Sociolinguistics Books

Book SynopsisTable of ContentsList of Figures ix List of Tables xi Preface xiii Acknowledgments xix Part I Language: Some Basic Questions 1 1 The Socially Charged Life of Language 3 So, What Do You Need to Know in Order to “Know” a Language? 9 Examples of Linguistic Diversity 13 Examples of Diversity in Research Topics in Linguistic Anthropology 17 Keith Basso 18 Marjorie Harness Goodwin 18 Bonnie Urciuoli 19 Alessandro Duranti 20 Kathryn A. Woolard 20 James M. Wilce 21 Key Terms in Linguistic Anthropology 21 Multifunctionality 22 Language Ideologies 24 Practice 26 Indexicality 29 The Inseparability of Language, Culture, and Social Relations 33 2 Gestures, Sign Languages, and Multimodality 35 Bakhtin’s Double-Voiced Discourse 37 Goffman’s Participation Framework and Production Format 38 Speech and the Analysis of Conversation 39 Gestures and Other Forms of Embodied Communication 42 Sign Languages 47 Poetry, Whistled Languages, Song, and Images 50 3 The Research Process in Linguistic Anthropology 54 What Kinds of Research Questions Do Linguistic Anthropologists Formulate? 55 What Kinds of Data Do Linguistic Anthropologists Collect, and with What Methods? 57 Participant Observation 58 Interviews 58 Surveys and Questionnaires 60 Naturally Occurring Conversations 60 Experimental Methods 62 Matched Guise Tests 63 Written Texts 64 How Do Linguistic Anthropologists Analyze Their Data? 64 What Products Do Linguistic Anthropologists Generate from their Research? 67 What Sorts of Ethical Issues Do Linguistic Anthropologists Face? 68 4 Language Acquisition and Socialization 72 Language Acquisition and the Socialization Process 74 Gaps in the “Language Gap” Approach 78 Language Socialization in Bilingual or Multilingual Contexts 81 Language Socialization throughout the Lifespan 84 Conclusion 88 5 Language, Thought, and Culture 90 A Hundred Years of Linguistic Relativity 91 The Sapir–Whorf Hypothesis 94 Investigating the Effects of Language on Thought 97 Language-in-General 98 Linguistic Structures 102 Color 106 Space 108 Time 110 Language Use 111 Conclusion 117 Part II Global Communities of Speakers, Hearers, Readers, and Writers 121 6 Global Communities of Multilingual Language Users 123 Defining “Speech Community” 124 Size and Location of the Community 124 What is Shared by the Members of a Speech Community? 125 The Type of Interactions that Speech Community Members Have 125 Alternatives to the Concept of “Speech Community” 129 Speech Areas 129 Speech Networks 130 Communities of Practice 132 Multilingual and Transnational Linguistic Practices 136 Diglossia, Code-Mixing, and Code-Switching 144 Diglossia 145 Code-Switching 146 Code-Mixing 148 Heteroglossia 151 Conclusion 152 7 Literacy Practices 153 Literacy Events vs. Literacy Practices 155 “Autonomous” vs. “Ideological” Approaches to Studying Literacy 156 Some Examples of Situated Literacy Research 158 Preschool Literacy Practices in the Southeastern United States 158 Pema Kumari’s letter 162 Love-letter Writing in Nepal 164 Instant Messaging: More like Speech or Writing? 166 8 Online Communities and Internet Linguistic Practices 170 Online Literacy Practices 171 Capitalization, Punctuation, and Emojis 172 Online Communities, Relationships, and Social Media 175 Who’s Zoomin’ Who? 177 Online Avatars 179 So Close and yet so Far 183 Conclusion 185 9 Performance, Performativity, and the Constitution of Communities 186 Performance Defined in Opposition to Competence 188 Performativity 189 Performance as a Display of Verbal Artistry 197 Ethnographies of Performance and Performativity 200 Part III Language, Power, and Social Differentiation 211 10 Language and Gender 213 What is Gender, and How Does it Relate to Language? 215 Do Men and Women Speak Alike or Differently? 221 Do Women and Men of All Ages and All Ethnic, Racial, and Cultural Backgrounds Share the Same Gendered Differences in Their Language Use? 233 Some Thoughts on Myths and Realities 237 11 Language, Race, and Ethnicity 240 Defining Race and Ethnicity 241 The Rule-Governed Nature of African American English 246 Invariant or Habitual “Be” 248 Copula Deletion 249 Double Negatives 250 The Reduction of Final Consonants 251 Pronouncing the Word “Ask” as “Aks” 252 Racist Language and Racism in Language 253 Language and Racial/Ethnic Identities 258 Conclusion 261 12 Language Endangerment and Revitalization 262 Enumerating the Crisis: How Many Endangered Languages are There? 265 What Dies When a Language Dies? 270 Why Do Languages Die? 276 Can Endangered Languages Be Saved? 278 Conclusion 280 13 Conclusion: Language, Power, and Agency 281 What is Power? 283 Hegemony 284 Foucault’s Power Relations and Discourse 285 Practice Theory and Power 287 Agency 298 The Grammatical Encoding of Agency 302 Talk About Agency: Meta-Agentive Discourse 305 Power and Agency In/through/by/of Language 310 Notes 313 References 328 Index 364

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Book SynopsisAn ideal introduction to the analysis of language as a central element of everyday interactions and media, helping students reflect critically on the ways individuals and the creators of media use language to reflect and construct social identities Why do we encounter different types of language in different places, from different people, and in different types of media? What assumptions do we make about each other when we interact, and what assumptions do media creators make about us when they design the media we see and hear? When does the language used in society and by media lead to social change and when does it serve to reinforce existing power structures and class divisions? In Language, Media and Society, students learn how to notice the features of the language used in the interactions they have and the media they encounter everyday and to understand the relationships between language, media, and the wider world around them. Assuming no prior knowledge of sociolinguistic analyTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables viii Preface ix Acknowledgements xi About the Companion Website xii 1 Introduction 1 1.1 What the Book Is About 1 1.2 Three Tips for How to Use This Book 2 1.3 Three Tips for How to Approach This Book 3 1.4 The Three Main Areas of the Study of Language That Are Important to This Book 5 1.5 The Three Main Areas of the Study of Media That Are Important to This Book 7 1.6 The Three Main Concepts in the Study of Sociology That Are Important to This Book 9 1.7 An Overall Approach: Textual Analysis 11 1.8 The Structure of the Book 12 2 The Relationship between Language, Media, and Society 13 2.1 Illustrating the Relationship between Language, Media, and Society 13 2.2 Accents, Dialects, and Society 14 2.3 Theorising Attitudes 18 2.4 Why Do We Stereotype? 23 2.5 ‘Taking It to the Next Level’: Theorising Ideology 25 3 Producing and Consuming Media 28 3.1 Defining Media Producers and Media Consumers 28 3.2 Producers and Consumers in Mass and Social Media 28 3.3 The Mainstream and the Alternative in Mass and Social Media 30 3.4 Construction in Mass and Social Media 31 3.5 Different Categories of Media Producers 32 3.6 Activity and Passivity in Mass Media Consumption 35 3.7 Theoretical Models of Media Audiences 38 4 Reading Media Messages 42 4.1 The Media’s Relationship to Reality 42 4.2 Exploring Methods of Language and Media Analysis 44 5 Language, Media, and Age 62 5.1 Constructing Age and Life Stage 62 5.2 Theorising Age and Designing Research to Explore Language, Media and Age 63 5.3 Life Stage and Media Consumption 66 5.4 Representations of Age in TV Comedy 67 5.5 Age-related Language Use 69 5.6 Interaction between People of Different Ages 74 5.7 Analysing Spoken Language 76 5.8 Analysing Child-directed Language 80 5.9 Elder-directed Language 81 6 Language, Media, and Gender 83 6.1 Defining Gender 83 6.2 Gendering Each Other through Language and Media 84 6.3 Performing Gender 90 6.4 Gender and Media 92 6.5 Women, Men, and Language 95 6.6 Gendered Representation in the Press 99 6.7 How Women and Men Use Language 101 6.8 Exploring the Construction of Gender Activism 108 7 Language, Media, and Sexuality 109 7.1 Putting Sexuality into Words 109 7.2 LGBTQ+ (In)visibility 110 7.3 LGBTQ+ Representation in the Media 120 8 Language, Media, and Ethnicity 133 8.1 A Reflexive Note 133 8.2 Defining Ethnicity 133 8.3 Theorising Ethnicity 138 8.4 Attitudes to Language and Ethnicity 142 8.5 Linguistic Creativity Related to Ethnicity 146 8.6 Representations of Race and Ethnicity in the Media 150 9 Language, Media, and Social Class 157 9.1 Defining Social Class 157 9.2 Forms of Capital in the Construction of Social Class Identity 159 9.3 Accent, Dialect, and Social Class 162 9.4 Perceptions of Linguistic Varieties 165 9.5 The Relationship between Region and Social Class in Language Use 172 9.6 Linguistic Identities 174 9.7 Researching Language and Social Class 176 9.8 Constructing Workers 180 10 Language, Media, and Disability 181 10.1 Definitions and Constructions of Disability 181 10.2 Representing Disability 183 10.3 Disability and Identity: Who Does the Defining? 186 10.4 Disability and Language 187 10.5 Media Representations of Disability 191 10.6 Social Media and Disability 205 10.7 Final Thoughts 207 A Concluding Word 208 References 210 Index 218

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Book SynopsisUsing insights drawn from the experiences of professional linguists working in a range of domains, this book is an essential resource to help you recognize the value and relevance of your skills and training as a linguist in the job market. No matter where you are in your career just starting a first job or reflecting back on 30 years this book provides an interpretive frame for catalyzing momentum around what comes next. Encouraging you to approach your career with agency and curiosity, Anna Marie Trester details the myriad ways that linguists can contribute meaningfully to the world of work. Exploring the connections between linguistics as a field of study and a way of thinking, she details the ways in which the powerful observational and analytical skills and abilities cultivated by a background in linguistics can be employed in a diverse range of professional workspaces. With activities, exercises, and a review of career literature, Employing Linguistics helps you seek anTrade ReviewAnna Marie Trester's new book is more than a career guide for linguists. From an abundance of stories by professionals at various stages in their careers, she identifies the skills that trained linguists bring to fields as diverse as healthcare, branding or technology. Suggestions for reflective tasks help readers apply the stories to their own career trajectories, which may be anything but linear. Trester can look back on many years of experience in research and coaching, and her story is well worth listening to. * Veronika Koller, Professor of Discourse Studies, Lancaster University, UK *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Getting Started 2. Talking about Work, Talk at Work 3. Where Preparation meets Opportunity 4. Showing your Work 5. Building Community Conclusion

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Book SynopsisEconarratives are all around us, describing and shaping human interactions with other species and the physical environment. This book provides a foundational theory of econarrative, drawing from narratology, human ecology, critical discourse analysis, and ecolinguistics, and offering insights from a rich variety of texts including: Creation myths Indigenous podcasts Ethical leadership speeches Haiku poetry Documentary films New nature writing Advertisements and campaigns Apocalyptic storiesAdopting a global, transdisciplinary approach, it conducts in-depth analysis of specific works, including the Cherokee myth How the World Was Made, the speeches of Vandana Shiva, Nightwalk by Chris Yates, Naomi Klein's documentary This Changes Everything, the podcasts of Mohawk seed-keeper Rowen White, the Book of Revelation, and The Dark Mountain Manifesto.Raising awarenTrade ReviewThis book, presenting a clearly defined, comprehensive and coherent overview of econarrative with cogent and intrinsically interesting illustrative examples and a strong argument, is set to become the authoritative and seminal text of a new field. -- Guy Cook, Emeritus Professor of Language in Education, King's College London, UKTimely, compelling and written with great lucidity and clarity, this book offers a wide-ranging account of econarrative and its crucial function in protecting the ecosystems that life depends on. Alongside narratological and linguistic reflections, it presents an impassioned case for challenging our unsustainable civilisation and finding new econarratives to live by. -- Emanuela Ettorre, Professor of English, Università degli Studi ‘Gabriele d'Annunzio’, Chieti-Pescara, ItalyTable of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Beginning: Activation in Creation Narratives 3. Identifying: Ecocultural Identity in the Seed Sovereignty Movement 4. Emplacing: Timelessness and Placefulness in Haiku 5. Enchanting: Wonder in Nature Writing 6. Leading: Ethics in Leadership Communication 7. Feeling: Emotional Narrative in Climate Change Documentaries 8. Persuading: Multimodal Genres in Food Advertising 9. Endings: Metaphor and Finding Ourselves at the End of the Road 10. Conclusion Appendix A: How the World was Made Appendix B: Credits and Permissions Glossary References Index

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Book SynopsisBloomsbury World Englishes offers a comprehensive and rigorous description of the facts, implications and contentious issues regarding the forms and functions of English in the world. International experts cover a diverse range of varieties and topics, offering a more accurate understanding of English across the globe and the various social contexts in which it plays a significant role. With volumes dedicated to research paradigms, language ideologies and pedagogies, the collection pushes the boundaries of the field to go beyond traditional descriptive paradigms and contribute to moving research agendas forward. Volume 3: Pedagogies addresses the teaching of English as a world language. Chapters in this volume consider the teaching and learning of English(es) from a range of perspectives and on the basis of experiences and research from many parts of the world.Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors Prologue, Jennifer Jenkins (University of Southampton, UK) and Lucilla Lopriore (Roma Tre University, Italy) Introduction, Yasemin Bayyurt (Bogaziçi University, Turkey) Part 1: General Principles 1. Incorporating Ontological Reflection into Teacher Education about English for Global Learners: A Rationale and some Guiding Principles, Chris Hall (York St John University, UK) 2. English Language Development in the Global Classroom: Revisiting Key Constructs of Second Language Acquisition Theory, Dustin Crowther (University of Hawai’i at Manoa, USA) 3. Moving from Conceptualizations to Implementation of a Global Englishes Perspective in ELT: Critical Issues in Pedagogy, Seran Dogançay-Aktuna (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, USA) and Joel Hardman (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, USA) 4. World Englishes, English as a Lingua Franca and ELT Materials: A Critical Perspective, Paola Vettorel (University of Verona, Italy) 5. Materials and Activities in Teaching English as a Global Language: Using Online Resources to Stimulate Innovation, Mona Syrbe (Rikkyo University, Japan) and Heath Rose (University of Oxford, UK) Part 2: Native Speakerism 6. Negotiating Nativespeakerism in TESOL Curriculum Innovation, Nicola Galloway (University of Glasgow, UK) 7. Beyond ‘Native’ and ‘Non-Native’ English-Speaking Teachers: Teacher Identity and the Knowledge Base of Global Englishes Language Teachers, Ali Fuad Selvi (METU Northern Cyprus Campus, Cyprus) and Bedrettin Yazan (University of Texas, San Antonio, USA) 8. Re-Conceptualizing (Non-)Native English Speakers within the Paradigm of Teaching English as an International Language, Aya Matsuda (Arizona State University, USA) 9. Tackling Native-Speakerism through ELF-Aware Pedagogy, Rob Lowe (Tokyo Kasei University, Japan) and Marek Kiczkowiak (TEFL Equity Advocates & Academy, Leuven, Belgium) Part 3: English as a Medium Of Instruction 10. Teaching WE and ELF in EMI from an ELF Perspective: A Case Study at a University in the Expanding Circle, Kumiko Murata (Waseda University, Japan) 11. Implementing Critical Pedagogy of Global Englishes in ELT in Asia from the Lens of EMI and Intercultural Citizenship, Fan Fang (Shantou University, China) and Will Baker (University of Southampton, UK) 12. Problematizing EMI Programs in Turkish Higher Education: Voices from Stakeholders, Dilek Inal (Istanbul University- Cerrahpasa, Turkey), Yasemin Bayyurt (Bogaziçi University, Turkey) and Feza Kerestecioglu (Kadir Has University, Turkey) 13. A Critical View of Globalization within the Expanded Role of EMI in Japan: Case Study of an Actual Implementation, Jim D'Angelo (Chukyo University, Nagoya, Japan) Part 4: Focus on Specific Contexts 14. The Impact of World Englishes and English as a Lingua Franca in Tertiary Education in the Expanding Circle, Enric Llurda (University of Lleida, Spain) and Guzman Mancho-Barés (University of Lleida, Spain) 15. World Englishes and Critical Pedagogy: Reflections on Paulo Freire’s Contributions to the Brazilian National English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) Curriculum, Savio Siqueira (Bahia Federal University, Brazil) and Telma Gimenez (Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Brazil) 16. Teaching English from a Critical Intercultural Perspective: An Experience with Afro Colombian and Indigenous Students, Claudia Gutiérrez (University of Washington, USA), Janeth Ortiz and Jaime Usma (Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia) 17. English Medium Instruction and Language Planning in Post-Colonial Contexts: Implications for Heritage Language Development, Nkoko Kamwangamalu (Howard University, Washington, USA) Index

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Book SynopsisA lively introduction to English spelling.

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Book SynopsisJanet Maybin investigates how 10-12 year-olds use talk and literacy to construct knowledge about their social worlds and themselves. She shows how children use collaborative verbal strategies, stories of personal experience and the reworked voices of others to investigate the moral order and forge their own identities.Trade Review'It is not often that you are gripped by an academic book. I read Janet Maybin's book through in almost one reading, gripped by the range of insights she offers into children's off-record talk, her judicious use of social and cultural theory, her many new insights into the significance of styling and voicing emotion and evaluation in everyday dialogue, her careful building of new ways of talking about and describing talk among children. This is a highly significant contribution to language in education, to our understandings of language use and multiple but hitherto unnoticed aspects of the ways knowledge is constructed. It is a book that is likely to refocus educational research for many years to come, shifting the research landscape to the importance of talk outside the classroom for our understanding of 'official' talk inside the classroom. It is a book that is written in a lively and engaging style. In fact, it is a book that is not just gripping; it is genuinely groundbreaking.' - Ron Carter, Professor of Modern English Language, Nottingham University, UK 'Most impressive are the ways in which the work brings to life hybridity, emotion, and moral evaluation...Children's Voices serves as an important exemplar of the artful ways young people fashion lives and learning through dialogue, and of the compelling need for ethnographers, educators and linguists to find equally artful ways to render their accounts of language and learning.' - Deborah Hicks, Professor of Education and Women's Studies at Duke University, North Carolina, USA 'This book will be a valuable resource for educational researchers as well as teachers seeking to understand the importance of informal talk and the complexities of different forms of children's talk across official and unofficial school spaces and throughout the school day.' - Dennis Kwek, Language and Education, 22:2, 2008Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Transcription Conventions INTRODUCTION Focussing on the Margins Conceptualising Voice and Meaning-making Outline of the Chapters PART 1: SETTING THE SCENE Shifting the Lens The Researcher in the Data From Context to Contextualisation From Dialogue to Dialogicality Evaluation, Socialisation and Identity Towards a More Dynamic Language of Description PART 2: CONTEXT, GENRE AND FRAMES Switching Contexts The Generic Production of Meaning The Intertextual Construction of the Present Microcontexts: Manipulating Frames Conclusion PART 3: DIALOGUE AND COLLABORATION: GIRLS AND BOYS The Duet of Friendship Producing Unformalised Knowledge in Group Talk Gender, Communicative Style and Identity Conclusion PART 4: REPORTED VOICES AND EVALUATION Representing Voices: Grammatical and other Cues Invoking and Evaluating People Recreating Events Evaluation in Projected Speech and Reported Thought Conclusion PART 5: ARTICULATING DIALOGUE: AGENCY AND GENDER IN CHILDREN'S ANECDOTES Representing Experience and Exploring the Self Three Levels of Narrative Meaning Indexicalisation and Dialogic Relationships Conclusion PART 6:NARRATIVE REFLECTIONS AND MORAL COMPLEXITIES Articulating Moral Stances Beleaguered Positions Divided Loyalties Conclusion PART 7: SCHOOLED VOICES A Framework for Understanding Reproduced Voices Repetition and Appropriation in Teacher-Pupil Dialogue Reproducing Authoritative Voices: Appropriation and Styling Framing Work and Play Conclusion PART 8: OFFICIAL AND UNOFFICIAL LITERACIES Official Literacy: Power, Procedure and Product Hybrid Practices Unofficial Literacy Personal Writing: Identity and Regulation Conclusion CONCLUSION Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisA labourer, journalist and a professor who lived through four successive periods of German political history from the German Empire, through the Weimar Republic and the Nazi state through to the German Democratic Republic Victor Klemperer is regarded as one of the most vivid witnesses to a tumultuous century of European history. First published in 1957, The Language of the Third Reich arose from Klemperer''s conviction that the language of the Third Reich helped to create its culture. As Klemperer writes: ''It isn''t only Nazi actions that have to vanish, but also the Nazi cast of mind, the typical Nazi way of thinking, and its breeding ground: the language of Nazism.''Trade ReviewIt is obscene, in a sense, to relate Klemperer's situation to any subsequent intellectual enquiry conducted unmolested by tyranny. But studies of language - whether social, political or aesthetic - owe him a debt. They implicitly gesture towards his act of witness, and towards others like it. * Times Higher Educational *This book is an honest narrative of hope and oppression, touching in places and well written, in an accessible translation. -- M. Aaij * CHOICE *This book is a breathtaking balancing act, by turns horrifying and heroic, saddening and sardonic [...] of major historical importance and grippingly well-written -- Philip Riley, Book Review for The International Journal of Applied LinguisticsThis important, stimulating and necessary book should be required reading for all who want to understand what politicians are doing to us today ... it is full of anecdotes and details that illustrate the effect of the changes in language ... This is a vital book. -- Eric Hester, Catholic Times, April 2007On the basis of his painstaking ethical-linguistic examinations, Klemperer is one of the most valuable witnesses to the methods of totalitarian mental corruption. The lasting message of this book is one of constant vigilance: wherever the machinery of atrocity is in motion, the misuse of language will be supporting it. -- TImes Higher Educational, 17 June 10Equal parts linguistic analysis and survivor’s memoir, Victor Klemperer’s The Language of The Third Reich (LTI) is noteworthy for its insight, intelligence, clarity, and even caustic humor … LTI is also a book that, given its author’s travails, is remarkably absent of bitterness. Though a victim, Klemperer does not write as a victim but rather as a once-captive though now-distant (even with the space of one year) observer to a language simultaneously terrifying and spellbinding. A Dresden Jew who had lived through the dark night of the Third Reich, Klemperer writes about his oppression with cool subjectivity. Yet in his cool subjectivity, Klemperer does not leave Nazism unscathed. * Rhetoric & Public Affairs *Table of ContentsHeroism (Instead of an Introduction) \ 1. LTI \ 2. Prelude \3. Distinguishing Feature: Poverty \ 4. Partenau \ 5. From the Diary of theFirst Year \ 6. The First Three Words of the Nazi Language \ 7. Aufziehen \ 8. Ten Years of Fascism \ 9.Fanatical \ 10. Autocthonous Writing \ 11. Blurring Boundaries \ 12.Punctuation \ 13. Names \ 14. Kohlenklau\ 15. Knif \ 16. On a Single Working Day \ 17. 'System' and 'Organisation' \ 18. I Believe In Him \ 19. Personal Announcementsas an LTI Revision Book \ 20. What Remains? \ 21. German Roots \ 22. A Sunny Weltanschauung (Chance Discoveries WhileReading) \ 23. If Two People Do the Same Thing... \ 24. Café Europa \ 25. TheStar \ 26. The Jewish War \ 27. The Jewish Spectacles \ 28. The Language of theVictor \ 29. Zion \ 30. The Curse of the Superlative \ 31. From the GreatMovement Forward... \ 32. Boxing \ 33. Gefolgschaft \ 34. The One Syllable \ 35.Running Hot and Cold \ 36. Putting the Theory to the Test \ ''Cos of Certain Expressions' (AnAfterword) \ Index.

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Book SynopsisRobert McColl Millar examines how language has been used in Scotland since the earliest times. While primarily focusing on the histories of the speakers of Scots and Gaelic, and their competition with the encroaching use of (Scottish) Standard English, he also traces the decline and eventual 'death' of Pictish, British and Norn.

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Book SynopsisDrawing on four decades of research, Bernard Spolsky presents an updated theory of language policy that starts with the individual speaker instead of the nation.Trade Review"Breathtaking in scope, Rethinking Language Policy offers a world tour of language policy by a scholar whose work has defined the field. Demonstrating that language policy depends on many non-linguistic factors, Professor Spolsky leads readers from the individual, to the familial, to the myriad institutional forces that shape language policy, illustrating it all with case examples through time and across every region of the globe. Timely, fascinating, and highly accessible, this unparalleled comparative account reveals language policy as practices, beliefs, and management mediated by relations of power." -Teresa L. McCarty, GF Kneller Chair in Education and Anthropology, University of California

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Book SynopsisLyle Campbell's linguistic fieldwork has taken him to numerous countries, sometimes in challenging circumstances. Written with humour, heart, and a clear dedication to endangered languages and their speakers, his vivid memoir is a lesson not only on life in the field but on the importance of documenting indigenous languages.

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Book SynopsisSociolinguistics is one of the central branches of modern linguistics and deals with the place of language in human societies. This introductory textbook expertly synthesises the main approaches to the subject.

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Book SynopsisSince its first publication in 1998, Mary Talbot’s Language and Gender has been a leading textbook, popular with students for its accessibility and with teachers for the range and depth it achieves in a single volume. This anticipated third edition has been thoroughly revised and updated for the era of #MeToo, genderqueer, Trump, and cyberhate. The book is organized into three parts. An introductory section provides grounding in early ‘classic' studies in the field. In the second section, Talbot examines language used by women and men in a variety of speech situations and genres. The last section considers the construction and performance of gender in discourse, reflecting the interest in mass media and popular culture found in recent research, as well as the preoccupation with social change that is central to Critical Discourse Analysis. Maintaining an emphasis on recent research, Talbot covers a range of approaches at an introductory level, lucidly presenting sometimes difficult and complex issues. Each chapter concludes with a list of recommended readings, enabling students to further their interests in various topics. Language and Gender will continue to be an essential textbook for undergraduates and postgraduates in linguistics, sociolinguistics, cultural and media studies, gender studies and communication studies.Trade Review"The author moves smoothly and coherently from more traditional approaches to language and gender through to very recent research in areas such as discourse and consumerism, and language, gender and sexuality. Different approaches, including Critical Discourse Analysis and social constructionism, are demonstrated, and difficult concepts are clearly and comprehensibly presented. Mary Talbot's own research enriches and enlivens the discussion throughout. The text is extensively illustrated with interesting examples, many of which are taken from recent published research, thus introducing students to relevant and authentic material." Janet Holmes, Victoria University of WellingtonTable of Contents 20 years on... Preface to the third edition Acknowledgements Transcription conventions PART I: Preliminaries: Airing Stereotypes and Early Models 1 Language and gender 2 Talking proper 3 ‘Women’s language’ and ‘man made language’ PART II: Interaction among Women and Men 4 Telling stories 5 Conversation 6 Difference-and-dominance and beyond PART III: Discourse and Gender: Construction and Performance 7 Critical perspectives on gender identity 8 Consumerism 9 New men and old boys 10 Professionally speaking 11 Language, gender and sexuality 12 Reclaiming the language References Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume aims to capture evidence of marginalized voices in various contexts globally and show how speakers seek to reclaim their voices and challenge power relations. The chapters reveal how speakers actively confront inequities in society such as the unequal distribution of resources. Through bottom-up initiatives and conscious involvement in language use, documentation and the development of language domains, speakers can address issues of language-based marginalization, (re)establish linguistic human rights and reclaim their linguistic and cultural identity. Chapters in the volume explore commitments to democratic participation, to voice, to the heterogeneity of linguistic resources and to the political value of sociolinguistic understanding. Drawing upon the framework of linguistic citizenship, they link questions of language to sociopolitical discourses of justice, rights and equity, as well as to issues of power and access within a political and democratic framework. Trade ReviewThe Power of Voice in Transforming Multilingual Societies is an urgent call to analysts, theorists, researchers, think-tankers, policymakers, and governments to take seriously the voice and (socio)linguistic citizenship of marginalized citizens. Each chapter makes an important intervention on how to uplift every multilingual voice and advances the utility of (socio)linguistic citizenship, first developed in the global South. * Quentin Williams, University of the Western Cape, South Africa *With its focus on minoritized and marginalized groups of speakers and signers, this book brings together case studies from often overlooked contexts, and in particular from the Global South. It makes a committed plea for the recognition of linguistic difference, for equal access to resources and rights despite difference and for multilingual interaction across difference. * Brigitta Busch, University of Vienna, Austria *An impressive range of case studies on communities that have been largely neglected in the literature. The authors analyze multilingualism under duress and offer insights on how a world of minoritized yet resilient language communities are reclaiming territory in contested spaces such as urban centers, social media forums, and the multilingual classroom. In the grand tradition of Multilingual Matters, each contribution is replete with ideas for praxis. * Daniel Kaufman, City University of New York and the Endangered Language Alliance, USA *Table of ContentsContributors Julia Gspandl, Christina Korb, Angelika Heiling and Elizabeth J. Erling: The Power of Voice in Transforming Multilingual Societies: An Introduction Part 1. Multilingual Practices Chapter 1. Mary Edward: Multilingualism in Adamorobe and the Case for Adamorobe Sign Language (AdaSL) Chapter 2. Agnes Grond: Şexbizinî Facebook Groups: Virtual Communities as Spaces for Practice, Maintenance and Exploration of an Endangered Language Chapter 3. Vlada V. Baranova: The Grassroots Initiatives for the Revitalization of Kalmyk: Who is Involved in Language Planning, and How? Part 2. Facilitating Voice Chapter 4. Sandra Radinger: Reclaiming Voice in the Austrian Refugee Context through Experiences of Ambiguity Chapter 5. Melissa Barnes and Katrina Tour: Giving Voice to Mothers from Refugee Backgrounds: Their Agentic Roles in Children’s Learning Chapter 6. Anik Nandi, Maite Garcia-Ruiz and Ibon Manterola: Reclaiming Voice through Family Language Policies: Parental (Socio)linguistic Citizenship in Castilian-Spanish-Dominated Multilingual Settings Part 3. Building Communities of Voicing Chapter 7. Danny Foster: (Socio)linguistic Citizenship in Rural Tanzania: A Perspective from the Capability Approach Chapter 8. Eilidh McEwan: Deaf Capabilities in the Global South: Reflections on Sign Languages and Emancipation Using the Capabilities Approach Chapter 9. Khoi Nguyen: Forming (Socio)linguistic Citizenship through Philanthropy on Facebook Pages of the Vietnamese Diaspora in the UK Chapter 10. Phoebe Siu, Bong-gi Sohn and Angel M.Y. Lin: Reclaiming a Plurilingual Voice in EMI Classrooms: Co-creating Translanguaging Space through the Multimodalities-Entextualisation Cycle Ben Rampton, Mel Cooke, Constant Leung, Dermot Bryers, Becky Winstanley and Sam Holmes: Afterword: Localising (Socio)linguistic Citizenship Index

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Book Synopsis‘Telling and compelling’ Susie Dent, author of Word Perfect ‘Rob Drummond has achieved something very special in this book’ David Crystal, author of How Language Works ‘Intriguing and engaging’ Gyles Brandreth, author of Word Play Why do we have different accents and where do they come from? Why do you say ‘tomayto’ and I say ‘tomahto’? And is one way of speaking better than another? In You’re All Talk, linguist Rob Drummond explores the enormous diversity in our spoken language to reveal extraordinary insights into how humans operate: how we perceive (and judge) other people and how we would like ourselves to be perceived. He investigates how and why we automatically associate different accents with particular social characteristics — degrees of friendliness, authority, social class, level of education, race, and so on — and how we, consciously or subconsciously, change the way we speak in order to create different versions of ourselves to fit different environments. Ultimately, You’re All Talk demonstrates the beauty of linguistic diversity and how embracing it can give us a better understanding of other people — and ourselves.Trade Review‘Rob Drummond is a brilliant tour guide around the endless labyrinths of the way we speak; in this book he hosts the talk show of our lives, ensuring that we listen hard to ourselves and everybody else.’ -- Ian McMillan‘For years, working exclusively in radio, my voice was my whole professional self. It is still vastly important now. With a voice — an accent — like mine, I suspect a career in news broadcasting would have been almost impossible a generation or two ago. In a fortunate twist of timing, as minds have broadened, I suspect it’s actually been an advantage to me and helped me stand out. I am fascinated by accents — and all the perceptions they haul around with them. This is a brilliantly written analysis. It is warm and human in tone. Rob wears his vast expertise lightly, meaning the lay reader is engaged, informed, and entertained in equal measures. I’d thoroughly recommend it.’ -- Chris Mason, BBC Political Editor‘A telling and compelling exploration of spoken English, charting the joys and risks of individual accents, and why we perceive them the way we do. Through a mix of history, anecdotes, and topical examples, Drummond brings light and humour into a gnarly subject that affects every one of us.’ -- Susie Dent, author of Word Perfect‘Rob Drummond has achieved something very special in this book — an account of accents and identity that reaches across the generations, from concerned oldie to innovative TikToker, and shows how a sociolinguistic perspective can help reduce the anxieties and tensions that so often surround this topic. He writes: “the world would be a better place if people knew just a bit more about how we communicate”. I’m in no doubt that You’re All Talk, with its humour, clarity, and breadth of illustration, will help make that happen.’ -- David Crystal, author of How Language Works‘We are what we say — and Rob Drummond’s intriguing and engaging book proves it.’ -- Gyles Brandreth, author of Word Play‘Drummond gives us a history lesson as to how the different accents developed and changed around the world, and how they continue to evolve and change today … You're All Talk by Rob Drummond is highly recommended for non fiction readers interested in language and communication and why we speak the way we do.’ * Carpe Librum *

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Book SynopsisThis book analyses the letters of marginalised groups of World War I soldiers - including Black, Indian and disabled ex-servicemen - from a linguistic perspective, looking at issues such as descriptions of disability, identity and migration, dealing with minority groups who have long been rendered invisible, and exploring how these writers position themselves in relation to the 'other'. The author makes use of a corpus-assisted approach to examine identity construction and performance, shedding light on a previously under-explored demographic. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of World War I history, language and identity, psychological and physical disability, as well as readers seeking a fresh angle on a key period of 20th century history. Table of ContentsList of illustrations and tablesAcknowledgements Abbreviations used in text 1. Introduction Compiling the corpus The letter: Metacommunicative features in colonial correspondence Post-war letters to the Lord Mayor of Liverpool: Epistolary constructions of identity Historical learning disabilities: linguistic abilities of ex-servicemen with imbecility, feeblemindedness and mental deficiency in the Ministry of Pension files Psychological disability, word use and identity: language in ex-servicemen’s letters to the Ministry of Pensions Keywords in the DSM manuals: an analysis of psychological disorders of warfare Europe through Indian Eyes: constructions of foreignness in Indian soldiers’ letters 9. Conclusion Index Appendices

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Book SynopsisThis book asks how we—as citizens, immigrants, activists, teachers—can counter the abuse of language in our midst. How can we take back the power of language from those who flaunt that power to silence or erase us and our fellows? In search of answers, Linguistic Disobedience recalls ages and situations that made critiquing, correcting, and caring for language essential for survival. From turn-of-the-twentieth-century Central Europe to the miseries of the Third Reich, from the Movement for Black Lives to the ongoing effort to decolonize African languages, the study and practice of linguistic disobedience have been crucial. But what are we to do today, when reactionary supremacists and authoritarians are screen-testing their own forms of so-called disobedience to quash oppositional social justice movements and their languages? Blending lyric essay with cultural criticism, historical analysis, and applied linguistics, Linguistic Disobedience offers suggestions for a hopeful pathway forward in violent times.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Obeying and Disobeying.- Chapter 1: Critique.- Chapter 2: Correction.- Chapter 3: Care.- Epilogue: Finding Our Minds.

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Book SynopsisWhat do we mean when we say "the people"? In a Nordic context, the word "people" was historically associated not with members of a sovereign nation but of a household, church, or state. The term remains a battlefield of mixed or even opposing interests and has developed at least three different meanings: a political unit, a cultural entity, and a social multitude.Modern historian Ove Korsgaard focuses on the crucial struggles over who has (or has not) belonged to the people over the past 175 years, and elucidates their implications for state and nation building in Denmark and other Nordic countries.

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Book Synopsis"Guy Deutscher is that rare beast, an academic who talks good sense about linguistics... he argues in a playful and provocative way, that our mother tongue does indeed affect how we think and, just as important, how we perceive the world." Observer *Does language reflect the culture of a society? *Is our mother-tongue a lens through which we perceive the world? *Can different languages lead their speakers to different thoughts? In Through the Language Glass, acclaimed author Guy Deutscher will convince you that, contrary to the fashionable academic consensus of today, the answer to all these questions is - yes. A delightful amalgam of cultural history and popular science, this book explores some of the most fascinating and controversial questions about language, culture and the human mind.Trade ReviewJaw-droppingly wonderful ... A marvellous and surprising book which left me breathless and dizzy with delight. The ironic, playful tone at the beginning gradates into something serious that is never pompous, intellectually and historically complex and yet always pellucidly laid out. Plus I learned the word plaidoyer which I shall do my utmost to use every day * Stephen Fry *Fabulously interesting ... a remarkably rich, provocative and intelligent work of pop science * Sunday Times *Brilliant [and] beautifully written * Financial Times *So robustly researched and wonderfully told that it is hard to put down * New Scientist *A delight to read * Spectator *

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Book SynopsisA collection of essays about language and its constructive role in national culture, history, and identity, that advocates for linguistic decolonization.Trade ReviewMany of the ideas are familiar from Ngugi's earlier critical books, and earlier lectures, elsewhere. But the material here has a new context and the ideas a new focus. This leading African writer presents the arguments for using African language and forms after successfully using an African language himself. - -- Anne Walmsley * THE GUARDIAN *... after 25 years of independence, there is beginning to emerge a generation of writers for whom colonialism is a matter of history and not of direct personal experience. In retrospect that literature characterised by Ngugi as Afro-European - the literature written by Africans in European languages - will come to be seen as part and parcel of the uneasy period between colonialism and full independence, a period equally reflected in the continent's political instability as it attempts to find its feet. Ngugi's importance - and that of this book - lies in the courage with which he has confronted this most urgent of issues. - -- Adewale Maja-Pearce * THE NEW STATESMAN *Ngũgĩ's is a many splendored book. It is the personal testimony of an author who has fought a long battle of his own to undo the colonization of his mind. At the same time the book presents a historical analysis of subversion of personal identities and cultures of the colonized peoples in the process of colonization. It is also a book on the historical development of orature and literature in Africa. Finally, it is an essay in literary theory and criticism on the role of the artist in society. Ngũgĩ writes about Africa, his analysis applies to all of the Third World. -- African Studies Review

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Book SynopsisGrasping how to swear is a crucial skill to any English-speaker, but it can be a tricky business. Owing to the rich and complex history of swearing, a single word can have a host of different meanings – from expressing surprise, excitement, anger, celebration, disgust or simply that you’re fucked off. If you don’t get it right, you could really be in the shit.How to Swear, by graphic artist and swearing-connoisseur Stephen Wildish, uses all manner of charts and flow diagrams to teach you all you need to know, including: the building blocks of an effective insult; the adverbial uses of various types of animal excrement (horseshit, apeshit etc); and the different parts of speech a swear word can fulfil: ‘Fucking fuck, the fucking fucker’s fucked’. This charming (and rude) book will take you right to the heart of the wondrous world of swearing, with a lot of laughs on the way.

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Book SynopsisEssential study guides for the future linguist. Language and Power is an introduction to how English is used to influence, persuade and position us within hierarchies. It is suitable for students at advanced level and beyond. Written with input from the Cambridge English Corpus, it looks at the linguistic techniques in situations where language is used to exert influence, exploring how contexts affect the language we use. Short activities help explain analysis methods, guiding students through major modern issues and concepts. It summarises key concerns and modern findings, while providing inspiration for language investigations and non-examined assessments (NEAs) with research suggestions.Table of Contents1. Language and power: 1.1. Inequality and power imbalance in society; 1.2. The power of language; 2. Types of power: 2.1. Concepts about power; 2.2. Politeness as a power tool; 2.3. Power and genre; 3. Language, power and the media: 3.1. Access to the media; 3.2. The language and power of journalism; 3.3. The language and power of advertising; 3.4. The language and power of charity appeals; 4. Language, power and occupation: 4.1. Exclusive features of occupational language; 4.2. Workplace interactions; 4.3. The negotiation of roles: the customer is always right; 5. Language, power and education: 5.1. Traditional classroom discourse; 5.2. A more collaborative classroom; 6. Language, power and politics: 6.1. Ideology and critical discourse analysis; 6.2. Political rhetoric in speeches, interviews and debates; 7. Language, power and the law: 7.1. A register rooted in tradition; 7.2. Functions and features of legal language in written discourse; 7.3. Spoken language in the courtroom; Ideas and answers; References.

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Book Synopsis‘The first and perhaps only book on the relative merits of American and British English that is dominated by facts and analysis rather than nationalistic prejudice. For all its scholarship, this is also a funny and rollicking read.’ The Economist, Books of the Year Only an American would call autumn fall or refer to a perfectly good pavement as a sidewalk… Not so, says Lynne Murphy. The English invented sidewalk in the seventeenth century and in 1693 John Dryden wrote the line, ‘Or how last fall he raised the weekly bills.’ Perhaps we don’t know our own language quite as well as we thought. Murphy, an American linguist in Britain, dissects the myths surrounding British and American English in a laugh-out-loud exploration of how language works and where it's going.Trade Review‘The first and perhaps only book on the relative merits of American and British English that is dominated by facts and analysis rather than nationalistic prejudice. For all its scholarship, this is also a funny and rollicking read.’ * The Economist, Books of the Year *‘[Murphy’s] delivery is sparkling, her approach mischievous, her material brightened by the unexpected…a potpourri of enchanting, counterintuitive surprises…The Prodigal Tongue is playful, funny, smart and often humbling…Murphy’s prose is beguiling, and sprinkled with sprightly quotations...before the apocalypse, you could do worse than read Lynne Murphy’s delightful book.’ * Times Literary Supplement *‘Witty and erudite...what lifts The Prodigal Tongue is Murphy’s deep learning, lightly worn, in linguistics and linguistic history...fascinating.’ * Financial Times *‘A fun, practical and intelligent book which reminds us it’s OK to say tomato both ways.’ * The American, Books of the Year *‘Murphy ranges far and wide, with much wonderful detail and colour. She is particularly good on sport, manners, class and death, and her observations on food are fascinating.’ * The Times *‘Murphy’s book is pedantic, but for once the definition is positive: she gets things right, offers proof and skewers inaccuracy, and does so with wit and erudition.’ * Daily Telegraph *‘A fascinating book.’ * SORTED Magazine *‘Delightful… Murphy’s great love for language radiates from these pages… Her examples are often funny and always apt…[her] book serves as an open-minded argument for tolerance and understanding.’ * New York Times Book Review *‘Entertaining and sometimes gleeful…The Prodigal Tongue is ultimately a celebration of the richness and diversity of English.’ * New Statesman *‘Fascinating and surprising…a witty and erudite celebration of the English language.’ * i *‘Murphy has an amusing facility for zapping tired language myths… But the most striking feature of her writing is a fascination with the quirks of usage. She succeeds in her ambition to increase “our enjoyment of our common language and our pride in it”.’ * Wall Street Journal *‘The engaging, thoughtful and humorous approach makes for a readable and informative experience.’ * Irish Times *‘[Murphy] writes with wit and flair, wearing her erudition lightly…a swell read.’ * The Arts Desk *‘I love this book. Sassy but balanced, authoritative but fun: this is a must for anyone who fears that English is going to the American dogs.’ -- Susie Dent, Countdown’s resident lexicographer and author of Dent’s Modern Tribes‘Finally, this emotional topic gets the hilarious, myth-demolishing and stereotype-smashing take it needed. As an American in London I couldn't stop talking about it with everyone I met.’ -- Lane Greene, author of You Are What You Speak‘The Prodigal Tongue is great fun – impeccably researched and outright funny at the same time… Murphy is one smart cookie, or should I say biscuit?’ -- Patricia T. O’Conner, author of Woe Is I‘The war of words waged between Americans and Brits has been filled with dour pedantry on both sides – which is what makes Murphy’s book such a welcome and refreshing revelation… With wit and expertise, The Prodigal Tongue calls all English speakers home to a language big enough for both fries and chips, bumbershoots and brollies.’ -- Kory Stamper, author of Word by Word‘No one knows how to navigate the transatlantic language divide better than Lynne Murphy. Moving beyond facile stereotypes about British and American English, she delves into subtle linguistic nuances with wit and aplomb. The Prodigal Tongue is a wonderful reading experience for anyone interested in understanding the true nature of these two distinct “nationlects”.’ -- Ben Zimmer, language columnist for The Wall Street Journal‘Forget the usual bumbershoots and lifts and lorries – Lynne Murphy’s book on the difference between English in America and English in England is full of much more interesting things… You'll be chuffed as nuts on every page.’ -- John McWhorter, author of Words On the Move and Talking Back, Talking Black

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the topics of English accents and pronunciation. It highlights their connections with several important issues in the study of English in the world, including intelligibility, identity, and globalization. The unifying strand is provided by English pronunciation models: what do these models consist of, and why? The focus on pronunciation teaching is combined with sociolinguistic perspectives on global English, and the wider question asked by the book is: what does it mean to teach English pronunciation in a globalized world? The book takes Hong Kong â âAsiaâs World Cityâ â as a case study of how global and local influences interact, and of how decisions about teaching need to reflect this interaction. It critically examines existing approaches to global English, such as World Englishes and English as a Lingua Franca, and considers their contributions as well as their limitations in the Hong Kong context. A data-based approach with quantitative and qualitative data Table of Contents1. Introduction: Soundings in global English 2. Global English: A sociolinguistic toolkit 3. Accent and Pronunciation 4. Accents and Communication: Intelligibility in global English 5. Teaching English Pronunciation: The models debate 6. English in Hong Kong: The sociolinguistic soundscape 7. Somewhere Between: Accent and pronunciation in Hong Kong 8. Conclusions: Teaching English pronunciation in a globalized world

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Book SynopsisSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 T. S. ELIOT PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZEA GUARDIAN AND FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A wonder of a collection' Caleb Azumah Nelson'Thrilling ... once-in-a-generation' Jackie Kay'Genius ... tells a thousand stories in stunningly crafted verse' Nikita Gill'Remarkable, textured ... Yomi Sode is a beautiful storyteller' Candice Carty-Williams'Heartbreaking ... This debut is the living heart and soul of contemporary poetry' Pascale Petit'Vivid, beautiful and deeply moving' Rt Hon Diane Abbott MP'Yomi Sode writes with clarity, anger and love' Andrew Graham-Dixon'Searing, shimmering, brilliant' Yrsa Daley-Ward'A must for all lovers of poetry and its power' Roger Robinson'Manorism is a classic' Caleb FemiImpassioned, insightful, electric, Manorism is a poetic examination of the lives of Black British men and boys: propped up and hemmed in by contemporary masculinity, deepened by family, misrepresented in the media, and complicated by the riches, and the costs, of belonging and inheritance. It is also an exploration of the differences of impunity afforded to white and Black people, and to white and Black artists.Caravaggio - originally, unexpectedly - looms large: as a man who moved between spheres of exalted patronage and petty criminality; as a painter who, amid the elegant conventions of late Mannerism, forged his own style of visceral dark and light; and as an individual whose recognized genius was allowed to legitimate and excuse his violence.In this profound and moving debut, Yomi Sode asks: what does it mean to find oneself between worlds - to 'code-switch', adapting one's speech and manners to widely differing cultural contexts? Who is, and who isn't, allowed to be more than their origins? And what do we owe each other? What do we owe ourselves?Trade ReviewManorism is a wonder of a collection. Yomi writes into the space where silence has been enforced, with language so dexterous it sings, with an honesty that is as sure as it is vulnerable. Throughout the collection, he gives language to grief, acute and enormous. He speaks not only to the moments we might falter in the face of our mourning but also to how we might rebuild, how we might not only survive those who pass, but thrive. What a joy it is to hold these words -- Caleb Azumah Nelson, author of OPEN WATERThe mandem, mourning, mores and manners - Yomi Sode's Manorism is a thrilling new world to inhabit. Tender, lyrical, questioning, fierce, these poems make you think about the world we live in and how we treat the black men in it . . . This is one of those books that comes along once in a generation and influences generations to come -- Jackie Kay, author of RED DUST ROAD and former Makar of ScotlandYomi Sode writes with clarity, anger and love. Manorism reminds me of the paintings of Caravaggio. Empathy and chiaroscuro. More shadow than light. But that is the way of the world -- Andrew Graham-Dixon, author of CARAVAGGIO: A LIFE SACRED AND PROFANEVivid, beautiful and deeply moving. Yomi Sode is a gifted storyteller who pours everything into this sharp and brilliant exploration of Black British masculinity in all its complexity -- Rt Hon Diane Abbott MPSearing, shimmering, brilliant. As hard to swallow as it is to put down. -- Yrsa Daley-Ward, author of THE HOWA remarkable, textured education in what it means to be made up of different parts, of light and dark places, and of worlds that we know, and that we don't. Yomi Sode is a beautiful storyteller who pieces it all together -- Candice Carty-Williams, author of PEOPLE PERSONI don't think I've ever read such a heartbreaking collection as this angry but deeply vulnerable and tender portrait of Black masculinity. Manorism rages, yet plays with its urgent themes, mixing Yoruba with colloquial speech in a luscious mix of registers and references, from Caravaggio to Mr Marcus, inventing new ways to describe generational trauma and what it's like to endure racism. This debut is the living heart and soul of contemporary poetry -- Pascale Petit, author of TIGER GIRLIn his juxtapositions of paintings, black urban life and media, he makes us think of what poetry can be: that the book itself is the poem, and each topic a stanza in a bigger epiphany ... A must for all lovers of poetry and its power -- Roger Robinson, author of A PORTABLE PARADISEWhen I speak of justice and anger written with luminous genius, I will forever be speaking of Yomi Sode's Manorism, a glorious, furious collection that tells a thousand stories in stunningly crafted verse. A triumph that everyone should read -- Nikita Gill, author of GREAT GODDESSES and WILD EMBERSManorism is a stunning debut collection. Yomi Sode's poems examine the various lenses observing the black body in Britain, the implications of its passage between class, cultural and racial spaces. His words are indelible . . . rich with images that shake your core and a sharpness in its technicality. Manorism is a classic -- Caleb Femi, author of POORManorism is a work of sincerity that cuts deep. It's a work that is at once comprehensive and incredibly personal. Reading it I felt my heartbeat change pace, faster and slower. The book is about families, society, being Black in Britain, being a cousin, a nephew, a son and the hope for the future that being a father brings. Yomi is a griot, a voice in which we can hear the ancestors, a voice for now and a prophet of future possibilities -- Arike Oke, Executive Director of Knowledge and Collections, BFIThis is a such an important collection. Yomi Sode's debut articulates the most subtle nuances of Black British Masculinity with a breathtaking vulnerability. Truly, Manorism is something new - an interrogation of realities that have been too often ignored, through the lens of experiences that have been pushed into the margins . . . [It] bring[s] the full humanity of Blackness into the centre, through poetry that pushes at boundaries while inviting you in -- Jeffrey Boakye, author of I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID and BLACK, LISTEDManorism. A Black British Diasporic way of being. A sense of place. A posture . . . Yomi Sode interrogates this sociocultural phenomenon, looking at masculinity, intergenerational violence and historical legacy . . . This is a British continuation of the conversation Claudia Rankine started . . . These are necessary poems: poems as prayer songs, poems as testimony -- Malika Booker, author of PEPPER SEEDA brilliant ode to the mandem -- Femi OyeniranManorism is filled with poetry of a breath held, a fist clenched and held behind the back, the knockout beckoning always. An ambitious and adventurous debut, brimming with heart -- Nii Ayikwei Parkes, author of TAIL OF THE BLUE BIRDThe birth of a new poetic storyteller -- Nick Makoha, author of THE DARKYomi is not ramping. This is a rich, nuanced, emotional collection. I read about myself and my people, felt an affinity in the expression of experiences we share and felt feelings only we feel. Thank you for this, Yomi -- Jade LB, author of KEISHA THE SKETBoth sharp-eyed and rich with complex feeling, Manorism is an exquisite collection -- Nadia Owusu, author of AFTERSHOCKSPart-confession, part-conjuring and wholly unique, Yomi Sode's debut collection is unflinching. As he writes, "Our stories are open wounds." ?ode takes us on a visceral journey, spilling secrets nakedly, not allowing us to look away from the hard truth. And we're better for it -- Peter Kahn, author of LITTLE KINGSAn incredibly poignant and layered collection that masterfully graduates from the past, roots us in the present and speaks to the ages all at once. Manorism is a striking, visceral voyage between cultures, languages and histories in ode to the precious lives of Black boys and men -- Sofia AkelI think one day, Yomi Sode's Manorism will be required reading for a generation of young Black men. [This book is h]is widescreen and expansive examination of what it's like to navigate the complexities of British society as a Black man. From the moments of triumph to those of bleak loss, Sode brings poetic brilliance to the collection's entire range of subject matter -- Athian Akec, Youth MP for CamdenA breathtaking and tender exploration of Black boyhood, manhood, fatherhood and grief -- Aniefiok EkpoudomA work of formal experimentation, where lyric essays nestle against play-let structures, in service of a Claudia Rankine-esque determination to bear witness and find frameworks with which we can look at the world properly, fully ... Brilliant ... It's like fireworks going off ... Sode is unflinching and fearless ... Manorism's real gift to us as readers is, ultimately, Sode's deep and unfailing humanity. This is a book in which love can be found -- Rishi Dastidar * Poetry School Blog *Yomi Sode's Manorism has both its feet planted firmly on the ground - but as a collection, it spends much of its existence split between various opposing worlds of imagination: Black and white, past and present, peaceful and chaotic . . . It forces readers to question what violence we consider beautiful, which victims worthy of framing and hanging on a white wall? . . . Manorism cuts to the quick, openly daring readers to look at the blood spilled within its pages . . . [It] gleams like a whittled blade -- Ariana Benson * Magma Poetry *

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Book SynopsisLinguistic Penalties and the Job Interview looks at a relatively untapped area of language and social life: the role of language and interaction in constructing the job interview and how this role produces disadvantage in the linguistically diverse communities of the western world. It relates the specific activity of the job interview to the wider field of institutional discourse and discusses relevant social theories in the light of the data. The volume considers job interviews as key 'gatekeeping' encounters within the workplace from two main perspectives: interviews as extreme examples of social evaluation, showing how inferential processes of moment to moment talk in interaction can lead to the 'small tragedies' of everyday life; and interviews as a window into social inequality more generally. It illustrates interactional sociolinguistic and linguistic ethnography methodology through the job interview and workplace data and argues for the importance of practical relevance - applying sociolinguistic analysis to educational interventions.Table of ContentsCHAPTER 1 Introduction CHAPTER 2 Performing the Institutional Self CHAPTER 3 Researching Ethnic and Linguistic Penalties CHAPTER 4 Competency Models and Covert Linguistic Penalties CHAPTER 5 Institutional, Professional and Personal Discourses CHAPTER 6 Narrating the Self Through Professional Discourse CHAPTER 7 The Interview as a Joint Production CHAPTER 8 Decision Making: Institutional Evaluation, Local Practices and Writing the Interview CHAPTER 9 Migrant Candidates and the Linguistic Penalty CHAPTER 10 Knowledge and Experience Brought into the Interview CHAPTER 11 Linguistic Footprints

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Book SynopsisGreek Language, Italian Landscape traces the transformation of language ideologies and practices of Griko, a variety of Modern Greek used in the Italian province of Lecce, and proposes the concept of “the cultural temporality of language” to describe how locals are converting what was once considered a “backward language” into a symbolic resource.

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Book SynopsisInternational migration and the social diversity it creates constitute one of the key global challenges of the early 21st century. Language and communication barriers can compromise equitable access in diverse societies, and where socioeconomic disadvantage becomes entrenched, it poses risks to security, productivity and quality of life. Clearly this is an important issue, and migrants and their language choices are heavily politicized; though political and media debates often rely on anecdotal conjecture or are ill-informed.Life in a New Language examines the language learning and settlement experiences of 130 migrants to Australia from 34 different countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America over a period of 20 years. Reusing data shared from six separate sociolinguistic ethnographies, the book illuminates participants'' lived experience of learning and communicating in a new language, finding work, and doing family. Additionally, participants'' experiences with racism and identity making in a new context are explored. The research uncovers significant hardship but also migrants'' courage and resilience. The book has implications for language service provision, migration policy, open science, and social justice movements.

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Book SynopsisFrom the twins Osugi and Peeco to longstanding icon Miwa Akihiro, Claire Maree traces the figure of the Japanese queerqueen, showing how a diversity of gender identifications, sexual orientations, and discursive styles are commodified and packaged together to form this character. Representations of gay men''s speech have changed in tandem with gender norms, increasingly crossing over into popular media via the body of the authentic gay male up to and including the current LGBT boom in Japan. In this context, queerqueen demonstrates how commercial practices of recording, transcribing, and editing spoken interactions and use of on-screen text encode queerqueen speech as inherently excessive and in need of containment. Tackling questions of authenticity, self-censorship, and the restrictions of heteronormativity within this perception of queer excess, Maree shows how queerqueen styles reproduce stereotypes of gender, sexuality, and desire that are essential to the business of mainstream entertainment.Trade ReviewWhat linguistic anthropologist Miyako Inoue did for Japanese women's language, Maree has done for onē-kotoba and onē-kyara—the language of queerqueen personalities. While Maree draws on examples from Japanese media, the book is a must-read for anyone working on media of any sort. Maree lays bare the manipulations at play and the heteronormative norms that undergird social media today. * Cindy SturtzSreetharan, Melbourne Asia Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction Queerqueens: An Introduction Chapter One Booms: Recycling the Visual and Sonic Image of the Queerqueen Figure Chapter Two Excess in Print: (Re)tracing Conversational Dialogues Chapter Three Queen-personality talk: Writing queens on the Small Screen Chapter Four Linguistic Chaos: Hybrid Animation and the Queerqueen Chapter Five Beeping Deluxe: Staging Self-censorship and the Limits of Excess Chapter Six Heave-ho: Radical Recontextualization Chapter Seven Cyclical Movements or Writing Excess

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Book SynopsisWhy do we speak the way we do, and what do our voices tell others about us? What is the truth behind the myths that surround how we speak? Jane Setter explores these and other fascinating questions in an accessible and engaging account that will appeal to anyone interested in how we use our voices in daily life.Trade ReviewIn sum, Setter presents a wide-ranging survey of linguistic variation and speech perception in the British Isles to introduce non-specialists to linguistics. Nevertheless, for linguists who do not specialize on this region, this work is equally engaging. Setter also demonstrates with facility how using multiple media enriches the presentation of linguistic work. * Tracey Adams, University of Texas at Austin, Linguist List *Review from previous edition This book had me hooked ... sprightly and informative. * James McConnachie, The Sunday Times *Setter's book provides an enjoyable, informative discussion of the relevance of our voice for our identity and how we perceive others. * Carolina Gonzalez, LINGUIST List *Setter applies phonetic analysis to a range of aspects of daily life in a way that is approachable to a wide audience. * Megan Storey, Library Journal *In Your Voice Speaks Volumes, Jane Setter... has produced a primer on some interesting aspects of the spoken word. * Graham Elliott, The Linguist *Jane is excellent at making linguistics, particularly phonetics, crystal clear for the uninitiated. She uses that talent to great effect in her first book for the general public... This book is an important instrument for fighting accentism and other linguistic prejudice in the UK. It might make a nice gift for that person in your life who says they "care deeply about the English language", but really what they mean is "I like to judge other people's use of the English language". * Lynne Murphy, Separated by a Common Language *This is a fascinating book combining personal experience, British and international culture and society and above all scientific understanding of spoken language, how it works and how it is perceived around the world. * Training, Language and Culture, Maurice Cassidy *Innovative, informative, and full of human warmth. Jane Setter brings a personal perspective to the subject that is both insightful and moving. * David Crystal *Drawing on her two distinct areas of expertise -phonetics and rock singing- Jane Setter offers a fascinating and approachable account of the human voice and what it can say about us to the listener. * John C. Wells, Emeritus Professor of Phonetics, University College London *A fascinating and thorough exploration of some of the key processes, functions and perceptions of spoken language. Professor Setter manages to provide accessible explanations of quite complex linguistic topics and brings them to life by relating them to entertaining examples from her own personal and professional experience. A great introduction to the area. * Dr Rob Drummond, Reader in Linguistics, Manchester Metropolitan University *Table of Contents1: Babies, children, fish, and sound patterns 2: The Watling Street divide: Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, and accent prejudice 3: Men can't make their voices sound sexy, and other gems 4: 'Gahaad save our Queen!' Professional and performance voices and accents 5: Your voice is your witness: forensic speaker analysis in criminal investigations 6: Transgender speech and synthesized voices 7: The tip of the iceberg

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Book SynopsisThis book offers an accessible introduction to the main issues in language policy today, and to the origins and conceptual foundations of the relationship between language and the state. Florian Coulmas draws on specific examples from around the world to explore how countries make decisions about which language - and which variety or form of that language - should be used for key functions such as primary education, government administration, and the law. The book provides historical background to shed light on present-day policy disputes concerning language, and looks at how the resulting decisions are implemented in schools and other institutions. A common thread that runs through the chapters is the question of whether the involvement of the government in language regulation is a necessity, a blessing, or a curse. Written in a concise and engaging style, Language Policy: A Slim Guide is suitable for readers from all backgrounds who are interested in the interaction between language and politics.

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Book SynopsisSlang, however one judges it, shows us at our most human. It is used widely and often, typically associated with the writers of noir fiction, teenagers, and rappers, but also found in the works of Shakespeare and Dickens. It has been recorded since at least 1500 AD, and today''s vocabulary, taken from every major English-speaking country, runs to over 125,000 slang words and phrases. This Very Short Introduction takes readers on a wide-ranging tour of this fascinating sub-set of the English language. It considers the meaning and origins of the word ''slang'' itself, the ideas that a make a word ''slang'', the long-running themes that run through slang, and the history of slang''s many dictionaries.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Trade Reviewa welcome edition of Oxford's Very Short Introductions, and anyone seeking an accessible tour d'horizon of this lively subject will find that Green's book is just the ticket. * Benjamin George Friedman, Times Literary Supplement *Table of Contents1. 'Slang': the word ; 2. 'Slang' as a linguistic register ; 3. Is slang a language? ; 4. The words of slang: themes and development ; 5. The users of slang ; 6. The components of slang ; 7. Recording slang ; 8. The lexicography of slang: slang's dictionaries ; 9. The future of slang

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Book SynopsisWhen theorizing about language, we tend to assume that speakers are cooperative, honest, helpful, and so on. This, of course, isn''t remotely true of a lot of real-world language use. Bad Language is the first textbook to explore non-idealized language use, the linguistic behaviour of those who exploit language for malign purposes. Two eminent philosophers of language present a lively and accessible introduction to a wide range of topics including lies and bullshit, slurs and insults, coercion and silencing: Cappelen and Dever offer theoretical frameworks for thinking about these all too common linguistic behaviours. As the text does not assume prior training in philosophy or linguistics, it is ideal for use as part of a philosophy of language course for philosophy students or for linguistics students.Bad Language belongs to the series Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy of Language, in which each book introduces an important area of the philosophy of language, suitable for studenTrade Review... it's wonderful to see philosophy of language made so relevant to ethical, social and political concerns. It's a salutary development for the 21st Century. And Cappelen and Dever's newest textbook is a very useful resource for teaching it. I expect the book to be adopted widely. * Robert J. Stainton, Los Angeles Review of Books *Written to appeal to a wide audience, this book provides rigorous, detailed scholarly analysis and evaluation of its subject matter and is at the same time accessible to nonspecialists. It is intended as a textbook, and it includes questions and exercises at the end of each chapter... Recommended * D. B. Boersema, CHOICE *Table of Contents1: Idealized Communication 2: Three Forms of Non-Ideal Language 3: Messing with the Truth 4: Bullshitting and Deep Bullshitting 5: Conceptual Engineering 6: Slurs and Pejoratives 7: Lexical Effects: The Non-Cognitive, Associative, Effects of Words 8: Generics and Defective Reasoning 9: Non-Ideal Speech Acts 10: Linguistic Oppressing and Linguistic Silencing 11: The Speech Act of Consent 12: Thoughts on Ideal vs. Non-Ideal Theories of Language

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Book SynopsisWriting a War of Words is the first exploration of the war-time quest by Andrew Clark - a writer, historian, and volunteer on the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary - to document changes in the English language from the start of the First World War up to 1919. Clark''s unique series of lexical scrapbooks, replete with clippings, annotations, and real-time definitions, reveals a desire to put living language history to the fore, and to create a record of often fleeting popular use. The rise of trench warfare, the Zeppelinophobia of total war, and descriptions of shellshock (and raid shock on the Home Front) all drew his attentive gaze. The archive includes examples from a range of sources, such as advertising, newspapers, and letters from the Front, as well as documenting social issues such as the shifting forms of representation as women ''did their bit'' on the Home Front. Lynda''s Mugglestone''s fascinating investigation of this valuable archive reassesses the conventionaTrade ReviewWriting a War of Words is scholarly, as a definitive study should be, but eminently readable. * E. L. Battistella, CHOICE *Writing a War of Words is an invaluable contribution both to lexicography and history 'from below', recording words and expressions which have been preserved thanks to Clark's immense efforts. It will certainly inspire future research which will provide new insights into the lexical impact of the Great War on the English language. The book will be of interest to lexicographers, language historians, historians and anyone interested in World War I and its discourse, which can be extended to the discourse of war in general. * Prof.Dr. Lelija Socanac, The LINGUIST *Lynda Mugglestone's "Writing a War of Words" is a fascinating account of the immense effort of Andrew Clark, a diarist, historian and philologist, to record in minute detail the fleeting existence of English words and shifting meanings which appeared during the Great War in a variety of unconventional sources such as advertising, newspapers, and letters from the Front. This immense lexical richness vividly recreates different aspects of everyday life of ordinary people facing the harsh realities of war. * Lelija Socanac, University of Zagreb, Linguist List *Mugglestone has a shrewd understanding of the technical business and psychological climate of lexicography. Her research is scrupulous, and through her analysis Clark's catalogue of usage comes to seem an achievement of almost Johnsonian proportions - each page a time capsule, and the whole project an extraordinarily detailed map of the period's changing "langscape"... a generous tribute to his [Clark's] linguistic curiosity and curatorial intelligence. * Henry Hitchings, Times Literary Supplement *The voluminous diaries and scrapbooks Andrew Clark compiled during World War One prove him alert to words and usage of the time and a skilled and prescient commentator on their significance. In her new book, Lynda Mugglestone reconstructs Clark's account of the 'war of words' amidst the war, his finger, as she puts it, 'on the pulse of words in time', equally an apt description of Mugglestone's historical touch. Anyone with an interest in the history of English, the Great War, or the Oxford English Dictionary, to which Clark contributed, must read Writing a War of Words. * Michael Adams, Indiana University Bloomington *Lynda Mugglestone's Writing a War of Words is a revelation. It tells the story of Andrew Clark, a diarist and philologist whose reflections on language and the Great War offer a wealth of information about English linguistic history and its social contexts. But more generally, it reveals the centrality of the Great War to the study of the English Language itself. Much has been made of Tolkien's war and its impact on his philology and fantasy. Clark is different: he is a personal, self-reflective writer, an acute observer of words and people, and a historian of the imagination. His diary is a true discovery, and Professor Mugglestone shows him standing on a par with Siegfried Sassoon and Robert Graves. Writing a War of Words will stand with Paul Fussell's The Great War and Modern Memory as a lasting, revisionary account of early twentieth-century personal writing, language change, and the wartime literary imagination. * Seth Lerer, University of California, San Diego *Table of ContentsPreface: Writing a War of Words 1: Word-hoard: From History to Historical Principles 2: Reading into Words 3: 'Doing One's Bit': From Voluntary Endeavour to Conscription 4: The Langscape of War 5: Border Crossings 6: English in a Time of Total War 7: Writing the Woman's Part 8: Written on the Body 9: Last Words

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Book SynopsisEnglish is the common denominator that unites the work presented in this volume; it provides a focal point to illustrate the ways in which a political economic approach can account for a range of phenomena in diverse settings in which a global language has attained a special status as (an often perceived) tool for socioeconomic mobility. The findings reveal the complex ways in which government leaders and policymakers, as well as communities and individuals in those communities, make decisions within a global economy about the languages that will be taught as subjects or used as media of instruction in schools. Whether or not the Straight for English policy that has become popular in various countries in southern Africa and elsewhere is a good or bad idea, in terms of improving school completion and literacy rates, English is often promoted as a social good with unquestioned instrumental value; yet access to quality English medium education in low-income countries is mostly restricted to those with sufficient economic means to pay for it. As the capitalist world-economy undergoes transformations, and assuming that translation technologies continue to improve, it is likely that the roles and relative importance that English as a global language has enjoyed over the past century will change significantly. Synchronic contextual analyses of English in various countries and regions are snapshots of a moving target with fuzzy boundaries; this is even more so the case when the object of analysis is lingua franca English, a fluid, contextually realized practice that may be described in situ, which is not stable and likely never will be. The degree to which English serves effectively as a lingua franca depends on who the interlocutors are, the situation, and the extent to which interlocutors'' interests and goals are mutually compatible and understood.Trade ReviewTom Ricento and the stellar cast of scholars he has assembled in this book achieve something extraordinary: they construct a story that people will still have to read decades later, on an object characterized paradoxically by extremely rapid and radical change. It is an intellectual and academic 'tour de force' which focuses on mechanisms and structures rather than on phenomena and anecdotes, and so easily transcends the level of here-and-now documentation. * Jan Blommaert, Tilburg University *In an era where language change and loss is often explained by reference to inevitable forces of 'culture' and 'globalization,' this important book brings us back home to core questions of economic power and political control. * Allan Luke, Queensland University of Technology *Language Policy and Political Economy is both timely and important, engaging with the debates that are central to current language policy research. I don't think anyone will be able to write about 'global English' again without seriously engaging with the analyses in this book. * James Tollefson, The University of Hong Kong *Ricento's book convinces the reader of the importance of the political economy perspective when analysing language policy in general * Christopher Houtkamp, Language Problems & Language Planning *Language Policy and Political Economy is superbly conceived and executed, rewarding readers as both a coherent collective and in individual essays. * Vaidehi Ramanathan, Sociolinguistics *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Language Policy and Political Economy ; Thomas Ricento ; Part I: Political Theory and Political Economy in Language Policy Research on English as a Global Language ; 1. Political Economy and English as a <"Global>" Language ; Thomas Ricento ; 2. Global English and the Limits of Liberalism: Confronting Global Capitalism and Challenges to the Nation-State ; Peter Ives ; 3. Language Policy and Global Political Economy ; Jeff Bale ; 4. Language, Hegemony, and Economy ; Glyn Williams ; Part II: Political Economy and Global English: Case Studies ; 5. The Economics of English in Europe ; Francois Grin ; 6. Language Education, Economic Development, and Participation in the Greater Mekong Subregion ; Paul Bruthiaux ; 7. Neoliberalism as Language Policy ; Ingrid Piller and Jinhyun Cho ; 8. Why English Dominates the Central Economy: An Economic Perspective on <"Elite Closure>" and South African Language Policy ; Laurence Wright ; 9. Narratives of Globalization in Language Politics in India ; Selma Sonntag ; Part III: Global English, Development, and Democracy ; 10. The Ground Floor of the World: On the Socioeconomic Consequences of Linguistic Globalization ; Philippe Van Parijs ; 11. Linguistic Diversity and Global English: The Pushmi-Pullyu of Language Policy and Political Economy ; Suzanne Romaine ; 12. "English," the Global Lingua Franca? ; Thomas Ricento ; Index

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Book SynopsisUnlike other multi-ethnic nations, Thailand has maintained relative stability despite its 80 languages. In this study of the relations among politics, geography and language, Smalley shows how Thailand has maintained national unity through an elaborate social and linguistic hierarchy.Table of ContentsTables Figures Maps Acknowledgments Introduction: Thailand's Sociolinguistic Anomalies Pt. I: Languages of the Nation as a Whole 1: The Languages of Thailand at Home and Abroad 2: Standard Thai: Variations about a Norm 3: Social Dimensions of Standard Thai 4: Multidimensional Varieties: Ranges and Media Pt. II: Major Regional Languages 5: Kammuang (Northern Thai) 6: Lao (Northeastern Thai) 7: Paktay (Southern Thai) and Thaiklang (Central Thai) Pt. III: Marginal Regional Languages 8: Tai Yai (Shan), Sgaw (Karen), Phlow (Karen), plus Non-regional Phlong (Karen) 9: Northern Khmer plus Non-marginal Kuy 10: Pattani Malay Pt. IV: Other Language Categories 11: Development and Displacement of Tai Languages and Dialects 12: Languages of Thai Towns and Cities: Chinese Languages 13: Marginal Languages in the Hierarchy: Mon, Pray, plus Non-marginal Mal 14: Marginal Languages Adapting to the Hierarchy: Hmong (Meo, Miao) 15: Enclave Languages Pt. V: Trans-Language Issues 16: Writing and Education 17: Change and Development 18: Language and Ethnicity 19: Minority Problem as Thai Problem Appendix A: Languages in the Hierarchy Appendix B: Language Population Estimates Appendix C: Symbols Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisAddressing both language teachers and identity researchers, this book underlines the importance of identity in ELT through an analysis of teacher stories told in interviews with the author. It illustrates a new multi-dimensional approach to exploring narrative identity in qualitative interviews through a linguistic analysis of anecdotes.Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables List of Extracts Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Narrative and Conversation Teaching Identity Matters The Narrative Research Interview Spatio-temporal Focus and the Construction of Identity Evaluation and Identity Professional Identity in ELT Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume brings together research on panel studies with the aim of providing a coherent empirical and theoretical knowledge-base for examining the impact of maturation and lifespan-specific effects on linguistic malleability in the post-adolescent speaker. Building on the work of Wagner and Buchstaller (2018), the present collection offers a critical examination of the theoretical implications of panel research across a range of geographic regions and time periods. The volume seeks to offer a way forward in the debates circling about the phenomenon of later-life language change, drawing on contributions from a variety of linguistic disciplines to examine critical topics such as the effect of linguistic architecture, the roles of mobility and identity construction, and the impact of frequency effects. Taken together, this edited collection both informs and pushes forward key questions on the nature of lifespan change, making this key reading for students and researchers in cognitive linguistics, historical linguistics, dialectology, and variationist sociolinguistics.Table of ContentsList of FiguresList of TablesList of ContributorsAcknowledgementsPanel studies of language variation and change: Theoretical and methodological implicationsPART I: REVELATIONS FROM PAST TREND AND PANEL STUDIES Chapter 1.The beginnings of panel research: Individual language variation, change and stability in EskilstunaChapter 2.Alignment of individuals with community trends: Subjects from the PortugueseChapter 3. Stylistic Variation in Panel Studies of Language Change: Challenge and Opportunity PART II: INSIGHTS IN THE ANALYSIS OF INTRA-SPEAKER (IN)STABILITY Chapter 4.Individual and group trajectories across adulthood in a sample of Utah English speakersChapter 5.Accent reversion in older adults: evidence from the Queen’s Christmas broadcastsPART III: A GLIMPSE OF THE PAST: PANEL RESEARCH FROM ARCHIVAL MATERIALChapter 6.Exploiting convention: Lifespan change and generational incrementation in the development of cleft constructions Chapter 7.Corpus-based lifespan change in Late Middle EnglishPART IV: NEW METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES FOR LIFESPAN STUDIESChapter 8.Exploring the effect of linguistic architecture and heuristic method in panel analysisChapter 9.Loss of historical phonetic contrast across the lifespan: Articulatory, lexical, and social effects on sound change in SwabianChapter 10.Deconfounding the effects of competition and attrition on dialect across the lifespan: A panel study of Swabian PART V: FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR PANEL RESERACHChapter 11.What’s the point of panel studies?Index

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