Sociolinguistics Books

Book SynopsisThe more than two dozen Rai languages in eastern Nepal, which make up the larger part of the Kiranti language family, are linguistically highly varied. This volume for the first time brings together different variants of myths from various Rai languages, presenting them with linguistic glossings in interlinear translations.

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Book SynopsisAn ethnography of contemporary Java. It analyzes how language operates to organize and to order an Indonesian people. It exposes the ways a culture reconstitutes itself. It leads to insights into the 'accidents' that precede the formulations of culture as such.Trade Review"Few ethnographies can match Solo in the New Order, inspired as it is by Siegel's crafted obsession with the limits of categories of thought—both Western and Javanese. His eye for incongruent particularities and odd juxtapositions allows him to engage critically the relationship between the "uncanny' and attempts to domesticate its manifestations—through translation practices, historical revisionism, vernacular concepts of the senses, discourses on death and gambling, among others—and makes his work valuable to anyone interested not only in theorizing cultural studies but in carrying out its practical implications and radical possibilities as well."—Vincente Rafael, University of California, San Diego"Few books succeed as well as this one in addressing the most urgent of Western intellectual concerns while remaining entirely within the purview of a non-Western social and cultural field."—Sam Weber, University of California, Los Angeles

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Book SynopsisConcerns the role of language in the Indonesian revolution. This book traces the beginnings of the Indonesian revolution, which occurred from 1945 through 1949 and which ended Dutch colonial rule, to the last part of the nineteenth century.Trade Review"Siegel's analysis is convincing. It summoned Sumatran recollections of creating urban modernity through adopting music, clothing, language, and books from European sources, yet perceiving these new elements as effortlessly translated into a new Indonesian cultural world."--ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction3Pt. IThe Fetish of AppearanceCh. 1The "I" of a Lingua Franca13Ch. 2What Did Not Happen to Indonesians38Ch. 3Fetishizing Appearance, or Is "I" a Criminal?54Pt. IIRecognitionCh. 4Student Hidjau and The Feeling of Freedom97Ch. 5Scandal, Women, Authors, and Sino-Malay Nationalism115Ch. 6Love Sick, or the Failures of the Fetish and of Translation134Ch. 7The Wish for Hierarchy161Pt. IIIRevolutionCh. 8Collaboration and Cautious Rebellion183Ch. 9Revolution208Epilogue231Notes255

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Book SynopsisBrings together a range of leading philosophers and social scientists to probe the political controversy surrounding multiculturalism. This work features K Anthony Appiah's commentary on the tensions between personal and collective identities, such as those shaped by religion, gender, ethnicity, race, and sexuality.Trade Review"Original and important... The essays by Taylor and the other contributors raise the debate to a new level, providing it with the high moral seriousness it deserves."--Lawrence Blum, Boston Review "Multiculturalism ... is packed with depth, intelligence, and (to revive an old-fashioned word) wisdom... It is highly relevant to pressing debates about nationalism and its identity."--Michael Saward, The Times Higher Education Supplement "[Taylor's] comments about multiculturalism in particular demonstrate his knack for finding sensible middle ground between unreasonable extremes... His writing here is clear, direct, and refreshingly free of philosophical jargon. He is also delightfully nonpartisan."--David McCabe, Commonweal "Multiculturalism ... is packed with depth, intelligence, and (to revive an old-fashioned word) wisdom."--Michael Saward, The Times Higher Education Supplement "[Taylor's] comments about multiculturalism ... demonstrate his knack for finding sensible middle ground between unreasonable extremes... His writing here is clear, direct, and refreshingly free of philosophical jargon. He is also delightfully nonpartisan."--David McCabe, Commonweal "... engaging, thought-provoking, suggestive, full of insights on questions of intellectual history, philosophical and moral psychology, and current issues in political philosophy and practice."--Ethics "Because it impinges upon so much--from campus speech to bilingual education to the causes and effects of political correctness--the current discussion on multiculturalism is essential to understanding Western academic culture as it exists today (and as it will exist in the future). This book is a valuable guide to the complexities involved."--Washington TimesTable of ContentsPreface (1994) ix Preface and Acknowledgments xiii PART ONE 1 Introduction Amy Gutmann 3 The Politics of Recognition Charles Taylor 25 Comment Susan Wolf 75 Comment Steven C. Rockefeller 87 Comment Michael Walzer 99 PART TWO 105 Struggles for Recognition in the Democratic Constitutional State Jurgen Habermas Translated by Shierry Weber Nicholsen 107 Identity, Authenticity, Survival: Multicultural Societies and Social Reproduction K. Anthony Appiah 149 Contributors 165 Index 169

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Book SynopsisHow social scientists' disagreements about their key words and distinctions have been misconceived, and what to do about itSocial scientists do research on a variety of topicsgender, capitalism, populism, and race and ethnicity, among others. They make descriptive and explanatory claims about empathy, intelligence, neoliberalism, and power. They advise policymakers on diversity, digitalization, work, and religion. And yet, as Gabriel Abend points out in this provocative book, they can't agree on what these things are and how to identify them. How to tell if something is a religion or a cult or a sect? What is empathy? What makes this society a capitalist one? Disputes of this sort arise again and again in the social sciences. Abend argues that these disagreements have been doubly misconceived. First, they conflate two questions: how a social science community should use its most important words, and what distinctions it should accept and work with. Second, there's no fact of the matt

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Book SynopsisShows how the media is implicated in global terrorism, and how the language it uses has changed since 9/11.Trade Review'A finely textured wave of narration and acute analysis' -- Professor Paul James, RMIT University'An original and important contribution' -- Kirsty Best, Assistant Professor, University of OttawaTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Media, Political Violence and Language Wars 2. Global Culture and the New East/West Divide 3. The Meaning of 9/11 4. The Invasion of Iraq 5. Bali and the Global Jihad 6. Occupation, Violation and the New Public Sphere 7. Conclusion: Meaning and Death References Index

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Book SynopsisSocial semiotics reveals language?s social meaning ? its structures, processes, conditions and effects ? in all social contexts, across all media and modes of discourse. This important new book uses social semiotics as a one-stop shop to analyse language and social meaning, enhancing linguistics with a sociological imagination. Social Semiotics for a Complex World develops ideas, frameworks and strategies for better understanding key problems and issues involving language and social action in today?s hyper-complex world driven by globalization and new media. Its semiotic basis incorporates insights from various schools of linguistics (such as cognitive linguistics, critical discourse analysis and sociolinguistics) as well as from sociology, anthropology, philosophy, psychology and literary studies. It employs a multi-modal perspective to follow meaning across all modes of language and media, and a multi-scalar approach that ranges between databases and one-word slogansTrade Review"Few scholars are as qualified as Bob Hodge to reassess, in yet another sweeping and erudite synthesis, what social semiotics can mean in a world in which communication is changing fast and gaining more and more power and influence in the process. Hodge�s eclectic approach brings out the best of recent decades of work in a truly innovative and refreshing text." Jan M. E. Blommaert, Tilburg University "This is a thoughtful, original and stimulating account of social semiotics as a uniquely powerful and inclusive framework for analysing the essential contribution of language and meaning in effective action: they are 'part of every problem and every attempted solution.' The book provides valuable insights into how this works in complex, digital and multimodal contemporary social practices." Norman Fairclough Lancaster UniversityTable of ContentsPreface PART I: Principles and Practices Chapter 1: Key Concepts Chapter 2: Some Notes on Method PART II: From Linguistics to Semiotics Chapter 3: Words Chapter 4: Grammar Chapter 5: Reading and Meaning PART III: Meaning and Society Chapter 6: The Semiotics of Reality Chapter 7: Ideology and Social Meaning Chapter 8: Multiscalar Analysis Chapter 9: Conclusions

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Book SynopsisSocial semiotics reveals language?s social meaning ? its structures, processes, conditions and effects ? in all social contexts, across all media and modes of discourse. This important new book uses social semiotics as a one-stop shop to analyse language and social meaning, enhancing linguistics with a sociological imagination. Social Semiotics for a Complex World develops ideas, frameworks and strategies for better understanding key problems and issues involving language and social action in today?s hyper-complex world driven by globalization and new media. Its semiotic basis incorporates insights from various schools of linguistics (such as cognitive linguistics, critical discourse analysis and sociolinguistics) as well as from sociology, anthropology, philosophy, psychology and literary studies. It employs a multi-modal perspective to follow meaning across all modes of language and media, and a multi-scalar approach that ranges between databases and one-word slogansTrade Review"Few scholars are as qualified as Bob Hodge to reassess, in yet another sweeping and erudite synthesis, what social semiotics can mean in a world in which communication is changing fast and gaining more and more power and influence in the process. Hodge�s eclectic approach brings out the best of recent decades of work in a truly innovative and refreshing text." Jan M. E. Blommaert, Tilburg University "This is a thoughtful, original and stimulating account of social semiotics as a uniquely powerful and inclusive framework for analysing the essential contribution of language and meaning in effective action: they are 'part of every problem and every attempted solution.' The book provides valuable insights into how this works in complex, digital and multimodal contemporary social practices." Norman Fairclough Lancaster UniversityTable of ContentsPreface PART I: Principles and Practices Chapter 1: Key Concepts Chapter 2: Some Notes on Method PART II: From Linguistics to Semiotics Chapter 3: Words Chapter 4: Grammar Chapter 5: Reading and Meaning PART III: Meaning and Society Chapter 6: The Semiotics of Reality Chapter 7: Ideology and Social Meaning Chapter 8: Multiscalar Analysis Chapter 9: Conclusions

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Book SynopsisSince the collapse of the Soviet Union, nationality groups have claimed sovereignty in the new republics bearing their names. With the ascendance of these titular nationality groups, Russian speakers living in the post-Soviet republics face a radical crisis of identity. That crisis is at the heart of David D. Laitin''s book.Laitin portrays these Russian speakers as a beached diaspora since the populations did not cross international borders; the borders themselves receded. He asks what will become of these populations. Will they learn the languages of the republics in which they live and prepare their children for assimilation? Will they return to a homeland many have never seen? Or will they become loyal citizens of the new republics while maintaining a Russian identity? Through questions such as these and on the basis of ethnographic field research, discourse analysis, and mass surveys, Laitin analyzes trends in four post-Soviet republics: Estonia, Latvia, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine.Trade ReviewA book of remarkable theoretical scope and empirical richness, one which stands as a model of how social scientific inquiry ought to be conducted... A landmark in scholarship on nationalism and on the former Soviet Union more specifically. The boldness of its assertions, its dazzling design and execution, and the wealth of stimulating ideas found within it make it a truly outstanding achievement. -- Mark R. Beissinger, University of Wisconsin * American Journal of Sociology *This very important book offers evidence on this topic and much else. It is a pathbreaking analysis of nationalism and identity, a masterpiece by a major scholar at the height of his powers. -- John Hall * Canadian Journal of Political Science *

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Book SynopsisOffers an ethnographic study by Bernard C. Perley, a member of this First Nation, that examines the role of the Maliseet language and its survival in Maliseet identity processes. Perley examines what is being done to keep the Maliseet language alive, who is actively involved in these processes, and how these two factors combine to promote Maliseet language survival.Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsNotes on Terminology and Orthography1. The Specter of Language Death2. "Tipping" toward Maliseet Language Death3. Programming Language Maintenance4. From Spoken Maliseet to Text5. Elementary Language Curriculum and Practice6. Death by Suicide7. Language and Being in Maliseet Worlds8. Emergent Vitalities of Language, Culture, and IdentityNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisOffers an ethnographic study by Bernard C. Perley, a member of this First Nation, that examines the role of the Maliseet language and its survival in Maliseet identity processes. Perley examines what is being done to keep the Maliseet language alive, who is actively involved in these processes, and how these two factors combine to promote Maliseet language survival.Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsNotes on Terminology and Orthography1. The Specter of Language Death2. "Tipping" toward Maliseet Language Death3. Programming Language Maintenance4. From Spoken Maliseet to Text5. Elementary Language Curriculum and Practice6. Death by Suicide7. Language and Being in Maliseet Worlds8. Emergent Vitalities of Language, Culture, and IdentityNotesReferencesIndex

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Book Synopsis The Bearer of This Letter illuminates the enduring effects of colonialism by examining the decades-long tension between written words and spoken words in a reservation community. Drawing on archival sources and her own extensive work in the community, Mindy J. Morgan investigates how historical understandings of literacy practices challenge current Indigenous language revitalization efforts on the Fort Belknap Reservation in Montana.Created in 1887, Fort Belknap is home to the Gros Ventre and Assiniboine peoples. The history of these two peoplesover the past century is a common one among Indigenous groups, with religious and federal authorities aggressively promoting the use of English at the expense of the local Indigenous languages. Morgan suggests that such efforts at the assimilation of Indigenous peoples had a far-reaching and not fully appreciated consequence. Through a close reading of federal, local, and missionary records at Fort Belknap, MorgTrade Review"Morgan provides an excellent explication of the power of language/literacy in the reservation world and Indian efforts to manipulate literacy to privilege their cultures. Literacy was a colonial tool for domination, but American Indian societies may now be using it to anticipate a multilingual future as they turn their oral languages into written languages used for their own purposes, as at Fort Belknap. Anyone interested in the effort to revive indigenous languages will benefit from the summaries of issues and solutions."—G. Gagnon, Choice"[The Bearer of This Letter's] ethnolinguistic relevance is obvious and central, but students of Indian history, culture, literature, and rhetoric will also find a good deal to occupy them. For educators and scholars focusing on Montana tribes, The Bearer of This Letter will quickly become an indispensable resource."—Matt Herman, Montana, The Magazine of Western History"This book is an important and pioneering effort that brings ethnohistorical rigor to the task of understanding current literacy debates in the Fort Belknap (Montana) Indian community by understanding the evolution of relevant language ideologies there from pre-reservation times to current efforts involving language renewal."—Paul V. Kroskrity, Journal of Anthropological ResearchTable of ContentsPrefaceNotes on Terminology and AbbreviationsIntroduction: Fort Belknap and the Question of Native Language LiteracyChapter 1. Before the Reservation: Language Practices and the Documentary RecordChapter 2. Creating Boundaries: English Literacy in the Early Reservation EraChapter 3. English Only: Language Ideology and the Limits of LiteracyChapter 4. Shifts in Practice: Literacy during the Indian New DealChapter 5. Bringing the Languages Back: Developing Bilingual Education at Fort BelknapChapter 6. The Nakoda Alphabet: Re-Imaging Literacy and TraditionSummary: New Literacies and Old WaysBibliography

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Book SynopsisThis is a highly original book about the connections between historical moment, social structure, technology, communications systems, and what is said and thought using these systems - notably literature. The author focuses on the differences between discourse networks in 1800 and 1900, in the process developing a new analysis of the shift from romanticism to modernism. The work might be classified as a German equivalent to the New Historicism of American literary scholars, both in the intellectual influences to which Kittler responds and in his concern to ground literature in the most concrete details of historical reality.The artful structure of the book begins with Goethe''s Faust and ends with Valery''s Faust. In the 1800 section, the author discusses how language was learned, the emergence of the modern university, the associated beginning of the interpretation of contemporary literature, and the canonization of literature. Among the writers and works KittlTrade Review“A new and encyclopedic vision of modern German literary, intellectual and social history, achieved through the optic of discourse analysis, psychoanalysis, and semiotic theory, analyzed in a spirit of playfulness and impudent precision.”—Stanley Corngold, Princeton University"Kittler is the true heir to McLuhan's legacy. Where the latter relied on prophecy and striking formulas, Kittler provides thorough yet insightful analysis, drawing upon all the reurces of a well-informed theoretical imagination. In this book, he retraces the contours of one of modernity's foundational configurations: that if the inscription systems that determine the positions of subjects in relation to the materialities of the means of communication and to the changing patterns of human conviviality that are derived from them. The book proves compelling not only because of the power of its analyses but also because it provides a model or rigor for this type of endeavor in cticital studies."—Wlad Godzich, University of MontrealTable of ContentsForeword Part I. 1800: 1. The mother's mouth 2. language channels 3. The toast Part II. 1900: 4. The great Lalula 5. Rebus 6. Queen's sacrifice Afterword to the second printing Notes Index of persons.

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Book SynopsisThis book on culture and consciousness in history concerns the worldwide transformations of Jewish culture and society and the revival of the ancient Hebrew language following the waves of pogroms in Russia in 1881.Trade Review“With his customary versatility and lucidity Harshav has given us . . . a host of new and provocative insights into modern Jewish history. . . . This book is an outstanding attempt to juxtapose the revolution in Jewish life with that of the Hebrew language in such a way that each informs our understanding of the other.”—Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi, Columbia UniversityTable of ContentsCONTENTS PART I: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 PART II: 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 PART III: Harshav Barbara

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Book SynopsisEncourages teachers to engage students in noticing and discussing harmful discourses about race, gender, and other identities. The authors take readers through a framework that includes knowledge about power, a critical learner stance, critical pedagogies, critical talk moves, and vulnerability.Table of Contents Contents Foreword Rebecca Rogers ix Acknowledgments xi 1. Introduction 1 Why Do We Need to Have Critical Conversations in Schools? 1 Book Overview 3 2. What Do Critical Conversations Look Like in Schools? 11 How are Critical Conversations Generative in ELA Classrooms? 13 Theories that Support Critical Conversations  16 Tensions of Critical Conversations 19 3. Building Knowledge About Power and Privilege: Confronting Dominant Narratives 23 Are All Perspectives Equally Valid? 27 Dominant Narratives of Gender and Sexuality 28 The Dominant Narrative of Individualism 30 Critical Conversations in Action: Intersections of Gender and Individualism  31 4. Engaging a Critical Learner Stance Through Racial Literacy 36 Practicing Critical Self-Reflection 36 What Is Critical Consciousness?  38 Engaging a Critical Learner Stance Through Racial Literacy 41 Strategies for Practicing a Critical Learner Stance 47 Try It Out: Engaging a Critical Learner Stance to Change Teaching Practice 52 5. Preparing Students for Critical Conversations: Creating a Critical Space 54 “Reading” Classroom Spaces with a Critical Lens 54 Establishing a Classroom Culture for Critical Conversations 56 Negotiating Tension and Modeling Repair 66 6. Making Meaning During Critical Conversations 73 Humanizing 74 Problematizing 78 Resistance During Critical Conversations 81 7. Sustaining Critical Conversations Through Critical Talk Moves  90 Critical Talk Moves 92 Critical Conversations: Carson’s Critical Talk Moves 98 Building Interactional Awareness about Critical Talk Moves 104 8. Studying Critical Conversations in Teacher Inquiry Groups Using Transcripts 106 What are Inquiry Groups? 106 What Did Teachers Say They Learned in the Inquiry Groups? 110 What Did Teachers Say They Learned from Analyzing Classroom Talk? 111 Final Thoughts 122 References 125 Index  135 About the Authors 145

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Book SynopsisThrough the use of language, as symbolic action, man attempts to control his social, natural, and supernatural environments. In this book J. David Sapir, J. Christopher Crocker, and their fellow contributors investigate the nature of metaphor and related symbolic forms as a means of coming to terms with the world.

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Book SynopsisThis is a study of the multicultural, multilingual, and Creolised languages that characterise Caribbean discourse, especially as reflected in the language choices that preoccupy creative writers. Caribbean Literary Discourse opens the challenging world of language choices and literary experiments characteristic of the multicultural and multilingual Caribbean.

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Trade ReviewAn important and innovative contribution to several related fields of study ranging from social sciences to African and Creole linguistics.... Carefully researched and well written. - American Speech ""Warner-Lewis argues that the inimical conditions of slavery, rather than leading to deprivation of culture, led culture bearers of central African descent to resolutely hold onto aspects of their cultural identity.... [This book] contains a wealth of information for any scholar."" - Latin American Research Review

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Book SynopsisOffers a critique of current scholarly publishing practices, exposing the inequalities in the way academic knowledge is constructed and legitimized. Winner of the 2002 JAC Gary A. Olson AwardTrade Review“A welcome intervention in such fields as English studies, rhetoric, liguistics, postcolonial theory, and of western knowledge construction in general, and the publishing practices of academia in particular.” —Rocky Mountain Review

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Book SynopsisToward a Civil Discourse examines how, in the current political climate, Americans find it difficult to discuss civic issues frankly and openly with one another.

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Book SynopsisScholars of rhetoric, composition, and communications analyze how discourse is used to construct working-class identities. The essays connect working-class identity to issues of race, gender, and sexuality, among others.

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Book SynopsisThis book seeks to bring together the disciplines of linguistics, rhetoric, and literary studies through the concept of symmetry (how words mirror thought, society, and our vision of the world). Honorable Mention, 2009 MLA Mina P. Shaughnessy AwardTrade ReviewA fresh history of English studies. Learning from Language explores central theories in the study of language, from rhetoric to discourse analysis to speech act performance. It provides a sense of how and why different questions on the nature of language have flowered into various intellectual traditions. - Ellen Cushman, Michigan State University

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Book SynopsisThis is a comprehensive grammar of Modern Standard Hindi, the primary language spoken by more than 420 million people in India. Because each grammatical topic is thoroughly illustrated with basic examples and more complex ones from modern Hindi short stories, it can be used as a reference and supplementary grammar to any textbook from beginning to advanced levels.

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Book SynopsisBuilding on almost two decades of fieldwork, Aurora Donzelli describes how the growing influence of transnational lending agencies is transforming the ways in which people desire and voice their expectations, intentions, and entitlements within the emergent participatory democracy and restructuring of Indonesia's political economy.

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Book SynopsisThe Basque language, Euskara, is one of Europe’s most ancient tongues and a vital part of today’s lively Basque culture. Reclaiming Basque examines the ideology, methods, and discourse of the Basque-language revitalization movement over the course of the past century and the way this effort has unfolded alongside the simultaneous Basque nationalist struggle for autonomy.

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Book SynopsisThis work explores how early Soviet language culture gave rise to unparalleled verbal creativity and utopian imagination, while sowing the seeds for perhaps the most notorious forms of Orwellian "newspeak" known to the modern era.Trade Review"A first-rate book that explains, better than anything else in print, the origins and inner workings of the Stalinist language culture. Gorham breaks new ground, writing with zest and elegance as he tells a fascinating story."—Victoria Bonnell, University of California "A rare thing indeed, a wholly original work of scholarship. Gorham's work is truly outstanding." -James von Geldern, Macalester CollegeTable of ContentsTable of Contents Introduction 1. The Contours of the Communication Gap 2. The Revolutionary Voice and the Resurrection of Meaning 3. Awkward Ambiguities of the Soviet Vox Populi 4. Models of Proletarian Language Acquisition 5. The Cleansing Authority of the Russian National Voice 6. Canonization of the Party-State Voice 7. Narrating the Party State Epilogue: The Politics of Voice at the Margins of Soviet History Notes Select Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisOffers a history of and definition for jive, followed by examples of folktales, poetry, and Shakespeare 'translated' into jive. This work includes a jive glossary for easy reference as well as stories told in jive. It is suitable for those interested in African American history and culture or linguistics.Trade ReviewThis book is a gem, and its reprinting highlights the contributions of one of the most creative and socially conscious wordsmiths in American history. -- H. Samy Alim, UCLA, author of Roc the Mic RightBy making this material available, readers will have a strong guide to understanding references to this language in a variety of media. -- Steven C. Tracy, University of MassachusettsTable of ContentsTable of Contents Introduction by Thomas Aiello Dan Burley's Original Handbook of Harlem Jive Diggeth Thou? The Jiver's Bible Editor's Notes

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Book SynopsisStrong women dominate these reminiscences: the grandmother taught the girl whose mother refused to let her go to school, and the life-changing events they witnessed range from the ravages of the influenza epidemic of 1918-20, to murder committed in a jealous rage, to the abduction of a young woman by underground spirits.Table of Contents PART I Becoming a Cree woman Chapter 1 êkosi nikî-pê-ay-itâcihonân / This has been our way of life Chapter 2 êkosi nikî-tâs-ôy-ohpikihikawin / This is the way I was raised Chapter 3 mêh-mêskoc nikî-pimohtahikawin / I was taken back and forth Chapter 4 miton ê-kî-pê-na-nêhiyaw-ôhpikihikawiyân / I was truly raised as a Cree woman PART II Being a Cree woman Chapter 5 êwak ôm ê-kî-ay-itâcimisot awa nikâwiy / This is my mother's own story Chapter 6 iyikohk ê-kî-sôhkêpayik anima nipahtâkêwin / So horrible was that murder Chapter 7 ê-nipahi-kâh-kaskêyihtamân / I was desperately lonesome Chapter 8 pikw êkwa niya / Now I had to take charge PART III The spiritual life Chapter 9 ê-sîkâwîhcikêhk / Observing the mourning ritual Chapter 10 manitow kâ-matwêhikêt / Where the spirits drum (I) Chapter 11 manitow kâ-matwêhikêt / Where the spirits drum (II) Chapter 12 manitow kâ-matwêhikêt / Where the spirits drum (III)

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Book SynopsisSociolinguistic Styles presents a new and in-depth, historically rooted overview of the phenomenon of style-shifting in sociolinguistic variation. Written by an internationally acclaimed expert in the field, the text explores why, where and when it occurs.Table of ContentsList of Figures x List of Tables xiv Series Editor’s Preface xvi Acknowledgements xvii Introduction xviii Part I The Concept and Nature of Style 1 1 The Concept of Style 3 1.1. Style in Rhetoric 3 1.1.1. Ancient Greece 4 1.1.2. The Roman world 7 1.1.3. The Middle Ages and modern times 10 1.2. Style in Stylistics and Semiotics 17 1.2.1. Textualists 19 1.2.2. Contextualists 24 1.2.3. Recent Developments 28 1.3. Style in Sociolinguistics 29 Notes 31 2 The Nature of Style 33 2.1. The Linguistic Meaning of Style: Resources and Mechanisms 33 2.1.1. Style, Register and Diaphasic Variation 33 2.1.2. Style, Dialect and Accent 36 2.1.3. Style and Genre 39 2.1.4. Style, Register, Slang, Cant and Jargon 41 2.1.5. Stylistic Devices 43 2.1.6. Style and the Study of Language Change 49 2.2. The Social Meaning of Style: Motivations 51 2.2.1. Style and Identity 54 2.2.2. Style and Ideology 57 Notes 61 Part II Sociolinguistic Models of Style‐Shifting 63 3 Situation‐centered Approach: Attention Paid to Speech 65 3.1. Social Determinism and Positivism 65 3.1.1. Sociolinguistic Tenets 65 3.1.2. Sociolinguistic Patterns 69 3.2. The Formality Continuum 77 3.2.1. Casual Style 78 3.2.2. Formal Style 78 3.2.3. Passage Reading Style 78 3.2.4. Word List Style 79 3.2.5. Minimal Pairs Style 80 3.2.6. The Style Decision Tree 80 3.3. Audio‐monitoring: The Universal Factor 82 3.3.1. The Principle of Graded Style‐shifting 83 3.3.2. The Principle of Range of Variability 84 3.3.3. The Principle of Socio‐stylistic Differentiation 85 3.3.4. The Principle of Sociolinguistic Stratification 87 3.3.5. The Principle of Stylistic Variation 90 3.3.6. The Principle of Attention 90 3.3.7. The Vernacular Principle 90 3.3.8. The Principle of Formality 91 3.4. Limitations 91 Notes 93 4 Audience‐centered Approach: Audience Design 95 4.1. Behaviorism and Social Psychological Theories 95 4.1.1. Language Attitudes 97 4.1.2. Social Identity Theory and the Linguistic Marketplace 99 4.1.3. Communication Accommodation Theory 101 4.2. Bakhtin and Dialogism 105 4.2.1. Centripetal and Centrifugal Language Forces 105 4.2.2. Heteroglossia and Multiple Voicing 107 4.2.3. Addressivity and Response 108 4.3. The Style Axiom: Audienceship and Responsiveness 109 4.3.1. Relational Activity 116 4.3.2. Sociolinguistic Marker 116 4.3.3. Responsiveness and Audienceship 118 4.3.4. Linguistic Repertoire 119 4.3.5. Style Axiom 120 4.3.6. Accommodative Competence 122 4.3.7. Discoursal Function 123 4.3.8. Initiative Axis 124 4.3.9. Referee Design 125 4.3.10. Field and Object of Study 126 4.4. Limitations 128 Notes 129 5 Context‐centered Approach: Functional Model 131 5.1. The Context of Situation and Contextualism 131 5.2. Systemic Functional Model of Language 133 5.3. Polylectal Grammar 134 5.4. The Register Axiom 138 5.5. Limitations 143 Notes 144 6 Speaker‐centered Approach: Speaker Design 146 6.1. Social Constructionism 146 6.1.1. Phenomenology 147 6.1.2. Relativism 148 6.2. Social Constructionist Sociolinguistics: Persona Management 148 6.2.1. Indexicality, Social Meaning and Enregisterment 150 6.2.2. Agency 157 6.2.3. Performativity, Stylization, and Identity Construction 158 6.2.4. Stance 173 6.2.5. Authenticity 175 6.2.6. Hyperdialectism vs. Hypervernacularization 179 6.2.7. Crossing 181 6.3. Limitations 182 Notes 182 7 Conclusion 185 Note 191 References 192 Index 221

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Book SynopsisDocumenting how in the course of acquiring language children become speakers and members of communities, The Handbook of Language Socialization is a unique reference work for an emerging and fast-moving field.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations vii Notes on Contributors ix Acknowledgments xvi 1 The Theory of Language Socialization 1 Elinor Ochs and Bambi B. Schieffelin Part I Interactional Foundations 23 2 The Cultural Organization of Attention 29 Penelope Brown 3 Preverbal Infant–Caregiver Interaction 56 Akira Takada 4 Language Socialization and Multiparty Participation Frameworks 81 Lourdes De León Part II Socialization Strategies 113 5 Rethinking Baby Talk 121 Olga Solomon 6 Local Theories of Child Rearing 150 Amy Paugh 7 Language Socialization and Shaming 169 Adrienne Lo and Heidi Fung 8 Language Socialization and Narrative 190 Peggy J. Miller, Michele Koven, and Shumin Lin 9Language Socialization and Repetition 209 Leslie C. Moore 10 Literacy Socialization 227 Laura Sterponi 11 Language Socialization in Children’s Medical Encounters 247 Tanya Stivers Part III Social Orientations 269 12 Language Socialization and Politeness Routines 275 Matthew Burdelski 13 Language Socialization and Stance-Taking Practices 296 Haruko Minegishi Cook 14 Language Socialization and Morality 322 Ayala Fader 15 Language Socialization and Hierarchy 341 Kathryn M. Howard 16 Peer Language Socialization 365 Marjorie H. Goodwin and Amy Kyratzis 17 Language Socialization and Exclusion 391 Inmaculada M. García-Sánchez Part IV Aesthetics and Imagination 421 18 Language Socialization in Art and Science 425 Shirley Brice Heath 19 Language Socialization and Verbal Improvisation 443 Alessandro Duranti and Steven P. Black 20 Language Socialization and Verbal Play 464 Karin Aronsson Part V Language and Culture Contact 485 21 Language Socialization and Language Ideologies 493 Kathleen C. Riley 22 Language Socialization and Language Shift 515 Paul B. Garrett 23 Language Socialization and Immigration 536 Patricia Baquedano-López and Ariana Mangual Figueroa 24 Second Language Socialization 564 Patricia A. Duff 25 Heritage Language Socialization 587 Agnes Weiyun He 26 Language Socialization and Language Endangerment 610 Angela M. Nonaka 27 Language Socialization and Language Revitalization 631 Debra A. Friedman Index 648

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Book SynopsisA unique, comprehensive four-volume reference work, representing the combined insights of the leading authorities in linguistic anthropology Wiley Blackwell''s International Encyclopedia of Linguistic Anthropology is a key scholarly reference for researchers working in linguistic anthropology, communication studies, education, psychology, and sociology, as well as those involved in language revitalization and other community and applied linguistics programs. The only encyclopedia of its kind, this field-encompassing work serves as an essential reference on the history, development, and modern advancements of the full field of linguistic anthropology. However, the encyclopedia is not limited to coverage of the standard canon, but rather is a forward-looking account of the field, addressing the latestsometimes even controversialissues in the discipline. With entries authored by leading international scholars, the encyclopedia''s key areas of content include langua

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Book SynopsisThe Handbook of Historical Sociolinguistics features 35 newly-written essays that explore how sociolinguistic theoretical models, methods, findings, and expertise can be applied to the process of reconstruction of a language's past in order to account for diachronic linguistic changes and developments.Trade Review“Taken as a whole, The Handbook of Historical Sociolinguistics offers the reader an incomparable source of state-of-the-art papers in the field, most of which were written exclusively for the present edition. I am sure it will become a required text for those delving into the discipline.” (Journal of Sociolinguistics, 1 October 2014) Table of ContentsPlates x Figures x Maps xii Tables xiii Notes on Contributors xv Preface xxvii Teresa Fanego Introduction 1 J. Camilo Conde-Silvestre & Juan M. Hernández-Campoy Part I Origins and Theoretical Assumptions 9 1 Diachrony vs Synchrony: the Complementary Evolution of Two (Ir)reconcilable Dimensions 11 Jean Aitchison 2 Historical Sociolinguistics: Origins, Motivations, and Paradigms 22 Terttu Nevalainen and Helena Raumolin-Brunberg 3 Social History and the Sociology of Language 41 Robert McColl Millar Part II Methods for the Sociolinguistic Study of the History of Languages 61 4 The Application of the Quantitative Paradigm to Historical Sociolinguistics: Problems with the Generalizability Principle 63 Juan M. Hernández-Campoy and Natalie Schilling 5 The Uniformitarian Principle and the Risk of Anachronisms in Language and Social History 80 Alexander Bergs 6 The Use of Linguistic Corpora for the Study of Linguistic Variation and Change: Types and Computational Applications 99 Pascual Cantos 7 Editing the Medieval Manuscript in its Social Context 123 Nila Vázquez and Teresa Marqués-Aguado 8 Medical, Official, and Monastic Documents in Sociolinguistic Research 140 Laura Esteban-Segura 9 The Use of Private Letters and Diaries in Sociolinguistic Investigation 156 Stephan Elspass 10 The Use of Literary Sources in Historical Sociolinguistic Research 170 K. Anipa 11 Early Advertising and Newspapers as Sources of Sociolinguistic Investigation 191 Carol Percy Part III Linguistic and Socio-demographic Variables 211 12 Orthographic Variables 213 Hanna Rutkowska and Paul Rössler 13 Phonological Variables 237 Anna Hebda 14 Grammatical Variables 253 Anita Auer and Anja Voeste 15 Lexical-Semantic Variables 271 Joachim Grzega 16 Pragmatic Variables 293 Andreas H. Jucker and Irma Taavitsainen 17 Class, Age, and Gender-based Patterns 307 Agnieszka Kielkiewicz-Janowiak 18 The Role of Social Networks and Mobility in Diachronic Sociolinguistics 332 Juan Camilo Conde-Silvestre 19 Race, Ethnicity, Religion, and Castes 353 Rajend Mesthrie Part IV Historical Dialectology, Language Contact, Change, and Diffusion 367 20 The Teleology of Change: Functional and Non-Functional Explanations for Language Variation and Change 369 Paul T. Roberge 21 Internally- and Externally-Motivated Language Change 387 Raymond Hickey 22 Lexical Diffusion and the Regular Transmission of Language Change in its Sociohistorical Context 408 Brian D. Joseph 23 The Timing of Language Change 427 Mieko Ogura 24 Innovation Diffusion in Sociohistorical Linguistics 451 David Britain 25 Historical Dialectology: Space as a Variable in the Reconstruction of Regional Dialects 465 Anneli Meurman-Solin 26 Linguistic Atlases: Empirical Evidence for Dialect Change in the History of Languages 480 Roland Kehrein 27 Historical Sociolinguistic Reconstruction Beyond Europe: Case Studies from South Asia and Fiji 501 Matthew Toulmin 28 Multilingualism, Code-switching, and Language Contact in Historical Sociolinguistics 520 Herbert Schendl 29 The Impact of Migratory Movements on Linguistic Systems: Transplanted Speech Communities and Varieties from a Historical Sociolinguistic Perspective 534 Daniel Schreier 30 Convergence and Divergence in World Languages 552 Roger Wright Part V Attitudes to Language 569 31 Sociolinguistics and Ideologies in Language History 571 James Milroy 32 Language Myths 585 Richard J. Watts 33 Linguistic Purism 607 Nils Langer and Agnete Nesse 34 The Reconstruction of Prestige Patterns in Language History 626 Anni Sairio and Minna Palander-Collin 35 Written Vernaculars in Medieval and Renaissance Times 639 Catharina Peersman Index 655

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Book SynopsisA fascinating comparative account of sacred languages and their role in and beyond religion written for a broad, interdisciplinary audience Sacred languages have been used for foundational texts, liturgy, and ritual for millennia, and many have remained virtually unchanged through the centuries.Trade Review“Bennett has done scholars of religion and of their various scriptures a great service by focusing our attention on the contemporary phenomenon of sacred languages, their variety, and their continuing power in the lives of millions of people worldwide. His book should prompt us to more self-reflection about our roles as teachers of sacred languages.” – RBL© 04/2022 by the Society of Biblical LiteratureTable of ContentsPreface vi Acknowledgments xii 1 What Exactly Is a Sacred Language? 1 2 Sacred Languages, Past and Present 21 3 Not Dead Yet: Latin as Test Case 48 4 Beliefs about Sacred Languages 77 5 Practices: Religious, Political, Artistic 102 6 Learning a Sacred Language 129 7 Communities and Controversies 155 8 Borderlines: Sacred Languages, Fundamentalism, and Globalization 183 9 Conclusion 210 Index 219

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Book SynopsisA fascinating comparative account of sacred languages and their role in and beyond religion written for a broad, interdisciplinary audience Sacred languages have been used for foundational texts, liturgy, and ritual for millennia, and many have remained virtually unchanged through the centuries. While the vital relationship between language and religion has been long acknowledged, new research and thinking across an array of disciplines including religious studies, sociolinguistics, sociology, linguistics, and even neurolinguistics has resulted in a renewed interest in the area. This fascinating and informative book draws on Christian, Islamic, Hindu, Judaic, and Buddhist traditions to provide a concise and accessible introduction to the phenomenon of sacred languages. The book takes a strongly comparative, wide-ranging approach to exploring ways in which ancient religious languages, such as Latin, Pali, Church Slavonic, and Hebrew continue to shape the beliefs Trade Review“Bennett has done scholars of religion and of their various scriptures a great service by focusing our attention on the contemporary phenomenon of sacred languages, their variety, and their continuing power in the lives of millions of people worldwide. His book should prompt us to more self-reflection about our roles as teachers of sacred languages.” – RBL© 04/2022 by the Society of Biblical LiteratureTable of ContentsPreface vi Acknowledgments xii 1 What Exactly Is a Sacred Language? 1 2 Sacred Languages, Past and Present 21 3 Not Dead Yet: Latin as Test Case 48 4 Beliefs about Sacred Languages 77 5 Practices: Religious, Political, Artistic 102 6 Learning a Sacred Language 129 7 Communities and Controversies 155 8 Borderlines: Sacred Languages, Fundamentalism, and Globalization 183 9 Conclusion 210 Index 219

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Book SynopsisThe second edition of the highly successful Handbook of Discourse Analysis has been expanded and thoroughly updated to reflect the very latest research to have developed since the original publication, including new theoretical paradigms and discourse-analytic models, in an authoritative two-volume set. Twenty new chapters highlight emerging trends and the latest areas of research Contributions reflect the range, depth, and richness of current research in the field Chapters are written by internationally-recognized leaders in their respective fields, constituting a Who's Who of Discourse Analysis A vital resource for scholars and students in discourse studies as well as for researchers in related fields who seek authoritative overviews of discourse analytic issues, theories, and methods Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors xi Preface to the Second Edition xix Introduction to the First Edition 1 I Linguistic Analysis of Discourse 9 1 Discourse and Grammar 11Marianne Mithun 2 Intertextuality in Discourse 42Adam Hodges 3 Cohesion and Texture 61J. R. Martin 4 Intonation and Discourse 82Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen 5 Voice Registers 105Mark A. Sicoli 6 Computer-Mediated Discourse 2.0 127Susan C. Herring and Jannis Androutsopoulos 7 Discourse Analysis and Narrative 152Anna De Fina and Barbara Johnstone 8 Humor and Laughter 168Salvatore Attardo 9 Discourse Markers: Language, Meaning, and Context 189Yael Maschler and Deborah Schiffrin 10 Historical Discourse Analysis 222Laurel J. Brinton 11 Discourse, Space, and Place 244Elizabeth Keating 12 Gesture in Discourse 262David Mcneill, Elena T. Levy, and Susan D. Duncan II Approaches and Methodologies 291 13 Nine Ways of Looking at Apologies: The Necessity for Interdisciplinary Theory and Method in Discourse Analysis 293Robin Tolmach Lakoff 14 Interactional Sociolinguistics: A Personal Perspective 309John J. Gumperz 15 Framing and Positioning 324Cynthia Gordon 16 Conversational Interaction: The Embodiment of Human Sociality 346Emanuel A. Schegloff 17 Transcribing Embodied Action 367Paul Luff and Christian Heath 18 Constraining and Guiding the Flow of Discourse 391Wallace Chafe 19 Imagination in Narratives 406Herbert H. Clark and Mija M. Van Der Wege 20 Oral Discourse as a Semiotic Ecology: TheCo-construction and Mutual Influence of Speaking, Listening, and Looking 422Frederick Erickson 21 Multimodality 447Theo Van Leeuwen 22 Critical Discourse Analysis 466Teun A. Van Dijk 23 Computer-Assisted Methods of Analyzing Textual and Intertextual Competence 486Michael Stubbs 24 Register Variation: A Corpus Approach 505Shelley Staples, Jesse Egbert, Douglas Biber, and Susan Conrad III The Individual, Society, and Culture 527 25 Voices of the Speech Community: Six People I Have Learned From 529William Labov 26 Language Ideologies 557Susan U. Philips 27 Discourse and Racism 576Ruth Wodak and Martin Reisigl 28 Code-Switching, Identity, and Globalization 597Kira Hall and Chad Nilep 29 Cross-cultural and Intercultural Communication and Discourse Analysis 620Scott F. Kiesling 30 Discourse and Gender 639Shari Kendall and Deborah Tannen 31 Queer Linguistics as Critical Discourse Analysis 661William L. Leap 32 Child Discourse 681Amy Kyratzis and Jenny Cook-Gumperz 33 Discourse and Aging 705Heidi E. Hamilton and Toshiko Hamaguchi 34 Discursive Underpinnings of Family Coordination 728Elinor Ochs and Tamar Kremer-Sadlik IV Discourse in Real-World Contexts 753 35 Institutional Discourse 755Andrea Mayr 36 Political Discourse 775John Wilson 37 Discourse and Media 795Colleen Cotter 38 Discourse Analysis in the Legal Context 822Roger W. Shuy 39 Discourse and Health Communication 841Rodney H. Jones 40 Discourse in Educational Settings 858Carolyn Temple Adger and Laura J. Wright 41 Discourse in the Workplace 880Janet Holmes 42 Discourse and Religion 902Michael Lempert Author Index 921 Subject Index 939

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Book SynopsisA new approach to sociolinguistics, introducing the study of the social meaning of English words over time, and offering an engaging and entertaining demonstration of lexical sociolinguistic analysis The Social Life of Words: A Historical Approach explores the rise and fall of the social properties of words, charting ways in which they take on new social connotations. Written in an engaging narrative style, this entertaining text matches up sociolinguistic theory with social history and biography to discover which kind of people used what kind of word, where and when. Social factors such as class, age, race, region, gender, occupation, religion and criminality are discussed in British and American English. From familiar words such as popcorn, porridge, café, to less common words like burgoo, califont, etna, and phrases like kiss me quick, monkey parade, slap-bang shop, The Social Life of Words demonstrates some of the many ways a new word or phrase can develop social affiliations. Detailed yet accessible chapters cover key areas of historical sociolinguistics, including concepts such as social networks, communities of practice, indexicality and enregisterment, prototypes and stereotypes, polysemy, onomasiology, language regard, lexical appropriation, and more. The first book to take a focused look at lexis as a topic for sociolinguistic analysis, The Social Life of Words: Introduces sociolinguistic theories and shows how they can be applied to the lexiconDemonstrates how readers can apply sociolinguistic theory to their own analyses of words in English and other languagesProvides an engaging and amusing new look at many familiar words, inviting students to explore the sociolinguistic properties of words over time for themselvesPart of Wiley Blackwell's acclaimed Language in Society series, The Social Life of Words is essential reading for upper-level undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and linguists working in sociolinguistics, lexical semantics, English lexicology, and the history and development of modern English.Table of ContentsSeries Editor's Preface x Acknowledgements xi I Introduction: geyser, califont, ascot 1 I.1 On Concepts, Approaches, Methods, and Theories 4 I.2 On Sources 9 I.3 Editorial Principles 11 1 Lexical Sociolinguistics and Social Networks 15 1.1 Introduction to Social Network Theory 15 1.2 Previous Scholarship 16 1.3 Swiss waiter 17 1.4 Sosison Vo Land 26 1.5 Summary 29 2 Lexical Sociolinguistics and Communities of Practice 31 2.1 Introduction to Communities of Practice 31 2.2 Previous Scholarship 32 2.3 Etna 33 2.3.1 Summary 41 2.4 Laugh! 42 2.5 Summary 45 3 The Sociolinguistics of Polysemy 47 3.1 Introduction to the Sociolinguistics of Polysemy 47 3.2 Previous Scholarship 47 3.3 Maroon 49 3.4 Popcorn 55 3.5 Summary 63 4 The Sociolinguistics of Onomasiology 65 4.1 Introduction to the Sociolinguistics of Onomasiology 65 4.2 Previous Scholarship 65 4.3 direction, address 68 4.4 Kiss Me Quick 74 4.5 Summary 77 5 The Sociolinguistics of Stereotypes 79 5.1 Introduction to the Sociolinguistics of Stereotypes 79 5.2 Previous Scholarship 80 5.3 Goss 81 5.4 Goodwill 83 5.5 Porridge 84 5.6 Fido, Rover 95 5.7 Summary 99 6 Language Regard and Lexical Influencers 102 6.1 Introduction to Language Regard 102 6.2 Previous Scholarship 102 6.3 Café, Restaurant 103 6.3.1 Restaurant 104 6.3.2 Café 106 6.3.3 Slap-Bang Shop 107 6.3.4 Ordinary 108 6.3.5 Alamode Beefshop 109 6.3.6 Coffee-House 111 6.3.7 Coffee-Palace and Coffee-Tavern 112 6.3.8 Buffet 113 6.3.9 Time-Line of Development 114 6.3.10 Coffee Shop 118 6.4 Summary 119 7 Lexical Sociolinguistics, Indexicality and Enregisterment 121 7.1 Introduction to Indexicality and Enregisterment 121 7.2 Previous Scholarship 122 7.3 Drage 124 7.4 Tinned Salmon 127 7.5 Rather! 132 7.6 Summary 134 8 Lexical Sociolinguistics and Spatial Spread 137 8.1 Introduction to Spatial Spread 137 8.2 Previous Scholarship 138 8.3 Monkey Parade, Shopping Parade 140 8.3.1 Summary 146 8.4 Sunnyside 146 8.5 Summary 149 9 Lexical Appropriation 151 9.1 Introduction to Lexical Appropriation 151 9.2 Into 152 9.3 Baggonet 156 9.4 Burgoo 162 9.4.1 What Is Already Known About burgoo 165 9.4.2 Further Data Assembled in Date Order 165 9.4.3 Polysemous Senses of burgoo 167 9.4.4 Onomasiological Sets 168 9.4.5 Spread of burgoo in Physical Space 168 9.4.6 Spread of burgoo in Social Space 172 9.4.7 Perceived Space and Authority Constraints 172 9.4.8 Evidence of Indexicality and Enregisterment 176 9.4.9 Stereotypical Properties 176 9.4.10 Language Regard and Lexical Appropriation 177 9.5 Summary 178 10 Future Directions 181 References 192 Index 195

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Book SynopsisA groundbreaking critical discourse analysis of everyday language, reveals the underlying racist stereotypes circulating in American culture In The Everyday Language of White Racism, prominent linguist Jane H. Hill provides an incisive analysis of the relationship between language, race, and culture. First published in 2008, this classic textbook employs an innovative framework to reveal the underlying racist stereotypes that continue to persist in White American culture and sustain structures of White Supremacy. Detailed yet accessible chapters integrate a broad range of literature from across disciplines, including sociology, social psychology, critical legal studies, anthropology, and sociolinguistics. Throughout the book, students are encouraged to engage with the linguistic data available through observation of racialized communication in their everyday lives. Edited by a team of leading scholars, the second edition of The Everyday Language of White Racism brings Hill's contributions to the study of racism into conversation with the most current literature on language and racism in the United States. Topics such as racial profiling, police violence, the Black Lives Matter movement, White nationalism, White fragility, and various forms of institutional racism are addressed within Hill's broader framework of White racial projects and the White folk theory of race and racism. New chapter-by-chapter annotations clarify and contextualize theoretical concepts, accompanied by new discussion questions that offer guidance for analytical conversations in classrooms. Provides resources for critical discussions on contemporary racial issues that continue to limit and endanger BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) individuals and communitiesDispels the common assumption that White racism is fading in the US and the Western worldIllustrates how racist effects can be produced in interaction without any single person intending discriminationContains an overview of the theory of race and racism, with definitions of terms and conceptsIncludes recent statistical data on U.S. racial gaps across a variety of categories and access to a companion website with additional resources The Everyday Language of White Racism, Second Edition remains an indispensable resource for undergraduate and graduate students in Critical Race Studies and Linguistic Anthropology courses across the Humanities and Social Sciences.

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Book SynopsisIntroduction.- Chapter 1: Minority Languages and Communities in a Changing World; Gabrielle Hogan-Brun and Bernadette O'Rourke.- Part I: Minority Language Rights, Protection, Governance.- Chapter 2: Minority Language Rights and Standards: Definitions and Applications at the Supra-national Level; Fernand de Varennes and Elzbieta Kuzborska.- Chapter 3: Minority Language Rights in the Russian Federation: The End of a Long Tradition?; Bill Bowring.- Chapter 4: Minority Languages, Governance  and Regulation; Colin Williams and John Walsh.- Part II: Recognition, Self-determination, Autonomy.- Chapter 5: The Recognition of Ethnic and Language Diversity in Nation-States and Consociations; Christian Giordan.- Chapter 6: Linguistic Recognition in Deeply Divided Societies: Antagonism or Reconciliation?; Máiréad Nic Craith and Philip McDermott.- Chapter 7: National Cultural Autonomy and Linguistic Rights in Central and Eastern Europe; David Smith, Federica Prina and Judit Molnar Sansum.- ChapTrade Review“This is a serious collection that makes a very substantial and welcome contribution to the large literature on minority languages. I would imagine that it is more likely to find a place on the shelves of libraries than those of individual readers …” (Gibson Ferguson, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, June 23, 2019)Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Chapter 1: Minority Languages and Communities in a Changing World; Gabrielle Hogan-Brun and Bernadette O’Rourke.- Part I: Minority Language Rights, Protection, Governance.- Chapter 2: Minority Language Rights and Standards: Definitions and Applications at the Supra-national Level; Fernand de Varennes and Elzbieta Kuzborska.- Chapter 3: Minority Language Rights in the Russian Federation: The End of a Long Tradition?; Bill Bowring.- Chapter 4: Minority Languages, Governance and Regulation; Colin Williams and John Walsh.- Part II: Recognition, Self-determination, Autonomy.- Chapter 5: The Recognition of Ethnic and Language Diversity in Nation-States and Consociations; Christian Giordan.- Chapter 6: Linguistic Recognition in Deeply Divided Societies: Antagonism or Reconciliation?; Máiréad Nic Craith and Philip McDermott.- Chapter 7: National Cultural Autonomy and Linguistic Rights in Central and Eastern Europe; David Smith, Federica Prina and Judit Molnar Sansum.- Chapter 8: Sign Language Communities; Maartje De Meulder, Verena Krausneker, Graham Turner and John Bosco Gonama.- Part III: Migration, Settlement, Mobility.- Chapter 9: Changing Perspectives on Language Maintenance and Shift in Transnational Settings: From Settlement to Mobility; Anne Pauwels .- Chapter 10: Arctic Languages in Canada in the Age of Globalisation; Donna Patrick.- Part IV: Economics, Markets, Commodification.- Chapter 11: Minority Languages and Markets; Sari Pietikäinen, Helen Kelly-Holmes and Maria Rieder.- Chapter 12: Language Economics and Issues of Planning for Minority Languages in Africa; Nkonko M. Kamwangamalu.- Chapter 13: Language Minorities in a Globalized Economy: The Case of Professional Translation in Canada; Matthieu LeBlanc.- Part V: Education, Literacy, Access.- Chapter 14: Indigenous Children’s Language Practices in Australia; Samantha Disbray and Gillian Wigglesworth.- Chapter 15: Minorities, Languages, Education and Assimilation in Southeast Asia; Peter Sercombe.- Chapter 16: Literacy in My Language? Principles, Practices, Prospects; Clinton Robinson.- Part VI: Media, Public Usage, Visibility.- Chapter 17: Minority Language Media: Issues of Power, Finance and Organization; Tom Moring.- Chapter 18: Minority Languages and Social Media; Daniel Cunliffe.- Chapter 19: Linguistic Landscapes and Minority Languages; Durk Gorter, Heiko Marten and Luk Van Mensel.- Part VII: Endangerment, Ecosystems, Resilience.- Chapter 20: Resilience for Minority Languages; David Bradley.- Chapter 21: Minority Contact Languages, Small Islands and Linguistic Ecology; Joshua Nash.- Chapter 22: The Yiddish Conundrum: A Cautionary Tale for Language Revivalism; Dovid Katz.

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the construction of identities within a lesbian group, outlining interactive tactics used in the production of mutually-negotiated norms of authenticity. Using ethnography and discourse analysis, a range of group-specific personae are revealed to be continually reworked and reproduced within the women''s interaction.Trade Review'Jones' study adds to the currently small amount of scholarship which exclusively addresses lesbian-specific interaction. She has succeeded in creating space for further studies in cross-generational lesbian language; it is my hope that this study will open further avenues for queer sociolinguistics research.' - LINGUISTTable of ContentsTranscription Conventions List of Transcriptions Introduction Sociocultural Approaches to Linguistics Approaches to Language and Sexuality Doing Ethnography with the Stompers Dyke and Girl Negotiating Authentic Style and Practice Indexing Authenticity via Cultural Knowledge Political Difference and Maintenance of Shared Identity Understanding Communities of Practice Sociocultural Linguistics and Sexuality Notes References

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Book SynopsisWritten by the world-renowned pioneer in the field of modern sociolinguistics, this volume examines the cognitive and cultural factors responsible for linguistic change, tracing the life history of these developments, from triggering events to driving forces and endpoints.Trade Review"The culminating volume in Labov's magnum opus on language variation and change will assure forever his indelible imprint on the field of linguistics. Thanks to Labov, the field should never be the same." — Walt Wolfram, North Carolina State University "William Labov completes his monumental study of sound change by examining the forces that drive divergence and convergence in neighboring communities. His impeccable attention to detail is illuminated, as always, by his sensitivity to the social, communal and personal motives that lie behind the ways in which we talk to one another." — J.K. Chambers, University of Toronto "Labov's inexhaustible creative wellspring produces a fountain of insight and essential reading for all scholars concerned with language as a dynamic social organism. This volume assembles elements of his work into a grand mosaic: a work of science, but also a work of art." — Gregory R. Guy, New York University Table of ContentsList of Figures. List of Tables. Foreword. Preface. Abbreviations. 1 Introduction to Cognitive and Cultural Factors in Linguistic Change. 1.1 Cognitive Factors. 1.2 Cultural Factors in Linguistic Change. 1.3 Convergence and Divergence. 1.4 The Darwinian Paradox Revisited. 1.5 Divergence and the Central Dogma. 1.6 The Community Orientation of Language Learning. 1.7 The Argument of this Volume. 1.8 The English Vowel System and the Major Chain Shifts of North American English. Part A Cross-Dialectal Comprehension. 2 Natural Misunderstandings. 2.1 The Collection of Natural Misunderstandings. 2.2 Modes of Correction. 2.3 How Common Are Misunderstandings? 2.4 What Is the Role of Sound Change in Misunderstanding? 2.5 The Linguistic Focus of the Misunderstandings. 2.6 The Effect of Mergers. 2.7 Chain Shifts. 2.8 Philadelphia Sound Changes. 2.9 r-less vs r-ful Dialects. 2.10 Sound Changes General to North America. 2.11 An Overview of Natural Misunderstandings. 3 A Controlled Experiment on Vowel Identification. 3.1 The Peterson–Barney Experiment. 3.2 Replicating the Peterson–Barney Experiment. 3.3 Overall Success in Identification. 3.4 Responses to the Chicago Speakers. 3.5 Responses to the Birmingham Speakers. 3.6 Responses to the Philadelphia Speakers. 3.7 Overview. 4 The Gating Experiments. 4.1 Construction of the Gating Experiments. 4.2 Overall Responses to the Gating Experiments. 4.3 Comprehension of the Northern Cities Shift in Chicago. 4.4 Recognition of Chicago Sound Changes in the Word Context. 4.5 The Effect of Lexical Equivalence. 4.6 Comprehension of Southern Sound Changes in Birmingham. 4.7 Comprehension of Philadelphia Sound Changes. 4.8 Overview of the Gating Experiments. Part B The Life History of Linguistic Change. 5 Triggering Events. 5.1 Bends in the Chain of Causality. 5.2 Causes of the Canadian Shift. 5.3 Causes of the Pittsburgh Shift. 5.4 Causes of the Low Back Merger. 5.5 The Fronting of /uw/. 5.6 The Northern Cities Shift. 5.7 An Overview of Triggering Events. 6 Governing Principles. 6.1 The Constraints Problem. 6.2 The (Ir)Reversibility of Mergers. 6.3 The Geographic Expansion of Mergers in North America. 6.4 Principles Governing Chain Shifts. 6.5 Principles Governing Chain Shifting within Subsystems. 6.6 How Well Do Governing Principles Govern? 7 Forks in the Road. 7.1 The Concept of Forks in the Road. 7.2 The Two-Stage Model of Dialect Divergence. 7.3 The Fronting and Backing of Short a. 7.4 Divergent Development of the /o/ ~ /oh/ Opposition. 8 Divergence. 8.1 Continuous and Discrete Boundaries. 8.2 The North/Midland Boundary. 8.3 Communication across the North/Midland Boundary. 8.4 The Two-Step Mechanism of Divergence. 8.5 Unidirectional Change: The Low Back Merger. 8.6 Consequences of the Low Back Merger for the English Vowel System. 8.7 Resistance to the Low Back Merger. 8.8 Further Differentiation by Chain Shifts. 8.9 A General View of Linguistic Divergence in North America. 9 Driving Forces. 9.1 The Importation of Norms. 9.2 Locality. 9.3 Social Networks and Communities of Practice. 9.4 Socioeconomic Classes. 9.5 Acts of Identity. 9.6 The Relation of Social Classes in Apparent Time. 9.7 Gender as a Social Force. 9.8 The Regional Dialect. 9.9 Accounting for the Uniform Progress of the Northern Cities Shift. 10 Yankee Cultural Imperialism and the Northern Cities Shift. 10.1 The North/Midland Boundary. 10.2 The History of the North/Midland Boundary. 10.3 The Material Basis of the North/Midland Opposition. 10.4 The Cultural Opposition of Yankees and Upland Southerners. 10.5 Coincidence with Geographic Boundaries of Political Cultures. 10.6 Red States, Blue States, and the Northern Dialect Region. 10.7 Relation of Dialects to County Voting Patterns. 10.8 The History of the Death Penalty. 10.9 Ideological Oppositions in the North. 10.10 The Geographic Transformation. 11 Social Evaluation of the Northern Cities Shift. 11.1 The North/Midland Experiment 1. 11.2 Conclusion. 12 Endpoints. 12.1 Skewness as an Index of Approach to Endpoint. 12.2 Social Characteristics of Endpoints. 12.3 The Eckert Progression as the Product of Re-Analysis by Language Learners. Part C The Unit of Linguistic Change. 13 Words Floating on the Surface of Sound Change. 13.1 The Issues Reviewed. 13.2 The Fronting of /uw/. 13.3 The Fronting of /ow/. 13.4 Homonyms. 13.5 The Raising and Fronting of /æ/ in the Inland North. 13.6 Overview. 13.7 Participation in Sound Change. 13.8 The Modular Separation of Phonological and Social Factors. 13.9 Conclusion. 14 The Binding Force in Segmental Phonology. 14.1 Is There Allophonic Chain Shifting before Nasals? 14.2 Allophonic Chain Shifting in the Southern Shift? 14.3 The Binding Force. Part D Transmission and Diffusion. 15 The Diffusion of Language from Place to Place. 15.1 Family-Tree and Wave Models of Change. 15.2 Defining Transmission and Diffusion. 15.3 Structural Diffusion. 15.4 Accounting for the Difference between Transmission and Diffusion. 15.5 Diffusion in Dialect Geography. 15.6 The Diffusion of the NYC Short-a System. 15.7 The Transmission and Diffusion of Mergers and Splits. 15.8 Diffusion of the Northern Cities Shift. 15.9 The Social Context of Transmission and Diffusion. 15.10 Prospectus. 16 The Diffusion of Language from Group to Group. 16.1 Diffusion to the AAVE Community. 16.2 Influence of Surrounding Dialects on AAVE Pronunciation. 16.3 The Diffusion of Constraints on -t, d Deletion to Children in Minority Communities. 16.4 The Diffusion of Grammatical Variables to Adult Members of the African–American Community. 16.5 Directions of Diffusion in the Latino Community. 16.6 The Nature of Diffusion across Communal Boundaries. 17 Conclusion. 17.1 Summary of the Argument. 17.2 The Relation of Linguistic Change to Animal Systems of Communication. 17.3 More on the Functions of Language. 17.4 Social Intelligence and Object-Oriented Intelligence. Notes. References. Index.

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