquentia. Cestaro argues that a primal scene of suckling motivates the poet''s musings on language and brings the work to its premature end. Subsequent chapters explore the evolution of the nursing body in the Comedy: from the parodic anti-nurse of Inferno (archetypically Circe with her poison milk), to the Christian deconstructionTrade Review"Gary Cestaro's study of the nursing body, language, and salvation in Dante's De vulgari eloquentia, Convivio, and Commedia constitutes a remarkable contribution to both Dante studies and the flourishing fields of gender and sexuality studies. This book about Dante's disinterment and resurrection of the permeable, reproductive, fluid, nurturing body as the primal signifier is groundbreaking (in several senses) and will invigorate many further investigations." —Speculum * Speculum *"Cestaro's subtle, complex, and thought-provoking book is a welcome demonstration of how much can be gained by reading the Commedia not only as a product of preceding traditions but also as an anticipation of themes central to thinkers such as Kristeva and Lacan. …his thesis offers a cogent challenge to the standard view that the poem tends ultimately towards evanescence and the diminution of corporeality, for Cestaro recognizes that at the heart of the Paradiso there is an affirmation of the body as a site of joyous process." —MLR“… a highly intelligent and engaging read. Cestaro writes with great breadth. The book offers a nice balance of historical and theoretical readings of many thinkers to whom Dante was indebted while cultivating our appreciation for the artistry and luminosity of the Commedia.” —Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies“Cestaro marshals an impressive array of material, within and outside the Dante corpus, in the service of materializing Dante beyond the hypostases of classical virility and its modern critical analogues. Additionally, Cestaro writes like a charm.” —Modern Philology
£70.55
University of Notre Dame Press Dante and the Grammar of the Nursing Body
Book SynopsisDante and the Grammar of the Nursing Body takes a serious look at Dante''s relation to Latin grammar and the new mother tongue-Italian vernacular-by exploring the cultural significance of the nursing mother in medieval discussions of language and selfhood. Inspired by Julia Kristeva''s meditations on the maternal semiotic, Cestaro''s book uncovers ancient and medieval discourses that assert the nursing body''s essential role in the development of a mature linguistic self.The opening chapters locate traces of the nursing motif in Dante''s minor works and particularly in his Latin treatise on the mother tongue, De vulgari eloquentia. Cestaro argues that a primal scene of suckling motivates the poet''s musings on language and brings the work to its premature end. Subsequent chapters explore the evolution of the nursing body in the Comedy: from the parodic anti-nurse of Inferno (archetypically Circe with her poison milk), to the Christian deconstructionTrade Review"Gary Cestaro's study of the nursing body, language, and salvation in Dante's De vulgari eloquentia, Convivio, and Commedia constitutes a remarkable contribution to both Dante studies and the flourishing fields of gender and sexuality studies. This book about Dante's disinterment and resurrection of the permeable, reproductive, fluid, nurturing body as the primal signifier is groundbreaking (in several senses) and will invigorate many further investigations." —Speculum * Speculum *"Cestaro's subtle, complex, and thought-provoking book is a welcome demonstration of how much can be gained by reading the Commedia not only as a product of preceding traditions but also as an anticipation of themes central to thinkers such as Kristeva and Lacan. …his thesis offers a cogent challenge to the standard view that the poem tends ultimately towards evanescence and the diminution of corporeality, for Cestaro recognizes that at the heart of the Paradiso there is an affirmation of the body as a site of joyous process." —MLR“… a highly intelligent and engaging read. Cestaro writes with great breadth. The book offers a nice balance of historical and theoretical readings of many thinkers to whom Dante was indebted while cultivating our appreciation for the artistry and luminosity of the Commedia.” —Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies“Cestaro marshals an impressive array of material, within and outside the Dante corpus, in the service of materializing Dante beyond the hypostases of classical virility and its modern critical analogues. Additionally, Cestaro writes like a charm.” —Modern Philology
£28.80
MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin An IrishSpeaking Island State Religion Community and the Linguistic Landscape in Ireland 17701870
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Vox Popular
Book SynopsisOur favorite movies and TV shows feature indelible characters who tell us about themselves not just in what they say but in how they say it. The creative decisions behind these voicessuch as what accent or dialect to useoffer rich data for sociolinguistic study. Ideal for students of language variation as well as general readers interested in media, Vox Popular is an engaging tour through the major issues of sociolinguistic study as heard in the voices from mass media. Provides readers with a unified and accessible picture of the interrelationships between language variation and the mass media Presents detailed original analyses of multiple audiovisual media sources Includes a broad methods chapter covering quantitative and qualitative methods in a style not available in any other textbook All theoretical terms are accessibly explained, with engaging examples, making it suitable for non-academics as well as undergraduate students IncorporaTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments vii A Note on the Linguistic Conventions Used in Vox Popular x Keywords Found in Each Chapter xiv 1 Language in a Mediated World 1 Mad Men in a Modern Family World 1 Why Does a Linguist Care about Mad Men or Modern Family? 3 Narrative Media as a Site for Linguistic Exploration 12 Language Variation in the Narrative Media 20 2 Exploring Language and Language Variation 25 Introduction 25 Languages and Dialects 27 The Components of a Grammar 32 All the Systems Work as a System 34 Systems of Variation 40 Language Change 47 3 Studying Language Variation in the Media 55 Introduction 55 Formulating a Research Question 56 Turning Narrative Media into Data 57 Analytic Orientation 58 Transcribing Your Data 61 Coding Your Data 66 Constructing a Corpus 69 Quantitative Methods 70 Qualitative Methods 75 Triangulating Your Evidence with Different Analytic Approaches 82 4 Dimensions of Variation 85 Introduction 85 Non-Linguistic/Linguistic 90 Spoken/Written 93 Non-Standard/Standard 97 Informal/Formal 101 Unplanned/Planned 104 Local/Global 107 Private/Public 110 Putting It All Together 114 5 Making Language Variation Meaningful 119 Introduction 119 Meaning 120 Indexical Meaning 124 Ideology 130 Ideology about Language 133 Ideology, Indexicality, and Power 138 6 Language Variation and Characterization 154 Introduction 154 Characterization and Language 156 Realness and Authenticity 160 Identity and Identification 163 Relational Identity 164 Norms and Types 168 Social Personae 172 Indexical Authenticity 176 7 Language as Narrative Action 183 Introduction 183 Performance and Speech Acts 185 Language as a Plot Device 193 Switching as Action 196 Taboo Language as Action 205 8 Connecting to the Audience 221 Introduction 221 Audiences 222 Audience Design 226 Setting Expectations for Viewers 230 Enregisterment 236 Stylization 242 Interacting with Audiovisual Media 246 The End 253 Index 258
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Research Methods in Sociolinguistics
Book SynopsisThis single-volume guide equips students of sociolinguistics with a full set of methodological tools including data collection and analysis techniques, explained in clear and accessible terms by leading experts. It features project suggestions, troubleshooting tips, and data assessment across diverse languages. Explores an array of anthropological and scientific methods that cover the full spectrum of contemporary sociolinguistics, from the study of style and discourse analysis to the study of phonetics Details the types of data available, and explains collection methods ranging from sociolinguistic interviews to linguistic landscapes Provides comprehensive coverage of data analysis, subdivided into segments on linguistic and socio-cultural techniques, and linked to numerous languages Includes useful summaries, seasoned advice and troubleshooting tips, ideas for research projects, and a full directory of supplementary reading Trade Review“This book is an invaluable aid for student researchers eager to produce high-quality, impactful sociolinguistic research. The editors of this volume have met their goal of providing the student with the theoretical framework, historical background, and methodological tools required to execute an array of different research endeavors within the field.” (LINGUIST List, 8 December 2014)Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors vii Acknowledgments xii Symbols for Vowels Used in This Volume xiii Articulatory Position of Vowels Used in This Volume xiv Introduction 1Janet Holmes and Kirk Hazen 1 A Historical Assessment of Research Questions in Sociolinguistics 7Kirk Hazen Part I Types of Data and Methods of Data Collection 23 2 Sociolinguistic Interviews 25Michol Hoffman 3 Written Surveys and Questionnaires in Sociolinguistics 42Erik Schleef 4 Experimental Methods in Sociolinguistics 58Katie Drager 5 Computer-mediated Communication and Linguistic Landscapes 74Jannis Androutsopoulos Part II Methods of Analysis 91 Focusing on Features of Language from a Sociolinguistic Perspective 92 6 Sociohistorical Analysis 93Terttu Nevalainen 7 Corpus Linguistics in Sociolinguistics 107Paul Baker 8 Phonetic Analysis in Sociolinguistics 119Erik R. Thomas 9 Phonological Considerations in Sociophonetics 136Paul Kerswill and Kevin Watson 10 Morphosyntactic Analysis in Sociolinguistics 149Julia Davydova 11 Vocabulary Analysis in Sociolinguistic Research 163Michael Adams 12 Doing Discourse Analysis in Sociolinguistics 177Janet Holmes 13 Words and Numbers: Statistical Analysis in Sociolinguistics 194Gregory R. Guy Focusing on Aspects of Sociocultural Context in Analyzing Language 211 14 Anthropological Analysis in Sociolinguistics 213Alexandra Jaffe 15 Conversation Analysis in Sociolinguistics 230Paul Drew 16 Geographical Dialectology 246David Britain 17 Speech Communities, Social Networks, and Communities of Practice 262Robin Dodsworth 18 Analyzing Sociolinguistic Variation in Multilingual Contexts 276Rajend Mesthrie 19 Social Context, Style, and Identity in Sociolinguistics 290Nikolas Coupland 20 Researching Children's Acquisition of Sociolinguistic Competence 304Carmel O'Shannessy Index 325
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The New Handbook of Language and Social
Book SynopsisWhen originally published in 1993 the first edition of this book was widely acknowledged as a definitive text in the field. The New Handbook builds on this success to provide updated reviews of many of the important theoretical and practical areas in which progress has been achieved in the last decade.Table of ContentsAbout the Editors. List of Contributors. Prologue (W. Robinson). THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES Language in Communication: Frames of Reference (W. Robinson). Communication Accommodation Theory (C. Shepard, et al.). Discrepancy Arousal Theory and Cognitive Valence Theory (L. Guerrero, et al.). Expectancy Theories (J. Burgoon & M. Burgoon). Discursive Social Psychology (J. Potter & D. Edwards). Storytelling: The Power of Narrative Communication and Interpretation (Sunwolf & L. Frey). Language Attitudes: Retrospect, Conspect, and Prospect (J. Bradac, et al.). FACE TO FACE: STRUCTURES AND GENERAL FUNCTIONS. Towards a Comprehensive Model of Non-Verbal Communication (M. Patterson). Miscommunication and Communication Failure (C. Berger). Conversation (B. Slugoski & D. Hilton). Facework (C. MacMartin, et al.). FACE TO FACE: SPECIAL FUNCTIONS. Arguing (M. Billig). Patronizing (M. Hummert & E. Ryan). Deceiving (J. Tornqvist, et al.). Accounting (R. Buttny & G. Morris). Negotiating (S. Wilson, et al.). Gossiping (N. Emler). SOCIAL RELATIONS. Politeness (T. Holtgraves). Power (S. Ng & S. Reid). Interpersonal Relations (E. Sahlstein & S. Duck). The Observation of Marital Interaction (N. Roberts & P. Noller). SOCIAL CATEGORIES. Multilingual Communication (I. Sachdev & R. Bourhis). A Layered Approach to Ethnicity, Language and Communication (M. Hecht, et al.). Towards a Social Theory of Gender (L. Coates & T. Johnson). Language, Ageing and Ageism (N. Coupland & J. Coupland). APPLIED SETTINGS. Second Language Mystery (R. Clement & R. Gardner). Communication, Relationships and Health (M. Fitzpatrick & A. Vangelisti). Language, Law and Power (W. O'Barr). Active Patients as Powerful Communicators (R. Street). Communication in Organizations: An Intergroup Perspective (J. Gardner, et al.). Language and the Media: An Emerging Field for Social Psychology (P. Lunt & S. Livingstone). Social Psychological Theories of Computer-Mediated Communication: Social Pain or Social Gain (R. Spears, et al.). Epilogue: Jennifer Fortman and Howard Giles. Author Index. Subject Index.
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The University of Michigan Press Understanding Language Structure Interaction and
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University of California Press Passions of the Tongue
Book SynopsisWhy would love for their language lead several men in southern India to burn themselves alive in its name? This title analyzes the discourses of love, labor, and life that transformed Tamil into an object of such passionate attachment, producing in the process one of modern India's most intense movements for linguistic revival and separatism.
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University of California Press The Language War
Book SynopsisOffers information on who holds power and how they use it, keep it, or lose it. This book offers an introduction to linguistic theories and the philosophy of language. It lays the groundwork for an exploration of news stories that meet the Undue Attention Test.Trade Review"To say simply that Lakoff is a linguist is like calling the Alps just another mountain range. In The Language War, she brilliantly applies her understanding of how language works to the major political battles of the past decade." - San Francisco Chronicle Book Review "An intellectually stimulating probe of the nuances of social, cultural and political infighting among people who think they speak the same language." - Meta G. Carstarphen, Dallas Morning News "Provocative analysis." - Mary Carroll, Booklist "A provocative collection of essays." - Paula Friedman, San Diego Union-Tribune "Lakoff is excellent on sexism in the job market." - Raphael Salkie, The Times Higher Education Supplement "Robin Lakoff is a national treasure. She is one of the most astute and knowledgeable linguists in the country (indeed, in the world), and one of the few who turns her analytic eye to the role of language in popular and political culture. It was she who pioneered the field of gender and language. She is poised to be recognized among the general reading public as she has long been recognized in the field of linguistics." - Deborah Tannen, author of You Just Don't Understand and The Argument Culture "An excellent book. Robin Lakoff shows that if we do not understand how language is put to work in our world, we cannot understand our world, nor live in it effectively." - John Fiske, author of Media Matters "In a series of provocative, dazzlingly argued essays, Lakoff charts how the media's use of language shapes both public attitudes and social policies on current events.... Witty and illuminating, Lakoff's analysis is an important addition to both linguistic and political studies." - Publishers Weekly, starred review
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University of California Press Angloscene
Book SynopsisA free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visitwww.luminosoa.orgto learn more. Anglosceneexamines Afro-Chinese interactions within Beijing's aspirationally cosmopolitan student class. Jay Ke-Schutte explores the ways in which many contemporary interactions between Chinese and African university students are mediated through complex intersectional relationships with whiteness, the English language, and cosmopolitan aspiration. At the heart of these tensions, a question persistently emerges: How does English become more than a languageand whiteness more than a race?Engaging in this inquiry, Ke-Schutteexplores twenty-first century Afro-Chinese encounters as translational events that diagram the discursive contours of a changing transnational political orderone that will certainly be shaped by African and Chinese relations.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Discourse Analysis
Book SynopsisThe study of naturally occurring connected discourse, spoken or written is one of the most promising and rapidly developing areas of linguistics. Traditional linguistics has concentrated on the analysis of single sentence or isolated speech acts.Table of ContentsEditor's Preface. Acknowledgements. Notational Conventions. Part I: Introduction: . Discourse Analysis: A Programmatic Introduction. 1. Language, action, knowledge and situation. 2. The Impossibility of Discourse Analysis. 3. Discourse Analysis and Linguistics. 4. Discourse Analysis and Sociolinguistics. 5. Terminology. 6. Idealization. 7. The State of the Art. 8. The Organization of the Book. Part II: Three Approaches to Discourse Analysis:. On Speaking Terms: Inspecting Conversational Data:. 9. Discourse Organization. 10. Inspecting Transcribed Data. 11. Some Observations on the Data. 12. Narrative Organisations. 13. Interactional Roles. 14. Discourse Analysis and Interaction. 15. Narrative Structure. 16. Natural Conversation. 17. Native Speaker Fluency. 18. Conclusions. Data Appendix. On the Same Wavelength. 19. Some initial Observations. 20. Data Collection. 21. Problems of Perception. 22. Communicative Problems in the Classroom. 23. Sociolinguistics and Language Variation. 24. Language Functions. 25. Metacommunicative Acts. 26. Monitoring Classroom talk. 27. Two Descriptive Rules of Language Use. 28. Limitations on the Analysis. 29. The Hidden Curriculum or Medium as Message. 30. Object Language and Metalanguage. On a Different Level: Particles, Adverbs and Connectors. 31. Well... 32. Adverbs. 33. Please. 34. Tests for Speech acts. 35. Pragmatic Connectors. 36. Conclusions. Part III: Exchange Structure:. A Linguistic Approach to Discourse: Structures and Well-Formedness. 37. A Linguistic Approach to Discourse. 38. Predictability and well-formedness. 39. Phonotactics. 40. Grammaticality. 41. Intuitions about Discourse Sequences. 42. Predictability. 43. Predictability and Idealization. 44. Structure Controls Meaning. 45. Canonical Discourse and Idealization. 46. Analogies. 47. Conclusions. Initiations and Responses. 48. Questions. 49. Yes-no Questions. 50. X-Questions. 51. An Initial Definition of Exchange. 52. Yes and No. 53. Observational Studies of Yes and No. 54. A-, B- and AB-events. 55. Truth and Certainty. 56. Knowledge and Beliefs. 57. Actives and Passives. 58. Conclusions. Analysing Exchange Structure. 59. Theory, Methodology and Data. 60. Well-formedness in discourse. 61. Notational conventions. 62. Research on Exchange Structures. 63. Sinclair's Work on Discourse. 64. Basic Discourse Categories. 65. Analysis of Complete Interchange. 66. Tests for +/- initial. 67. Some Candidate Analysis. 68. Eliciting Informants' intuitions on Discourse. 69. Concluding Comments. Part IV: Surface Cohesion and Underlying Coherence: . Beneath the Surface of Discourse: Indirection in Speech Acts. 70. Austin: Utterances as Actions. 71. Discourse acts and Speech Acts. 72. Austin's Theory of Speech Acts. 73. Identifying Speech Acts. 74. Speech Acts and Social Roles. 75. Problems for Hearers and Readers. 76. Finding the Answer. 77. Motivating Underlying Acts. 78. Conclusions. On the Surface of Discourse: Prefaces and Alignments. 79. The Indirection Argument. 80. Limitations on Idealized Data. 81. Formulating Turns at Talk. 82. Prefaces. Alignmnets. 83. Acknowledge, Accept and Endorse. 84. Conclusion. Stir Until the Plot Thickens: The Propositional Analysis of Text. 85. A Method for Investigating Narrative Structure. 86. Literacy Competence. 87. Propositions in Stories. 88. The Concepts of Plot and Summary. 89. The Semantics Analysis of Plots. 90. Propositions, Entailments and Presuppositions. 91. Existential presuppositions: or how to tell jokes. 92. Co-reference: One Cat or Two. 93. Entailments and Implications: or how to tell lies. 94. Maxims of Quantity. 95. Implicatures. 96. Summary. 97. The Sociolinguistic Analysis of Literary Language. 98. Prepositional Analysis. 99. Presuppositions. Part V: Methodology: . Collecting Conversational Data: Notes on Sociolinguistic Methodology. 100. The Lack of Accepted Procedures in Discourse Analysis. 101. Labov and Sociolinguistic Methodology. 102. Practical Problems. 103. How Much Data?. 104. Theoretical Biases in Recording. 105. Theoretical Biases in Transcription. 106. Field Notes. 107. Theoretical Sampling. 108. Triangulation. 109. The Problem of Perception. 110. An Illustration. 111. Conclusions. Further Reading. References. Name Index. Subject Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Sociolinguistics of Society
Book SynopsisThis is an introduction to those aspects of sociolinguistics broadly described as the sociology of language; the effect of language and dialect differences on society. Beginning with a general description of the social consequences of several languages being used in one society, Ralph Fasold moves on to discuss ''diglossia'', the phenomena by which social functions are assigned to languages and dialects in a predictable manner. Other aspects of the subject covered here include social attitudes towards various languages and dialects, the social forces which influence multilingual people to use different language sin different situations, and wholesale shifts by social groups from one language to another (and the converse, retention of particular languages. The theory and practice of language planning, and the significance of language in education, are examined and explained. In addition, the book deals with qualitative and quantitative methods of analysing multilingualism and Trade Review"If his second volume is as thoughtful and as informative as his first then he will have made a major contribution both to the teaching of sociolinguistics and to its coming of age as a discrete field of study." Journal of Language and Social PsychologyTable of ContentsEditor's Preface. Introduction. 1. Societal Multilingualism. 2. Diglossia. 3. Qulaitative Formulae. 4. Statistics. 5. Quantitative Analysis. 6. Language Attitudes. 7. Language Choice. 8. Language Maintenance and Shift. 9. Language Planning and Standardization. 10. Language-Planning Cases. 11. Vernacular Language Edition. Bibliography. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Sociolinguistics of Language
Book SynopsisA companion to the author's Sociolinguistics of Society, this textbook examines the influence of social interaction on language use, and discusses a variety of facts about language from the commonplace to the exotic.Table of ContentsEditor's Preface. Introduction. 1. Address Forms. 2. The Ethnography of Communication. 3. Discourse. 4. Language and Sex. 5. Linguistic Pragmatics: Conversatinal Implicature. 6. More on Linguistic Pragmatics. 7. Pidgin and Creole Languages. 8. Linguistic Variation. 9. Some Applications of the Sociolonguistics of Lnaguage. Bibliography. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Anthropological Linguistics
Book SynopsisAnthropological linguistics is concerned with the place of language in its social and cultural context. This book provides a review of research questions which span the disciplines of linguinitics and anthropology, yet presents a biologically based view of this cross-disciplinary field.Trade Review"Foley's book illustrates quite convincingly that 'Linguistics without anthropology is sterile, anthropology without linguistics is blind'(Hockett 1973: 675)" Gunter Senft, Max-Planck-Institute for Psycholinguistics "I applaud Foley for having overcome one of the main constraints of structuralist - inspired approaches to analysis." Peter Muhlhausler, University of AdelaideTable of ContentsPreface. Part I: Introduction. 1. Introduction. Part II: The Evolution of Language. 2. The Evolution of Language. Part III: Universalism: Innate Constraints of Mind. 3. Mind, Universals and the Sensible World. 4. Structuralism. 5. Cognitive Anthropology. 6. Kinship. 7. Color. Part IV: Relativism: Cultural and Linguistic Constraints on Mind. 8. On Relativist Understanding. 9. Models and Metaphors. 10. Linguistic Relativity and the Boasian Tradition. 11. Space. 12. Classifiers. Part V: The Ethnography of Speaking. 13. Speaking as a Culturally Constructed Act: A Few Examples. 14. Politeness, Face and the Linguistic Construction of Personhood. 15. Language and Gender. 16. Language and Social Position. 17. Language and Socialisation. 18. Genre: Poetics, Ritual Languages and Verbal Art. Part VI: Culture and Language Change. 19. Contact Induced Language Change. 20. Standard Language and Linguistic Engineering. 21. Literacy. References. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Language of News Media
Book SynopsisWritten by a linguist who is himself a journalist, this is a uniquely informed account of the language of the news media. Based in the frameworks of sociolinguistics and discourse analysis its concerns are with the notion of the news story, the importance of the processes which produce media language and the role of the audience.Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables. Editor's Preface. Introduction and Acknowledgements. 1. Media and Language. 1.1. Why Study Media Language?. 1.2. Media Language Research and the disciplines. 1.3. Themes of the book. 2. Researching Media Language. 2.1. Universe and sample. 2.2. What's news: defining genres. 2.3. News outlets. 2.4. News outputs. 2.5. Pitfalls, shortcuts and the wrong way round. 2.6. The media react to research. 3. The Production of News Language. 3.1. Many hands make tight work. 3.2. Producer roles in news language. 3.3. The news assembly line. 3.4. Embedding in the news text. 4. Authoring and Editing the News Text. 4.1. Constructing the news text. 4.2. How news is edited. 4.3. Why edit?. 5. The Audience for Media Language. 5.1. Disjunction and isolation. 5.2. Multiple roles in the audience. 5.3. Audience embedding. 5.4. Communications as audience. 6. Stylin' the News: Audience Design. 6.1. Style in language. 6.2. Style and audience status in the British press. 6.3. Audience design in New Zealand radio. 6.4. Editing copy for style. 7. Talking Strange: Referee Design in Media Language. 7.1. Taking the initiative. 7.2. The referees. 7.3. Television advertisements as referee design. 8. Telling Stories. 8.1. News stories and personal narratives. 8.2. News values. 8.3. News as stories. 8.4. The structure of news stories. 9. Makeup of the News Story. 9.1. The lead. 9.2. Headlines. 9.3. News stories and actors. 9.4. Time and place in the news. 9.5. Facts and figures. 9.6. Talking heads. 10. Telling It Like It Isn't. 10.1. Approaches to media miscommunication. 10.2. Misreporting: the climate case change. 10.3. Misediting international news. 11. (Mis)understanding the News. 11.1. Recall and comprehension. 11.2. The public misunderstand climate change. Notes. References. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Language History and Class
Book SynopsisThis investigation of how societies have understood and described themselves is concerned both with the history of language and the language of history. Chapters include studies of societies in Germany, China, USA and India, pre-revolutionary France and 19th-century Britain and America.Table of ContentsIntroduction, Penelope J.Corfield; estates, degrees and sorts - changing perceptions of society in Tudor and Stuart England, Keigh Wrightson; "hidalgo" and "pechero" - the language of "estates" and "classes" in early-modern Castile, I.A.A.Thompson; definitions of nobility in 17th century France, Roger Mettam; class by name and munber in 18th-century Britain, Penelope J.Corfield; the emergence of "Society" in 18th and 19th century Germany, James Van Horn Melton; from gentlemen to the residuum - languages of social description in Victorian Britain, Geoffrey Crossick; "To each a language of his own" language, culture and society in colonial India, David Washbrook; the language of representation - towards a Muslim political order in 19th century India, Farzana Shaikh; Chinese views of social classification, Philip A.Kuhn; languages of power in the United States, Daniel T.Rodgers and Sean Wilentz; language and interpretation - Paul Robeson before the House Committee on Un-American activities, William Downes.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Irigaray Reader
Book SynopsisLuce Irigaray is one of the leading French feminist philosophers and psychoanalysts. The Irigaray Reader is a collection of her most important paeprs to date, ranging across feminism, philosophy, psychoanalysis and linguistics. A number of them appear here for the first time in English.Trade Review"A magnificent sample of the best and the boldest of Irigaray's writings and the projects she calls for and calls forth. An excellent text for both introductory and advanced work on Irigaray." Choice "Essential reading for those who seek a genuine understanding of the breadth and radicalism of her oeuvre. " The Modern Language ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Introduction. Glossary.. Section I: The critique of Patriarchy. Introduction to Section I. 1. Equal or different. 2. The bodily encounter wit the mother. 3. Women-mothers, the silent substratum of the social order. 4. Volume without contours.. Section II: Psychoanalysis and language. Introduction to section II. 5. The poverty of psychoanalysis. 6. the limit of the transference. 7. The power of discourse and the subordination of the feminine. 8. Questions. 9. The three genres.. Section III: Ethics and subjectivity: towards the future. Introduction to Section III. 10. Sexual difference. 11. Questions to Emmanuel Levinas. 12. Women-amongst-themselves: creating a woman-woman sociality. 13. The necessity for sexuate rights. 14. How to define sexuate rights?. 15. He risks who risks life itself. Bibliography. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Language Society and the Elderly
Book SynopsisLanguage, Society and the Elderly is the first concerted attempt to give a social account of language and interaction in later life. The book gives a detailed critique of the cognitive bias of existing studies of elderly people''s language. In its place, the authors propose a socially-based approach which explains how older people''s life circumstances, concerns, goals and beliefs influence their styles of interaction. But social stereotypes of old age and a generally ageist social climate limit the roles available to elderly people. In detailed analyses of talk between elderly people and younger adults, the authors show how age and health identifies are negotiated. They look particularly at sequences of troubles-telling and moments of painful self-disclosure by elderly people, examining how even supportive talk to the elderly can threaten identity and reinforce social divisions. Language, Society and the Elderly opens up an entirely new field for sociolinguistics. It also showsTable of ContentsLanguage and later life - incipient literatures; discourse, accommodation and intergenerational relations; formulating age - discursive dimensions of age-identity; "my life in your hands" - processes of intergenerational self-disclosure; troubles-telling, facework and age-identity; telling age in later life - a strategic analysis; intergenerational talk - consonance or conflict?; sociolingiuistics and gerontology - applied concerns.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Men Talk P
Book SynopsisMen Talk draws on rich conversational material from a wide range of contexts to illuminate our understanding of men and masculinities at the turn of the millennium. Draws on rich conversational material to illuminate our understanding of men and masculinities at the turn of the millennium. Collects data from a wide range of conversations, including garage mechanics on a break, carpenters at the pub after work, and university academics chatting after hours. Focuses on stories, which occur within all-male conversations. Makes a distinctive contribution to our understanding of the intersection of language and masculinity. Trade Review‘Though many blandly assert that gender is socially constructed, few really understand how. In this insightful work, Jennifer Coates takes us inside, deep inside, the construction of masculinities and enables us to watch them in the process of their construction, as men use language to create gendered meanings and hierarchies, and are, in turn, made by those very meanings.’ Michael Kimmel, SUNY at Stony Brook and author of The Gendered Society ‘Men Talk is the first in-depth study of all-male conversations. Coates’s book takes a fresh look at the way in which men's use of language helps to maintain, and sometimes challenge, traditional gender boundaries.’ Sally Johnson, Lancaster University "Very readable, grounded in data, with the chapters very logically and clearly linked, providing a degree of overall coherence that is often missing in books of this kind...[the book contains a] wealth of detail and careful empirical analysis." Discourse and SocietyTable of Contents1. 'We was Playing Naked Football the Other Night': Introduction. 2. 'Good Story!': The Formal Characteristics of Male Narrative. 3. 'So I Thought ‘Bollocks to it': Men, Stories and Masculinities. 4. 'Bad as My Mate': Stories in Sequence. 5. 'She'd Made Sardines in Aspic': Women's Stories, Men's Stories and the Construction of Gender. 6. 'I'm Quite Good at Mexican Food': Men's Narratives in Mixed Conversation. 7. 'Still in Shock Weren't You Darling': Masculinity and the Heterosexual Couple. 8. 'There are Problems': Men's Talk and Contemporary Masculinities. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Professional Communication in International
Book SynopsisIn today's global business environment it is necessary to communicate across cultural boundaries of languages, styles, and values. This text aims to help individuals deal with different cultural practices by developing their capacity to learn culturally appropriate behaviours and actions.Trade Review"The Scollons have long been leaders in the field of intercultural communication. Now Yuling Pan brings her extensive research and consulting experience to join with them in providing a theoretically sound, methodologically rigorous, and eminently practical approach to business communication in an international environment. Their 'three-cultures' exchange model avoids the common pitfall of binary cultural comparison, and their case history approach demonstrates the effectiveness of using multiple perspectives to address the complexity of real workplace situations. This rich and insightful book will prove invaluable to individuals working in international contexts and the trainers who prepare them, and to anyone who wants a deeper understanding of intercultural communication." Deborah Tannen, author of I Only Say This Because I Love You "[Professional communication in international settings] is scholarly and extremely informative, yet it is also enjoyable to read with its illuminating examples...This book is a must for business people or professionsal who strive to achieve a better understanding and more effective communication in cross-cultural interactions." Language in Society "Rich with culture-specific communication examples, the book contributes to our understanding of intercultural communication." Language PolicyTable of ContentsList of Figures. Preface. 1.Analyzing Communication in the International Workplace. 2. The Telephone Call: When Technology Intervenes. 3. The Resumé: A Corporate "Trojan Horse". 4. The Presentation: From Dale Carnegie to Ananova the Avatar. 5. The Meeting: Action or Ratification?. 6. The Reflective View: Seeing Ourselves as Others See Us. Appendices: Reflective Self-Assessment. 1: The Communication Display Portfolio Exchange Planner. 2: Presenting Across Cultures. 3: Suggestions for Users. Further Reading. References. Index.
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