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Cambridge University Press Intercultural Politeness
Book SynopsisBy taking an interdisciplinary approach, this book explores the process of managing relations across cultures. With research-based examples and student friendly features, it provides a groundbreaking analytic framework for understanding intercultural relations, and offers important new insights for researchers, students and practitioners.Trade Review'With a firm focus on the negotiation of relationships in context, Helen Spencer-Oatey and Daniel Kadar provide an immensely useful discussion of theory, methodology, and applications in intercultural research on politeness. Their analyses draw on their extensive research experience and are illuminated by data from a wide range of sources, making this an engaging text which researchers, practitioners and students will find stimulating.' Janet Holmes, Emeritus Professor of Linguistics, Victoria University of Wellington'This is an extraordinarily rich textbook on the cross-cultural management of interpersonal relationships, embedded in a state-of-the-art knowledge of recent research on the impact of our many cultural identities on how we communicate with others and the cooperative or conflictual results that follow. Both authors are recognized scholars in their respective areas of social psychology and in linguistic pragmatics but also have extensive experience in living and working successfully across cultural lines. Their academic backgrounds and personal experience produce a book that is both sophisticated in its appreciation of culture and practical in its application to the real world of interacting across cultural lines. Reading this book would be informative and enlightening to academics and students in the disciplines of social psychology, intercultural communication, discourse analysis and socio-pragmatics, as well as to professionals working in contexts of cultural diversity. Eminently readable and readily applicable.' Michael Harris Bond, Hong Kong Polytechnic University'This wide-ranging multidisciplinary collation of research over-layered with original thinking is a jaw-droppingly impressive achievement. Both theoretical and applied, we (researchers, practitioners, students) are guided by the authors through the complexities of intercultural politeness with an easy yet assured hand, assisted by copious examples, diagrams and clarity of writing. This is a book that will reverberate through scholarship for many years to come.' Jonathan Culpeper, Lancaster University'Emphasizing interpersonal relationships in intercultural settings, the authors offer an elegant integration of theoretical inputs, empirical evidences, concrete experiential examples, and practical reflections questions on intercultural politeness. The book is a timely contribution to our world that is in need of enhanced competences for intercultural connection.' Yih-Teen Lee, IESE Business School, University of Navarra'As the world becomes a global village through increased intercultural contacts amidst the complexities of ethnic discriminations wrought by Covid-19 (Kulich et al, in press) the book Intercultural Politeness couldn't have come out at a better time. This book provides a thorough analysis of managing intercultural relations across cultures. Aside from their excellent pedagogical approach in laying bare the complex concepts of culture, politeness and intercultural relations, Spencer-Oatey and Kádár draw upon several experiential anecdotes from their travels and sojourns across the globe to make the issues real and timely. In two words, I will describe this book as 'interesting and educative'. The authors do an excellent job in taking the reader on a discovery journey. Across the 17 chapters, the authors take the reader from the barest rudimentary level to a rock-solid foundation of the intricacies of managing intercultural relations of modern societies. The reader simply cannot miss the finesse in the building blocks that the authors use when they intersperse each chapter with boxes of research report excerpts and their personal encounters. These research reports will undoubtedly wet any reader's appetite for going to the original source. The book is absolutely a must-read textbook by anyone interested in understanding intercultural relations.' David Sam, University of Bergen, Norway'If you are interested in a culture-sensitive and situationally-attuning scholarly book that weaves the domains of linguistic pragmatics, intercultural communication, and cross-cultural psychology seamlessly, read this book! Through a rigorous examination of the different approaches that contribute to an understanding of the various intercultural encountering processes, Dr Spencer-Oatey and Dr Kádár have succeeded in telling a compelling story of the multilayered dynamics of intercultural politeness and (im)politeness. Presenting extensive intercultural critical incidents, experiential discourse examples, and well-analysed research schemas, the book helps promote competent relationship-building sensibilities across cultures.' Stella Ting-Toomey, California State University, Fullerton, USA'Aware of diverse approaches to trans-, cross-, or inter-cultural communications, Helen Spencer-Oatey and Dániel Kádár remind us that no matter what our framework or approach, successful interactions happen when satisfying relationships are fostered, established, and maintained, and that 'intercultural politeness' is often a key part of those. Moving beyond classic 'politeness theory,' this work integrates a wide range of frameworks, provides data, and offers in-depth insights into the dynamics of politeness in different cultural contexts. The authors insightfully apply these to contexts like the workplace, small talk, intercultural friendships, as well how emics like guanxi are worked out in assumed etics like intercultural competence. Masterful, concise, and compelling - a must read for anyone who values a research base to enjoy better relationships!' Steve Kulich, President, The International Academy for Intercultural Research (IAIR)'The book is intended for researchers into intercultural theory, pragmatics and conflict research but is also relevant for intercultural trainers and language teachers. Each chapter ends with a summary and some with questions for reflection and discussion in class.' Maurice Cassidy, Training, Language and Culture'… a much-needed book … In our current globalised world, it could be argued that anyone could benefit from this book!' Dely L Elliot, Social Psychological Review'… the book appropriate for advanced students, scholars, and intercultural trainers.' L. B. Jabs, ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgements; 1. Introduction; Part I. Conceptual Foundations: 2. Conceptualising politeness; 3. Conceptualising culture; Part II. Evaluating Politeness across Cultures: 4. Overview of the politeness evaluation process; 5. Contextual assessments and culture; 6. Norms, expectations and culture; 7. Evaluation warrant 1: culture and the bases of rapport; 8. Evaluation warrant 2: culture and conceptions of the socio-moral order; 9. Making judgements and culture; 10. Application: data analysis sample and practice; Part III. Managing Politeness across Cultures: 11. Managing politeness across cultures: an overview; 12. Responding to offencess and restoring relations; 13. Dealing with disagreement and conflict; 14. Maintaining smooth intercultural relations; 15. Initiating and fostering positive intercultural relations; Part IV. Implications and Concluding Comments: 16. Implications for politeness theory; 17. Implications for the intercultural field.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Critical Pedagogies for Modern Languages
Book SynopsisIn the context of Black Lives Matter, decolonizing initiatives, #MeToo, climate emergency protests and other movements for social and environmental justice, this volume posits a simple question: how can modern languages be taught so that they challenge rather than reinforce social inequalities?Informed by interdisciplinary theories, Critical Pedagogies for Modern Language Education focuses on practical discussions of case studies in areas directly relevant to the classroom contexts of modern languages educators. The volume transforms modern language educators and the modern language profession by putting the politics of language teaching at the centre of its analysis. With case studies covering 11 languages (Modern Standard Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Levantine, Mandarin, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Tamazight) across 13 countries and regions (Austria, Brazil, China, France, Italy, the Levant, Morocco, the Netherlands, Palestine, Spain, Sweden, the UK, and the USA)Trade ReviewThis edited volume urges us to engage with the liberatory and transformative potential of languages education and to actively reimagine our practice from critical, social justice and decolonizing perspectives. The carefully curated collection of chapters is underpinned by a diverse range of theoretical and conceptual frameworks as well as practical, polyphonic examples of classroom practice across sectors and geographical contexts. This compelling volume is essential reading for pre- and in-service language teachers and teacher trainers as well as researchers passionate about the enactment of critical language pedagogies. -- Adriana Díaz, Senior Lecturer in the School of Languages and Cultures, University of Queensland, AustraliaA forceful and passionate plea for incorporating politics into the language classroom. Fascinating case studies examine the teaching of 11 languages across 13 countries and discuss a range of current issues related to critical pedagogies and decolonization efforts in education. Should be of vital interest to any teacher of modern languages. -- Claire Kramsch, Emerita Professor of German and Affilate Professor of Education, University of California, Berkeley, USATable of ContentsIntroduction: What is Critical Modern Languages Education? Derek Hird (Lancaster University, UK) Part I: Interculturality, Decolonization, and Decanonization 1. Existential Literacy: Promoting the Culture of the Dignity of all Languages in Modern Languages Classroom, David Balosa (Independent Scholar) 2. English Teaching in the Global South: Interculturality, Postcoloniality and Critical Pedagogy, Hamza R’boul (Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) 3. Pedagogical Stylistics and World Literature in English in Upper Secondary Schools, Isabella Marinaro (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy) Part II: Multilingualism, Translingualism and Linguistic Diversity 4. From Babble to Babel: Engaging Linguistic Diversity in the College Classroom at Home and Abroad, Lucile Duperron (Dickinson College, USA) 5. Bridging Languages, Bridging Cultures: AFL Learners’ Translingual Journeys, Sahar Alshobaki (Roehampton University, UK) Part III: Beyond Stereotypes and Discrimination 6. Modern Language Pedagogy Beyond Sombreros and Toreros, Candace Skibba (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) 7. Third-Person Pronouns, Gender and the Han Gaze in the Chinese Modern Languages Classroom, Derek Hird (Lancaster University, UK) 8. On Facing Racism in ELT: Black Teachers and Racially Relevant Pedagogies in Discussion, Gabriel Nascimento (Federal University of Southern Bahia, Brazil) Part IV: Textbook Discourses 9. The First Encounter: Representations of Gender and LGBTQ+ in Textbooks for Learners of Dutch and Swedish as a Foreign Language, Josef Wikström (Comenius University, Slovakia) and Juul Wolters (Independent Scholar) 10. “For us foreigners, licking your fingers clean is a good habit”: On Learning Chinese and Learning about Discourse from Chinese-Language Textbooks, Séagh Kehoe, Paul Kendall and Gerda Wielander (University of Westminster, UK) Part V: Teacher Education 11. Translanguaging in Austrian Primary Teacher Education, Theresa Guczogi (University College of Teacher Education Vienna/Krems, Austria) 12. Learning Language in All Subjects - The Key for More Equal Opportunities: A Mixed Methods Study on the Concept of Sprachliche Bildung (Integrative Language Learning) in Primary Schools in Vienna and Lower Austria, Golriz Gilak (University College of Teacher Education Vienna/Krems, Austria) 13. English for Creative Resistance: Critical Pedagogy in a Teacher Education Programme in Palestine, Maria Grazia Imperiale (University of Glasgow, UK) Index
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Multilingual Matters Transformative Translanguaging Espacios: Latinx
Book SynopsisThis book contributes to the understanding of the transformative power of incorporating translanguaging, the dynamic language practices of bi/multilingual communities, in the schooling of US Latinx children and youth. It showcases instructional spaces in US education where Latinx children’s and youths’ translanguaging is at the center of their teaching and learning. By centering racialized Latinx bilingual students, including their knowledge systems and cultural and linguistic practices, it transforms the monolingual-white supremacy ideology of many educational spaces. In so doing, racialized bilingual Latinx subjectivities are potentially transformed, as students learn to understand processes of colonization and domination that have robbed them of opportunities to use their entire semiotic repertoire in learning. The book makes a strong theoretical contribution to the field, putting decolonial, post-structuralist understandings of language and bilingualism alongside critical race theory and critical pedagogy.Trade ReviewThis important and inspirational volume brings hope and justice to K-12 schools. It deepens the understanding of translanguaging pedagogies towards transformative translanguaging spaces for bilingual students. The book rompe fronteras y muros sin miedo and stays true to the academic, linguistic, and political origins and purposes of the translanguaging movement in the field. * Juan A. Freire, Brigham Young University, USA *Transformative Translanguaging Espacios reminds us that Latinx communities must insist on politicizing our translanguaging practices on our own terms, and reject decades of politicization experienced via reductive and harmful language policies and practices. The authors – scholars and maestrxs – inspire us to move forward with the political and radical spirit of translanguaging scholarship toward consequential learning possibilities, y sin miedo! * Danny C. Martinez University of California, Davis, USA *A counternarrative to dominant conceptualizations of bilingualism that pathologize the complex and dynamic language practices of racialized bi/multilingual communities, Transformative Translanguaging Espacios centers the perspective of language as performed by diverse Latinx bilingual students and their teachers. The editors and authors clearly and cogently articulate the affordances of translanguaging pedagogy as a transformative tool for anti-racist work in education in this accessible, engaging, and thought-provoking volume. * Mileidis Gort, University of Colorado Boulder, USA *This edited volume helps hone translanguaging as a theory of language use by documenting and delineating its transformative potential. Furthermore, it makes an important contribution to teaching practice by looking at how translanguaging pedagogies can create and sustain humanizing and just classrooms. -- Mark B. Pacheco, University of Florida, USA * Language and Education, 2022 *...this is an excellent state-of-the-art edition that synergizes the various works of passionate and dedicated scholars, teachers, and school administrators. I highly recommend this book to scholars in Bilingual Education, doctoral students, bilingual educators, and, most importantly, school administrators across the country. -- Kevin Perez, New York University, USA * Journal of Language, Identity & Education, 2022 *Table of ContentsAgradecimientos Contributors Nelson Flores: Foreword: The Transformative Possibilities of Translanguaging Maite T. Sánchez and Ofelia García: Introducción: Transforming Educational Espacios: Translanguaging Sin Miedo Part 1: Latinx Children and Youth, Translanguaging and Transformation Chapter 1. Ofelia García and Maite T. Sánchez: The Making of the Language of US Latinxs: Translanguaging Tejidos Part 2: Good and Agency ¿Para Quién? Chapter 2. Dan Heiman, Claudia G. Cervantes-Soon and Andrew H. Hurie: 'Well Good Para Quién?': Disrupting Two-Way Bilingual Education Gentrification and Reclaiming Space through a Critical Translanguaging Pedagogy Chapter 3. Luis E. Poza and Aaron Stites: 'They Are Going to Forget about Us': Translanguaging and Student Agency in a Gentrifying Neighborhood Part 3: Possibilities from the Fronteras Chapter 4. Ramón Antonio Martínez, Victoria Melgarejo Vieyra, Neida Basheer Ahmad and Jessica Lee Stovall: Prefiguring Translingual Possibilities: The Transformative Potential of Translanguaging for Dual Language Bilingual Education Chapter 5. María Teresa (Mayte) de la Piedra and Alberto Esquinca: Translanguaging and Other Forms of Capital in Dual Language Bilingual Education: Lessons from la Frontera Chapter 6. Maite T. Sánchez, Ivana Espinet and Victoria Hunt: Student Inquiry into the Language Practices de sus Comunidades: Rompiendo Fronteras in a Dual Language Bilingual School Chapter 7. Suzanne García-Mateus, Kathryn I. Henderson, Mónica Téllez-Arsté and Deborah K. Palmer: An Experienced Bilingual Latina Teacher and Pre-K Latinx Students in the Borderlands: Translanguaging as Humanizing Pedagogy Part 4: Corridos y Cuentos Across and Beyond Chapter 8. Cati V. de los Ríos and Kate Seltzer: Collaborative Corridos: Ballads of Unity and Justice Chapter 9. Luz Yadira Herrera and Carla España: Critical Translanguaging Literacies and Latinx Children's Literature: Making Space for a Transformative and Liberating Pedagogy Part 5: Raising the Potencial of 'Los Otros' Latinx Bilingual Children and Youth Chapter 10. Maribel Gárate-Estes, Gloshanda L. Lawyer and Carla García-Fernández: The US Latinx Deaf Communities: Situating and Envisioning the Transformative Potential of Translanguaging Chapter 11. María Cioè-Peña and Rebecca E. Linares: What We Experience is What We Value: Perceptions of Home Language Practices by Latinx Emergent Bilinguals Labeled as Disabled Part 6: Conclusión Chapter 12. Maite T. Sánchez: A Path Pa’lante! Amplifying Translanguaging Espacios Sin Miedo Guadalupe Valdés: Afterword: No Quiero Que Me Le Vayan A Hacer Burla: Issues to Ponder and Consider in the Context of Translanguaging Index
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Cambridge University Press Emoji in Higher Education
Book SynopsisPresenting the findings of a study of emoji use in health profession courses, this book explores emoji literacy across a range of public health education contexts. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.
£85.50
Taylor & Francis Ltd Learning English Exploring the English Language
Book SynopsisLearning English focuses on young children's acquisition of spoken and written English in monolingual and bilingual contexts and explores the debates surrounding English in schools and colleges, and the often controversial nature of the English curriculum in different parts of the world. English is learned in most parts of the world, both through use in the home and community, and as a major language of education. Learning English represents just some of this diversity. Table of ContentsEnglish as a First Language. Language in the Repertoire. Learning to Read and Write in English. English as a Classroom. English and the Curriculum. English for Speakers of Other Languages. English for Academic Purposes
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Cambridge University Press Languages in Contact
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Cambridge University Press In Other Words Variation in Reference and Narrative 21 Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics Series Number 21
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Cambridge University Press Colonial Voices
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Cambridge University Press Language Culture and Mind Natural Constructions and Social Kinds 10 Language Culture and Cognition Series Number 10
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Cambridge University Press Language Space and Social Relationships
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Cambridge University Press Duels and Duets
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Edinburgh University Press Introducing Sociolinguistics
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.Trade ReviewThis is an excellent book, especially for undergraduate students. The information is presented in a 'digestible' form, and the book isn't as constrained by the more traditional US or UK approaches to sociolinguistics and is therefore more applicable to other cultures. -- Dr Heinz Kreutz, Monash University The book covers all of the main areas of sociolinguistics in a highly accessible and engaging way. It is also clearly written and informative, with up-to-date examples and material. The accessibility and clarity of this volume mean that it is ideal for students new to the subject. At the same time, it is sufficiently detailed and theoretically driven to allow more advanced students to use it as a resource/reference when completing specialised projects or applied assignments. Finally, the real-life examples and practical exercises are both a means of engaging students and an extremely useful teaching/seminar aid. -- Dr Karyn Stapleton, University of Ulster at Jordanstown This is an excellent book. It is very comprehensive, covering topics which are not covered or are marginalised in 'traditional' sociolinguistics texts. -- Dr Mark Sebba, Lancaster University I'm using your textbook in my undergraduate sociolinguistics course and it's wonderful. It's a pleasure to have a book that not only reads well but has international coverage and an approach that I agree with. -- Professor Penelope Eckert, Stanford University The book provides outstanding coverage of the major dimensions of sociolinguistics. In all cases, core information is presented in a lucid way that makes the textbook perfect for an introductory course. The use of numerous research examples serves to illustrate methodological approaches related to each dimension of sociolinguistics as well as major findings. Furthermore, examples are drawn from sociolinguistic research throughout the world, which makes this a wonderful survey text. Students are provided with rich information about a variety of contexts, deepening their knowledge of language situations worldwide. The numerous figures and maps are also excellent. -- Dr Francis M. Hult, University of Texas at San Antonio This is a fabulous book and I have used it now for two academic years. It is a great compilation of all the classic sociolinguistic studies over the past 40+ years. It is very accessible for students, including the layout, the funny cartoons and the summary sections at the end of each chapter. Students tell me that they like it very much. -- Dr Cathy Finlay, Queen's University Belfast Such is the quality and richness of this volume that I suspect it too will be an impressive addition to the Edinburgh University Press list... The authors ensure the book is more globally inclusive than many textbooks, with Mesthrie and Deumert bringing a southern hemisphere (African and Australian) sensibility, Joan Swann a European outlook and William Leap an American perspective... An excellent coursebook... distinguished by its expansiveness, its global reach and its wealth of material. -- Peter Stockwell, University of Northampton Journal of Sociolinguistics This is an excellent book, especially for undergraduate students. The information is presented in a 'digestible' form, and the book isn't as constrained by the more traditional US or UK approaches to sociolinguistics and is therefore more applicable to other cultures. The book covers all of the main areas of sociolinguistics in a highly accessible and engaging way. It is also clearly written and informative, with up-to-date examples and material. The accessibility and clarity of this volume mean that it is ideal for students new to the subject. At the same time, it is sufficiently detailed and theoretically driven to allow more advanced students to use it as a resource/reference when completing specialised projects or applied assignments. Finally, the real-life examples and practical exercises are both a means of engaging students and an extremely useful teaching/seminar aid. This is an excellent book. It is very comprehensive, covering topics which are not covered or are marginalised in 'traditional' sociolinguistics texts. I'm using your textbook in my undergraduate sociolinguistics course and it's wonderful. It's a pleasure to have a book that not only reads well but has international coverage and an approach that I agree with. The book provides outstanding coverage of the major dimensions of sociolinguistics. In all cases, core information is presented in a lucid way that makes the textbook perfect for an introductory course. The use of numerous research examples serves to illustrate methodological approaches related to each dimension of sociolinguistics as well as major findings. Furthermore, examples are drawn from sociolinguistic research throughout the world, which makes this a wonderful survey text. Students are provided with rich information about a variety of contexts, deepening their knowledge of language situations worldwide. The numerous figures and maps are also excellent. This is a fabulous book and I have used it now for two academic years. It is a great compilation of all the classic sociolinguistic studies over the past 40+ years. It is very accessible for students, including the layout, the funny cartoons and the summary sections at the end of each chapter. Students tell me that they like it very much. Such is the quality and richness of this volume that I suspect it too will be an impressive addition to the Edinburgh University Press list... The authors ensure the book is more globally inclusive than many textbooks, with Mesthrie and Deumert bringing a southern hemisphere (African and Australian) sensibility, Joan Swann a European outlook and William Leap an American perspective... An excellent coursebook... distinguished by its expansiveness, its global reach and its wealth of material.Table of Contents1. Clearing the Ground: Basic Issues, Concepts and Approaches; 2. Regional Dialectology; 3. Social Dialectolog; 4. Language Variation and Chang; 5. Language Choice and Code-Switching; 6. Language in Interactio; 7. Gender and Language Use; 8. Language Contact 1: Maintenance, Shift and Death; 9. Language Contact 2: Pidgins, Creoles and 'New Englishes; 10. Critical Sociolinguistics: Approaches to Language and Power; 11. Sociolinguistics and Education; 12. Language Planning and Policy; 13. The Sociolinguistics of Sign Language; Epilogue; Further Reading; Next Steps; Bibliography; Glossary.
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Cambridge University Press You Cant Always Say What You Want
Book SynopsisThe freedom to think what you want and to say what you think has always generated a pushback of regulation and censorship. This raises the thorny question: to what extent does free speech actually endanger speech protection? This book examines today''s calls for speech legislation and places it into historical perspective, using fascinating examples from the past 200 years, to explain the historical context of laws regulating speech. Over time, the freedom to speak has grown, the ways in which we communicate have evolved due to technology, and our ideas about speech protection have been challenged as a result. Now more than ever, we are living in a free speech paradox: powerful speakers weaponize their rights in order to silence those less-powerful speakers who oppose them. By understanding how this situation has developed, we can stand up to these threats to the freedom of speech.Trade Review'The landscape of free speech is in constant flux, and Baron provides important context to the current debates.' Kirkus Reviews'… ambitious and timely …' James Rhoades, Library JournalTable of Contents1. Free speech, but...; 2. Guns and grammar; 3. Clear and present danger; 4. Strong language; 5. Threat level: orange; 6. America's war on language; 7. Repeat after me; 8. Will free speech survive?
£18.00
Cambridge University Press How Mediation Works
Book SynopsisAn original study of the language of mediation, which uses excerpts from real mediation sessions to illustrate how mediation works and how mediators can best help disputants make claims, present evidence and propose solutions. It will interest researchers and students of sociolinguistics, conversation analysis, and the sociology of law.Trade Review'… the book is an excellent blend of rigorous analytic focus with relevance to disputants' and mediators' behaviour and outcomes drawn out clearly. It is highly readable, making Conversational Analysis accessible and relevant to new audiences. It is recommended for anyone who is interested in how mediation works, why it often breaks down, and how it can be done more effectively.' Janet Smithson, Journal of Pragmatics'… a compelling read, especially for linguists, mediation practitioners and others who may be interested in how mediation sessions work in some parts of the United States and beyond. Its strengths lie in the observational, aptly illustrated and longitudinal character of the data corpus and presentation of analyses. … the author has significantly bridged the knowledge gap by showing, using the conversation analysis approach, how conflict is resolved in small claims and divorce mediation sessions in the United States.' Eniola Boluwaduro, Sociolinguistic Studies'Angela Cora Garcia has written an interesting book which looks in depth at how mediation works.' Dr Treasa Kenny, Journal of Mediation and Applied Conflict AnalysisTable of Contents1. Introduction – approaches to mediation; 2. The interactional organization of mediation; 3. Minimizing and managing argumentative talk in mediation; 4. Disputants' opening statements and persuasive arguments in mediation; 5. Mediator representation of disputants' positions; 6. Soliciting proposals for resolution of the dispute; 7. Producing ideas for resolution of the dispute; 8. Mediator teamwork; 9. Autonomy, empowerment, and neutrality in divorce and small claims mediation.
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Cambridge University Press The Culture of Singapore English
Book SynopsisThis book provides a fresh approach to Singapore English, by focusing on its cultural connotations. The author, a native Singaporean, explores a range of aspects of this rich variety of English - including address forms, social categories, particles and interjections – and links particular words to particular cultural norms.Trade Review'Wong unravels the semantic, pragmatic and structural intricacies of Singlish, treating it not as a variety of English but as a language in its own right. Fresh, strong and original, this is a book for everyone interested in language, culture and meaning.' Cliff Goddard, Griffith University, Queensland'Jock O. Wong's study of English in Singapore is a major contribution to our understanding of not only the semantic structuring of 'Singlish' but moreover to studies of pragmatics and culture. The latter is demonstrated broadly by considerations of data from everyday conversations, e-mail and chat rooms, and analyses of the meanings activated in such usage. The consideration of various linguistic devices such as forms of address, various cultural categories, including tonal qualities, all demonstrate how the use of a rigorous Semantic Metalanguage clarifies specific cultural meanings that are associated with Singlish and everyday language.' Donal Carbaugh, University of Massachusetts, AmherstTable of Contents1. English in Singapore; 2. The language of culture and the culture of language; 3. Singlish forms of address; 4. Cultural categories and stereotypes; 5. The discourse of 'can' in Singlish; 6. Expressions of certainty and overstatements; 7. The tonal particles of Singlish; 8. The enigmatic particle lōr; 9. Interjections: aiya and aiyo; 10. Making sense of Singlish.
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Cambridge University Press Gemination Lenition and Vowel Lengthening
Book SynopsisThe processes of gemination, lenition, and vowel lengthening are central to the study of phonology, as they reveal much about the treatment of quantity in a given language. Using data from older language stages, modern dialects and standard languages, this study examines the interdependence of vowel and consonant quantity in the history of the Germanic branch of Indo-European. Kurt Goblirsch focusses on the various geminations in Old Germanic languages (West Germanic gemination, glide strengthening, and expressive gemination), open syllable lengthening in German, Dutch, Frisian, English, and Scandinavian languages, and the major lenitions in High German, Low German, and Danish, as well as minor lenitions in Bavarian, Franconian, and Frisian dialects. All of these changes are related to the development of the Germanic languages from distinctive segmental length to complementary length to syllable cut. The discussion challenges traditional theoretical assumptions about quantity change in Germanic languages to argue for a new account whereby, gemination, lenition, and vowel lengthening are interrelated.Table of Contents1. Theoretical preliminaries; 2. The road to complementary length: gemination and quantity in Old Germanic; 3. Arriving at the goal: vowel lengthening in Middle Germanic; 4. The reaction of consonants: lenition in Middle Germanic; 5. Quantity types in Modern Germanic.
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Cambridge University Press Linguistic Ecology and Language Contact
Book SynopsisContributions from an international team of experts revisit and update the concept of linguistic ecology in order to critically examine current theoretical approaches to language contact. Language is understood as a part of complex socio-historical-cultural systems, and interaction between the different dimensions and levels of these systems is considered to be essential for specific language forms. This book presents a uniform, abstract model of linguistic ecology based on, among other things, two concepts of Edmund Husserl''s philosophy (parts and wholes, and foundation). It considers the individual speaker in the specific communication situation to be the essential heuristic basis of linguistic analysis. The chapters present and employ a new, transparent and accessible contact linguistic vocabulary to aid reader comprehension, and explore a wide range of language contact situations in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, Asia and the Pacific. This book will be fascinatingTrade Review'Following an extraordinarily thorough editorial overview, the topics covered here range from conversation and code-mixing to language contact writ large. This is a valuable treatment of an important area.' John Edwards, Editor, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural DevelopmentTable of ContentsPart I. Introduction and Theoretical Frame: 1. Linguistic ecology and language contact: conceptual evolution, interrelatedness, and parameters Ralph Ludwig, Peter Mühlhäusler and Steve Pagel; 2. On the notion of natural in ecological linguistics Françoise Gadet and Steve Pagel; Part II. On the Ecology of Speaker and Space from Situational to Intermediate Ecology: 3. An interactionist perspective on the ecology of linguistic practices: the situated and embodied production of talk Lorenza Mondada; 4. Approaching language in urban interactions ecologically: the case of Spanish in Lima Juan Carlos Godenzzi; Part III. On the Ecology of Space and Time, Traditions in the Formation of Macro-Ecologies: 5. The historical formation of a macro-ecology: the case of the Levant Cyril Aslanov; 6. Spanish anthroponomy from an ecological linguistic view: the Antillean society in the early sixteenth century Silke Jansen; Part IV. On the Ecology of Language and Speaker, the Hybridization of Language and Discourse: 7. Reflections on discourse ecology and language contact: the crucial role of some scalar terms Sibylle Kriegel, Ralph Ludwig and Tabea Salzmann; 8. Language mixing and ecology in Africa: focus on Camfranglais and Sheng Anne Schröder and Philip W. Rudd; 9. Hybrid speech of Francophone groups in Cairo: from macro-level ecology to discourse Cynthia Dermarkar, Françoise Gadet, Ralph Ludwig and Stefan Pfänder; 10. The opposite of an anti-Creole? Why modern Chamorro is not a new language Steve Pagel; Part V. The Multiplicity of Ecological Parameters, Echoing the Theoretical Frame and Going Beyond: 11. Contact between typologically different languages Peter Mühlhäusler; 12. Theoretical and practical aspects of ecological language planning Peter Mühlhäusler.
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Cambridge University Press Endangered Languages and New Technologies
Book SynopsisAt a time when many of the world''s languages are at risk of extinction, the imperative to document, analyse and teach them before time runs out is very great. At this critical time new technologies, such as visual and aural archiving, digitisation of textual resources, electronic mapping and social media, have the potential to play an integral role in language maintenance and revitalisation. Drawing on studies of endangered languages from around the world - Europe, Asia, Africa and North and South America - this volume considers how these new resources might best be applied, and the problems that they can bring. It also re-assesses more traditional techniques of documentation in light of new technologies and works towards achieving a practicable synthesis of old and new methodologies. This accessible volume will be of interest to researchers in language endangerment, language typology and linguistic anthropology, and to community members working in native language maintenance.Trade Review'This volume presents groundbreaking work on the opportunities and challenges of using technology in the study and revitalization of endangered languages and is sure to become a foundational work in this field.' Lenore A. Grenoble, University of Chicago'In an age of language endangerment crisis and rapid technological developments, this volume sets the tone for future discussions on technologies for endangered languages and can serve as a stepping-stone for future research as technology develops and the field of endangered language studies grows.' Tihomir Rangelov, Language in SocietyTable of ContentsIntroductory essay. Endangered languages in the new multilingual order per genus et differentiam Nicholas Ostler; Part I. Creating New Technologies for Endangered Languages: 1. The Kiranti comparable corpus: a prototype corpus for the comparison of Kiranti languages and mythology Aimée Lahaussois; 2. European dialect syntax: towards an infrastructure for documentation and research of endangered dialects Sjef Barbiers; 3. Keyboard layouts: lessons from the Meꞌphaa and Sochiapam Chinantec designs Hugh Paterson, III; 4. Rule-based machine translation for Aymara Matt Coler and Petr Homola; 5. Data management and analysis for endangered languages Dorothee Beermann; 6. Endangered languages, technology and learning: immediate applications and long-term considerations Russell Hugo; Part II. Applying New Technologies to Endangered Languages: 7. Digital curation and event-driven methods at the service of endangered languages Bernard Bel and Médéric Gasquet-Cyrus; 8. 'Allant contre vent et mathée': Jèrriais in the twenty-first century Anthony Scott Warren and Geraint Jennings; 9. The use of new technologies in the preservation of an endangered language: the case of Frisian Tjeerd de Graaf, Cor van der Meer and Lysbeth Jongbloed-Faber; 10. Language description and documentation from the native speaker's point of view: the case of the Tundra Yukaghir Cecilia Odé; 11. American Indian sign language: documentary linguistic methodologies and technologies Jeffrey E. Davis.
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Cambridge University Press Variation Versatility and Change in Sociolinguistics and Creole Studies
Book SynopsisBy the award-winning former president of the Linguistic Society of America, this collection of some of John Russell Rickford''s pioneering works shows how linguists in sociolinguistics and creole studies can benefit from utilizing data, theories and methods from each other, as they more frequently did in the 1960s and 1970s, when both subfields, in their modern forms at least, were getting started. The volume addresses fundamental sociolinguistic topics such as social class, style, fieldwork, speech community, sociolinguistic competence and language attitudes with data from Guyanese and other Caribbean creoles. Recurrent concepts are also considered including language versatility, variation and change, vernacular use, school success and criminal justice in African America and the Caribbean, using models, case studies and methodologies from sociolinguistics. Theoretical and applied scholars, students apprehensive about sociolinguistic fieldwork, and those considering dynamic methods likTrade Review'A much-needed collection showcasing the breadth of Rickford's work. Rickford always underpins careful descriptive work with integrity, and a deep commitment to the theoretical and moral dimensions of intellectual inquiry.' Miriam Meyerhoff, Victoria University of Wellington'This book has a broad scope, addressing methodological and theoretical issues in sociolinguistics and creole studies, but also in applied and forensic linguistics. The chapters related to language, education, and law are great examples of how the work of linguists can have a meaningful impact on people's lives and the communities they investigate. In this sense, this book is very inspiring; it is a call for action. Action is needed because, as Rickford writes [(p. 49)], although 'all languages are POTENTIALLY equal, […] ACTUAL equality of languages is a myth.' Linguists, as the specialists in language, can act on this. Also, throughout the book Rickford points toward areas of research where more work is needed. This, in my opinion, can be especially useful to students and young scholars.' Marie-Eve Bouchard, LINGUIST List'This collection brings together a number of influential articles authored by John Rickford, one of the foremost sociolinguists of our time … Rickford's astute analysis and proposals have by no means lost any of their relevance. Quite to the contrary: they starkly demonstrate that it is high time for research on pidgins and creoles to reignite its engagement with sociolinguistic concerns and theorizing. Investigations into pidgins and creoles including the analysis of their usage patterns have much to offer to today's largely English and monolingually focused sociolinguistic paradigm, and creolists will gain more nuanced views of pidgins and creoles through the kind of sociolinguistic research that Rickford has championed.' Bettina Migge, Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages'The book draws largely from Rickford's experiences as a fieldworker in Cane Walk in Guyana and a range of creoles. This collection of curated articles and essays written specifically for the text is telling of the magnitude of Rickford's contribution to sociolinguistics and creole studies' Wilfred Fimone, Language in SocietyTable of ContentsForeword Gillian Sankoff; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Sociolinguistic fieldwork in a racial and political maelstrom: getting in, getting on, and primary recording instruments and techniques; 2. Symbol of powerlessness and degeneracy? Or symbol of solidarity and truth? Paradoxical attitudes towards pidgins and creoles with Elizabeth Closs Traugott; 3. 'Me Tarzan, you Jane!': cognition, expression and the creole speaker; 4. The haves and have nots: sociolinguistic surveys and the assessment of speaker competence; 5. Connections between sociolinguistics and pidgin-creole studies; 6. Implicational scales; 7. Variation and the versatility approach to language arts in schools and societies with Angela E. Rickford; 8. Le Page's theoretical and applied legacy in sociolinguistics and creole studies; 9. The social and the linguistic in sociolinguistic variation: Mii en noo (me ain' know); 10. A variationist approach to subject-aux question inversion in Bajan and other Caribbean creole Englishes, AAVE and Appalachian with Robin Melnick; 11. Situation: stylistic variation in sociolinguistic corpora and theory; 12. Language and linguistic on trial: hearing Rachel Jeantel (and other vernacular speakers) in the courtroom and beyond with Sharese King; 13 The continuing need for new approaches to social class analysis in sociolinguistics; 14. Concord and conflict in the speech community; 15. The joy of sociolinguistic fieldwork.
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Cambridge University Press English Historical Linguistics
Book SynopsisWritten by an international team of leading scholars, this engaging textbook on the study of English historical linguistics is uniquely organized in terms of theoretical approaches and perspectives. Each chapter features textboxes, case studies, suggestions for further reading and exercises, enabling students to understand the strengths and weaknesses of each approach and guiding them on undertaking further research. The case studies and exercises guide students in approaching and manipulating empirical data, providing them with hands-on experience of conducting linguistic research. An extensive variety of approaches, from traditional to contemporary, is treated, including generative approaches, historical sociolinguistic and pragmatic approaches, psycholinguistic perspectives, grammaticalization theory, and discourse-based approaches, as well as perspectives on standardization and language variation. Each chapter applies the concepts discussed to data from the history of English, and a glossary of key terms enables easy navigation and quick cross-referencing. An essential resource for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of the history of English linguistics.Trade Review'The book identifies and addresses the typical shortcomings of an English historical linguistics textbook: the insufficient awareness of and coverage of the ['bird's-eye view'] of the discipline.' Matylda Włodarczyk, Pragmatics.ReviewsTable of Contents1. The study of English historical linguistics Laurel J. Brinton; 2. The scope of English historical linguistics Raymond Hickey; 3. Generative approaches Cynthia L. Allen; 4. Psycholinguistic perspectives Martin Hilpert; 5. Corpus-based approaches Marianne Hundt and Anne-Christine Gardner; 6. Approaches to grammaticalization and lexicalization Lieselotte Brems and Sebastian Hoffman; 7. Inferential-based approaches María José López-Couso; 8. Discourse-based approaches Claudia Claridge; 9. Sociohistorical approaches Peter J. Grund; 10. Historical pragmatic approaches Laurel J. Brinton; 11. Perspectives on standardization Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade; 12. Perspectives on geographical variation Merja Stenroos; 13. Perspectives on language contact Edgar W. Schneider.
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Cambridge University Press Religious Talk Online
Book SynopsisIn the online world, people argue about anything and everything - religion is no exception. Stephen Pihlaja investigates how several prominent social media figures present views about religion in an environment where their positions are challenged. The analysis shows how conflict creates a space for users to share, explain, and develop their opinions and beliefs, by making appeals to both a core audience of like-minded viewers and a broader audience of viewers who are potentially interested in the claims, ambivalent, or openly hostile. The book argues that in the back-and-forth of these arguments, the positions that users take in response to the arguments of others have consequences for how religious talk develops, and potentially for how people understand and practice their beliefs in the twenty-first century. Based on original empirical research, it addresses long-debated questions in sociolinguistics and discourse analysis regarding the role of language in building solidarity, defining identity and establishing genres and registers of interaction.Trade Review'Pihlaja's study is valuable to sociologists of religion for his insights into atheism and modes of proselytism, and his in-depth qualitative study of discourse dynamics makes a compelling argument to sociolinguists that 'social media offers a uniquely transparent, public, and immediate view of how people talk about religion'.' Michael Munnik, Discourse & Communication'Pihlaja's book is a promising attempt to analyze the field of religious discourse online from a novel perspective. With his background in linguistics, Pihlaja's approach is a welcome addition to the existing body of research from media studies, religious studies, and theology. His book is innovative in its inclusion of atheist voices, as well as in the historical contextualization of patterns of interreligious dialogue, which would deserve a study of its own. With regard to methodology, the incorporation of corpus linguistics is definitely an approach that seems fit for online discourse data. Hopefully, this study opens the door for further in-depth engagement with digital methodology in the study of religion online.' Frederik Elwert, Journal of Religion, Media and Digital CultureTable of Contents1. Introduction: religious interaction online; 2. Finding and analysing religious interaction; 3. Conflicts; 4. Stories and storylines; 5. Themes; 6. Conclusion: Evangelical outreach – arguing, appealing, and consoling.
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Handbook of Language Contact 2 Volume Hardback Set
£190.00
Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Handbook of Japanese Linguistics
Book SynopsisThe linguistic study of Japanese, with its rich syntactic and phonological structure, complex writing system, and diverse sociohistorical context, is a rapidly growing research area. This book, designed to serve as a concise reference for researchers interested in the Japanese language and in typological studies of language in general, explores diverse characteristics of Japanese that are particularly intriguing when compared with English and other European languages. It pays equal attention to the theoretical aspects and empirical phenomena from theory-neutral perspectives, and presents necessary theoretical terms in clear and easy language. It consists of five thematic parts including sound system and lexicon, grammatical foundation and constructions, and pragmatics/sociolinguistics topics, with chapters that survey critical discussions arising in Japanese linguistics. The Cambridge Handbook of Japanese Linguistics will be welcomed by general linguists, and students and scholars workTrade Review'The Japanese language is of great interest not only because of the unique position Japan holds in the world, by virtue of her history, culture, science and technology. It also has great importance because it has attracted the attention of many distinguished linguists, whose publications on it over many decades have influenced the development of linguistic theory itself. This Handbook is a balanced and comprehensive anthology of the many achievements of the field, presented by leading experts. It is much to be welcomed by Japanologists as well as by linguists at large.' William Shiyuan Wang, Chair Professor of Language and Cognitive Sciences, Hong Kong Polytechnic University'In summary, [The Cambridge Handbook of Japanese Linguistics] serves as an excellent reference book for both established and aspiring linguists … All in all, the editor, Yoko Hasegawa, as well as the 27 other contributors recruited from around the world, should be congratulated and thanked for their excellent work in producing this impressive handbook.' Junko Mori, The Journal of Japanese StudiesTable of ContentsPart I. Overview: 1. Introduction Yoko Hasegawa; 2. The history of the language Bjarke Frellesvig; 3. Layered structure, positional shifts, and grammaticalization Rumiko Shinzato; 4. Linguistic typology and the Japanese language Kaoru Horie; 5. Dialects Michinori Shimoji; 6. Writing and literacy in modern Japan Florian Coulmas; Part II. Sound System and Lexicon: 7. Moras and syllables Timothy J. Vance; 8. Pitch accent Haruo Kubozono; 9. Intonation Yosuke Igarashi; 10. Semantics and morphosyntax of mimetics Kiyoko Toratani; 11. Events and properties in morphology and syntax Taro Kageyama; Part III. Grammatical Foundation: 12. Case Wataru Nakamura; 13. Subjects and topics Yoko Hasegawa; 14. Negation Hideki Kishimoto; 15. Tense and aspect Wesley M. Jacobsen; 16. Modality Heiko Narrog; 17. Logophoricity, viewpoint, and reflexivity Yukio Hirose; 18. Word order and extraction: a functional approach Mitsuaki Shimojo; Part IV. Grammatical Constructions: 19. Nominalization Masayoshi Shibatani; 20. Clausal noun modification Yoshiko Matsumoto; 21. Internally headed relativization and related constructions Kyoko Hirose Ohara; 22. Benefactives Nobuko Hasegawa; 23. Passives Shoichi Iwasaki; 24. Conditionals Seiko Fujii; Part V. Pragmatics/Sociolinguistics: 25. Sentence-final particles Emi Morita; 26. Linguistic politeness Michael Haugh; 27. Speech style shift Haruko Minegishi Cook; 28. Discourse/conversation analysis Polly Szatrowski; 29. Japanese language, gender, and sexuality Shigeko Okamoto.
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Cambridge University Press Uptalk
Book Synopsis''Uptalk'' is commonly used to refer to rising intonation at the end of declarative sentences, or (to put it more simply) the tendency for people to make statements that sound like questions, a phenomenon that has received wide exposure and commentary in the media. How and where did it originate? Who are the most frequent ''uptalkers''? How much does it vary according to the speaker''s age, gender and regional dialect? Is it found in other languages as well as English? These and other questions are the subject of this fascinating book. The first comprehensive analysis of ''uptalk'', it examines its historical origins, geographical spread and social influences. Paul Warren also looks at the media''s coverage of the phenomenon, including the tension between the public''s perception and the views of experts. Uptalk will be welcomed by those working in linguistics, as well as anyone interested in the way we talk today.Trade Review'My reaction on reading this book was simply 'wow'. Only Paul Warren has the experience and expertise to write a volume such as this, and he has done an amazing and thorough job.' David Britain, Universität Bern, Switzerland'This is an authoritative scholarly treatment of intonational uptalk. Warren presents a masterly overview of the social implications, origins, geographical spread, and controversies surrounding this widespread phenomenon in spoken interaction.' Janet Fletcher, University of Melbourne'… it is certain to become the standard reference on the topic … there is no point in going anywhere else to find out what has been said about uptalk - either by researchers or by journalists and lay commentators …' D. Robert Ladd, Journal of the International Phonetic AssociationTable of Contents1. Introduction – why 'uptalk'?; 2. The forms of uptalk; 3. The meanings and functions of uptalk; 4. Uptalk in English varieties; 5. Origins and spread of uptalk; 6. Social and stylistic variation in uptalk use; 7. Credibility killer and conversational anthrax: uptalk in the media; 8. Perception studies of uptalk; 9. Uptalk in other languages; 10. Methodology in uptalk research; 11. Summary and prospect.
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Cambridge University Press Language and the Law
Book SynopsisLanguage policy is a topic of growing importance around the world, as issues such as the recognition of linguistic diversity, the establishment of official languages, the status of languages in educational systems, the status of heritage and minority languages, and speakers'' legal rights have come increasingly to the forefront. One fifth of the American population do not speak English as their first language. While race, gender and religious discrimination are recognized as illegal, the US does not currently accord the same protections regarding language; discrimination on the basis of language is accepted, and even promoted, in the name of unity and efficiency. Setting language within the context of America''s history, this book explores the diverse range of linguistic inequalities, covering voting, criminal and civil justice, education, government and public services, and the workplace, and considers how linguistic differences challenge our fundamental ideals of democracy, justice aTrade Review'There is no doubt that this collection will be useful to lawyers and other supporters of rights, as well as to students of language policy and management study of the slow progress of legal recognition in the USA of non-English language rights. It covers in considerable detail most of the important cases and decisions as the system has gradually (and perhaps reluctantly) recognized the way that failure to allow for minority language patterns has contributed to the kinds of inequality more usually associated with race, gender, and the income gap.' Bernard Spolsky, Professor Emeritus, Bar-Ilan University, Israel'Language and the Law examines a fascinating and promising area of research on the ways in which linguistic differences undermine some of the core promises of the US legal system.' ChoiceTable of ContentsPreface; Acknowledgements; 1. Equality, liberty, and fairness in America; 2. Language and democracy; 3. Language in the legal system; 4. Language and education; 5. Government, public services and the English-only movement; 6. Language in the workplace; 7. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index of court cases; Index of names; General index.
£28.99
Cambridge University Press Speech Communities
Book SynopsisWhat makes a speech community? How do they evolve? Speech communities are central to our understanding of how language and interactions occur in society. In this book readers will find an overview of the main concepts and critical arguments surrounding how language and communication styles distinguish and identify groups.Trade Review'This is the book we were waiting for. An informed and innovative introduction that makes us appreciate speech communities as sites for socialization, contestation, and creativity. We come away with a much better understanding of the authority of standard languages, the creativity of marginalized speech styles, and the attraction of new forms of digital literacy. A great resource for teaching and thinking critically about the power of language as well as its limitations.' Alessandro Duranti, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles'Marcyliena Morgan has provided a lucid depiction of speech communities that are global in scope and mindful of the growing technological impact of social media and internet communication. This book will be of significance and interest to scholars in the social sciences, humanities, as well as education and communication studies. The foundations of the book are interdisciplinary and classical, while its conclusions are keenly insightful - if not visionary.' John Baugh, Margaret Bush Wilson Professor in Arts and Sciences, Washington University, St Louis, and Professor Emeritus of Education and Linguistics, Stanford University'Morgan's book is a knowledgeable and informative introduction to speech communities, their formation, development, and organization, as well as a valuable analysis of the interaction between speech communities and the socio-political structures in which they are immersed.' Marco Tamburelli, Modern Language ReviewTable of Contents1. What are speech communities?; 2. Representing speech communities; 3. Constructing speech communities; 4. The African-American speech community; 5. Youth communities: the hip-hop nation; 6. Voice and empowerment in gender and sexuality; 7. Online speech communities; 8. Language in and out of the classroom; 9. Performance and play in speech communities; 10. Power, ideology and prejudice.
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Handbook of Discourse Studies
Book SynopsisDiscourse studies, the study of the ways in which language is used in texts and contexts, is a fast-moving and increasingly diverse field. With contributions from leading and upcoming scholars from across the world, and covering cutting-edge research, this Handbook offers an up-to-date survey of Discourse Studies. It is organized according to perspectives and areas of engagement, with each chapter providing an overview of the historical development of its topic, the main current issues, debates and synergies, and future directions. The Handbook presents new perspectives on well-established themes such as narrative, conversation-analytic and cognitive approaches to discourse, while also embracing a range of up-to-the-minute topics from post-humanism to digital surveillance, recent methodological orientations such as linguistic landscapes and multimodal discourse analysis, and new fields of engagement such as discourses on race, religion and money.Trade Review'Bringing together an impressive cast of both experienced and new international scholars, this exciting multidisciplinary handbook presents a large, comprehensive and stimulating range of topics at the cutting edge of research, challenging the conventional wisdom and providing a refreshing source of new ideas for all discourse analysts.' Janet Holmes, Emeritus Professor of Linguistics, Victoria University of Wellington'In this timely and thoughtful collection, De Fina and Georgakopoulou have achieved the remarkable feat of bringing Discourse Studies up to date with a range of innovative chapters on new and current topics. This is a perfect entry point for new students of Discourse and an indispensable book for advanced researchers.' Adam Jaworski, University of Hong Kong'The Cambridge Handbook of Discourse Studies truly captures what it means to study discourse in the 21st century.' Veronika Koller, Lancaster UniversityTable of ContentsPart I. (Con)Textualizing Discourses: 1. Registers, Styles, Indexicality Robert Moore; 2. Situating Discourse Analysis in Ethnographic and Sociopolitical Context Jennifer Roth-Gordon; 3. Context and its Complications Jan Blommaert With Laura Smits and Noura Yacoubi; 4. Re-Thinking Narrative: Tellers, Tales and Identities in Contemporary Worlds Anna De Fina and Alexandra Georgakopoulou; 5. Historicity, Interdiscursivity and Intertextuality in Discourse Studies Branca Falabella Fabricio and Luiz Paulo Moita-Lopes; Part II. Perspectives and Modes of Analysis: 6. Sequence Organization: Understanding What Drives Talk Emily Hofstetter; 7. Doing Micro-Analysis of Discourse: The Case of Ageing and Wellbeing Rachel Heinrichsmeier; 8. Corpus-Assisted Discourse Studies Clyde Ancarno; 9. Cognitive Linguistic and Experimental Methods in Critical Discourse Studies Christopher Hart; 10. Metaphor, Metonymy and Framing in Discourse Zsófia Demjén and Elena Semino; 11. Poststructuralist Discourse Studies: From Structure to Practice Johannes Angermuller; Part III: Discourse Materialities and Embodiment: 12. Multimodality Sabine Tan, Kay O'Halloran and Peter Wignell; 13. Sign Theory and the Materiality of Discourse Jack Sidnell; 14. Discourse and theLinguistic Landscape Philip Seargeant and Korina Giaxoglou; 15. Discourse, Emotions, and Embodiment Brigitta Busch; 16. Posthumanism and its Implications for Discourse Studies Gavin Lamb and Christina Higgins; Part IV. Translocations and Intersections: 17. Transnationalism, Globalization, and Superdiversity Zane Goebel; 18. Translanguaging and Momentarity in Social Interaction Tong King Lee and Li Wei; 19. Intersectionality, Affect and Discourse Kristine Køhler Mortensen and Tommaso M. Milani; 20. Expanding Academic Discourses: Diverse Englishes, Modalities, and Spatial Repertoires Brooke R. Schreiber, Mohammad Naseh Nasrollahi Shahri and Suresh Canagarajah; Part V. Ethics, Inequality and Inclusion: 21. Ethics and theStudy of Discourse Martyn Hammersley; 22. Migrants, Citizenship and Language Rights Lionel Wee; 23. Diversity and Inclusion in Education Yi-Ju Lai and Kendall A. King; 24. Discourse and Racialization Virginia Zavala and Michele Back; 25. Discourse and Narrative in Legal Settings: The Political Asylum Process Amy Shuman and Carol Bohmer; 26. Discourse and Religion in Educational Practice Vally Lytra; Part VI. Discourses, Publics and Mediatization: 27. The Critical Analysis of Genre and Social Action Anders Björkvall; 28. Rhetorics, Discourse and Populist Politics Markus Rheindorf; 29. The Discourses of Money and the Economy Annabelle Mooney; 30. Corporate Discourse Sylvia Jaworska; 31. Mediatized Communication and Linguistic Reflexivity in Contemporary Public and Political Life Cedric Deschrijver; 32. Discourse Analysis and Digital Surveillance Rodney H. Jones.
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Cambridge University Press English in Multilingual South Africa
Book SynopsisSouth Africa is a country characterised by great linguistic diversity. Large indigenous languages, such as isiZulu and isiXhosa, are spoken by many millions of people, as well as the languages with European roots, such as Afrikaans and English, which are spoken by several millions and used by many more in daily life. This situation provides a plethora of contact scenarios, all of which have resulted in language variation and change, and which forms the main focus of this insightful volume. Written by a team of leading scholars, it investigates a range of sociolinguistic factors and the challenges that South Africans face as a result of multilingualism and globalisation in both education and social interaction. The historical background to English in South Africa provides a framework within which the interfaces with other languages spoken in the country are scrutinised, whilst highlighting processes of contact, bilingualism, code-switching and language shift.Table of ContentsPreface; Part I. A Framework for English in South Africa: 1. English in South Africa – contact and change Raymond Hickey; 2. South Africa in the linguistic modelling of world Englishes Edgar Schneider; 3. South African English, the dynamic model and the challenge of Afrikaans influence Ian Bekker; 4. The historical development of South African English: semantic features Ronel Wasserman; 5. Regionality in South African English Deon du Plessis, Ian Bekker and Raymond Hickey; 6. Does editing matter? Editorial work, endonormativity and convergence in written Englishes in South Africa Haidee Kotze; Part II. Sociolinguistics, Globalisation and Multilingualism: 7. Language contact in Cape Town Tessa Dowling, Kay McCormick and Charlyn Dyers; 8. Internal push, external pull: the reverse short front vowel shift in South African English Alida Chevalier; 9. Youth language in South Africa: the role of English in South African Tsotsitaals Heather Brookes; 10. Econo-language planning and transformation in South Africa: from localisation to globalisation Russell Kaschula; 11. Multilingualism in South African education: a southern perspective Kathleen Heugh and Christopher Stroud; Part III. Language Interfaces: 12. Present-day Afrikaans in contact with English Bertus van Rooy; 13. Shift varieties as a typological class? A consideration of South African Indian English Raymond Hickey; 14. Language use and language shift in post-Apartheid South Africa Dorrit Posel and Jochen Zeller; 15. English prepositions in isiXhosa spaces: evidence from code-switching Silvester Ron Simango; 16. Aspects of sentence intonation in Black South African English Sabine Zerbian; 17. The development of cognitive-linguistic skills in multilingual learners: a perspective of Northern Sotho-English children Carien Wilsenach; 18. Linguistic interference in interpreting from English to South African sign language Ella Wehrmeyer; Timeline for South African history; Glossary.
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Handbook of World Englishes
Book SynopsisThe plural form ''Englishes'' conveys the diversity of English as a global language, pinpointing the growth and existence of a large number of national, regional and social forms. The global spread of English and the new varieties that have emerged around the world has grown to be a vast area of study and research, which intersects multiple disciplines. This Handbook provides a comprehensive and authoritative survey of World Englishes from 1600 to the present day. Covering topics such as variationist sociolinguistics, pragmatics, contact linguistics, linguistic anthropology, corpus- and applied linguistics and language history, it combines discussion of traditional topics with a variety of innovative approaches. The chapters, all written by internationally acclaimed authorities, provide up-to-date discussions of the evolution of different Englishes around the globe, a comprehensive coverage of different models and approaches, and some original perspectives on current challenges.Trade Review'This is a must-read volume! Three of the most eminent researchers on World Englishes achieve the difficult feat of capturing the essential findings of research in this vast field whilst also highlighting its contribution to linguistic theories and methodologies, and introducing some genuinely innovative perspectives.' Jenny Cheshire, Queen Mary University of LondonTable of Contents1. World Englishes: an introduction Daniel Schreier, Marianne Hundt and Edgar W. Schneider; Part I. The Making of Englishes: 2. The colonial and post-colonial expansion of English Raymond Hickey; 3. Theoretical models of English as a world language Sarah Buschfeld and Alexander Kautzsch; 4. The contribution of language contact to the emergence of World Englishes Lisa Lim; 5. Population structure and the emergence of World Englishes Salikoko S. Mufwene; 6. World Englishes, migration, and diaspora Lena Zipp; Part II. World Englishes Old and New: 7. A sociolinguistic ecology of colonial Britain David Britain; 8. English in North America Merja Kytö; 9. English in the Caribbean and the Central American rim Michael Aceto; 10. English in Africa Bertus van Rooy; 11. English in South Asia Claudia Lange; 12. English in South-East Asia Lionel Wee; 13. World Englishes old and new: English in Australasia and the South Pacific Carolin Biewer and Kate Burridge; Part III. Linguistics and World Englishes: 14. The global growth of English at the grassroots Christiane Meierkord; 15. Beyond English as a second or foreign language: local uses and the cultural politics of identification Alison Edwards and Philip Seargeant; 16. World Englishes in cyberspace Christian Mair; 17. World Englishes and their dialect roots Daniel Schreier; 18. Lexicography and World Englishes James Lambert; 19. The relevance of World Englishes for variationist sociolinguistics Alexandra D'Arcy; 20. Multilingualism and the World Englishes Sue Fox; 21. Unearthing the diachrony of World Englishes Magnus Huber; 22. Corpus-based approaches to World Englishes Marianne Hundt; 23. World Englishes from the perspective of dialect typology Benedikt Szmrecsanyi and Melanie Röthlisberger; 24. Language Acquisition and World Englishes Sarah Buschfeld; Part IV. Current Challenges: 25. Norms and standards in World Englishes Pam Peters; 26. Identity and indexicality in the study of World Englishes Erik Schleef; 27. The politics of World Englishes Mario Saraceni; 28. World Englishes in the media Andrew Moody; 29. World Englishes and transnationalism Brook Bolander.
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Cambridge University Press Register Genre and Style
Book SynopsisA fully updated and expanded second edition of this flagship work, which introduces methodological techniques to carry out analyses of text varieties, and provides descriptions of the most important text varieties in English. Part I introduces an analytical framework for studying registers, genre conventions, and styles, while Part II provides more detailed corpus-based descriptions of text varieties in English, including spoken interpersonal varieties, general and professional written varieties and emerging electronic varieties. Part III introduces more advanced analytical approaches and deals with larger theoretical concerns, such as the relationship between register studies and other sub-disciplines of linguistics, and practical applications of register analysis. A new chapter on EAP and ESP has been added, with new sections on the important differences between academic writing in the humanities and sciences, and a case study on engineering reports as an ESP register and genre. Coverage of new electronic registers has been updated, and a new analysis of hybrid registers has been added.Trade Review'This book is an excellent discourse analysis resource for both students and professionals from all research orientations. It includes very detailed frameworks for situational, linguistic, and functional analyses of variation.' Viviana Cortes, Georgia State UniversityTable of Contents1. Registers, genres, and styles: fundamental varieties of language; Part I. Analytical Framework: 2. Describing the situational characteristics of registers and genres; 3. Analysing linguistic features and their functions; Part II. Detailed Descriptions of Registers, Genres, and Styles: 4. Interpersonal spoken registers; 5. Written registers, genres, and styles; 6. Academic and professional written registers; 7. Registers and genres in interpersonal electronic communication; 8. Historical evolution of registers, genres, and styles; Part III. Larger Theoretical Issues: 9. Multidimensional patterns of register variation; 10. Register studies in context.
£110.00
Cambridge University Press Exploring Linguistic Science
Book SynopsisExploring Linguistic Science introduces students to the basic principles of complexity theory and then applies these principles to the scientific study of language. It demonstrates how, at every level of linguistic study, we find evidence of language as a complex system. Designed for undergraduate courses in language and linguistics, this essential textbook brings cutting-edge concepts to bear on the traditional components of general introductions to the study of language, such as phonetics, morphology and grammar. The authors maintain a narrative thread throughout the book of ''interaction and emergence'', both of which are key terms from the study of complex systems, a new science currently useful in physics, genetics, evolutionary biology, and economics, but also a perfect fit for the humanities. The application of complexity to language highlights the fact that language is an ever-changing, ever-varied product of human behavior.Trade Review'This lucid book - elegantly written and brimming with memorable examples of both language and complex systems across the sciences - will guide readers through the intellectual adventure of a new science, one that will transform, not only perspectives on language, but also their sense of themselves as linguistic agents.' Michael Adams, Indiana University, Bloomington'… this introductory book is essential reading for undergraduate students who are new to the field of linguistics and those who wish to get a modern perspective on linguistics as a science. It will also prove valuable for language teachers who wish to demonstrate the relevance of linguistics to the real world.' Xueliang Chen, Language in SocietyTable of Contents1. A new science; 2. Complex systems in nature and human behavior; 3. Complex systems in language; 4. Language basics: sounds; 5. Sounds: IPA and acoustic phonetics; 6. Sounds: atlas evidence; 7. Language basics: morphology; 8. Morphemes: empirical data; 9. Parts of speech; 10. Language basics: grammar and discourse; 11. Grammar: sentences and construction grammar; 12. Cognitive linguistics; 13. Language acquisition; 14. Language evolution; 15. Text type; 16. Style; 17. Sociolinguistics; 18. Big data: using a corpus; 19. Historical linguistics; 20. Conclusion: the future of interaction and emergence.
£25.64
Cambridge University Press Colloquial English Structure and Variation 158 Cambridge Studies in Linguistics Series Number 158
Book SynopsisDrawing on vast amounts of new data from live, unscripted radio and TV broadcasts, and the internet, this is a brilliant and original analysis of colloquial English, revealing unusual and largely unreported types of clause structure. Andrew Radford debunks the myth that colloquial English has a substandard, simplified grammar, and shows that it has a coherent and complex structure of its own. The book develops a theoretically sophisticated account of structure and variation in colloquial English, advancing an area that has been previously investigated from other perspectives, such as corpus linguistics or conversational analysis, but never before in such detail from a formal syntactic viewpoint.Trade Review'Lucid, magisterial, encyclopaedic; it covers a huge amount of material and makes sense of horrendously complex data.' Neil Smith, University College London'Radford demonstrates convincingly that colloquial English is as theoretically interesting and descriptively challenging as standard English. Expressing yourself informally does not exempt you from the constraints of Universal grammar.' Jan Terje Faarlund, University of OsloTable of ContentsPrologue; 1. Background; 2. Topics; 3. Complementisers; 4. How come?; Epilogue.
£25.64
Cambridge University Press Bilingualism in Action
Book SynopsisBilingual language behaviour is driven by numerous factors that are usually studied in isolation, even though individual factors never operate alone. Bringing together key insights from psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics, Luna Filipovic presents a new model of bilingual language processing that captures bilingualism within and across minds. The model enables readers to explain traditional puzzles in the field, and accounts for some apparently contradictory reports in different studies. It shows how theory can be applied in practice and how practice feeds back into theory, with mutual benefits. Bilinguals are studied in action, when they interact with other bilinguals or monolinguals, when they recall witnessed events in real life and in the lab and when they translate and interpret for the benefit of monolinguals. This interdisciplinary take on bilingualism in action will lead to new research on bilingualism itself, and to applications in forensic linguistics and translation studies.Trade Review'In conclusion, Bilingualism in Action convincingly argues for the need for more granular, fine-tuned research that ties together sociolinguistic and psycholinguistic variables so as to understand the 'why' behind individual differences of bilingual processing and production outcomes. Indeed, this book made me ruminate on my own bilingual experience, my current usage tendencies, and the ways in which I convey typological differences when teaching my second language to Anglophone students. This text would greatly benefit scholars who wish to subvert their field's empirical norms and embrace the interdisciplinary nature of such a unified approach. Finally, this book would be an excellent addition to any graduate syllabus on bilingualism and would serve any graduate student seeking direction on her next research topic.' Rachel B. Poulin, The LINGUIST ListTable of Contents1. Introduction to the domain of applied bilingual studies; 2. Bilingualism research: what we know and what we need to know; 3. Introducing CASP for Bilingualism; 4. Action time: CASP for bilingualism at work; 5. Bilingual cognition: language, memory and judgment; 6. Bilinguals in action as language professionals: specialised interpreting and translating; 7. Conclusions and future directions.
£28.12
Cambridge University Press Language Space and Cultural Play
Book SynopsisProvides researchers and graduate students in sociolinguistics with a theory of landscape affect as a linguistic and semiotic phenomenon. It is also of value to cultural geographers, urban sociologists and planners, and other researchers and students interested in the analysis of space and how spatial meanings are constructed.Table of ContentsList of figures; 1. Introduction; 2. Theorising affect in the semiotic landscape; 3. Kawaii in the semiotic landscape; 4. Reverencing the landscape; 5. Romancing the landscape; 6. 'Friendly places'; 7. The affective regime of luxury and exclusivity; 8. Affecting the digital landscape; 9. Conclusion.
£90.00
Cambridge University Press Language and Television Series
Book SynopsisThis book offers a comprehensive linguistic analysis of contemporary US television series. Adopting an interdisciplinary and multimethodological approach, Monika Bednarek brings together linguistic analysis of the Sydney Corpus of Television Dialogue with analysis of scriptwriting manuals, interviews with Hollywood scriptwriters, and a survey undertaken with university students about their consumption of TV series. In so doing, she presents five new and original empirical studies. The focus on language use in a professional context (the television industry), on scriptwriting pedagogy, and on learning and teaching provides an applied linguistic lens on TV series. This is complemented by perspectives taken from media linguistics, corpus linguistics and sociocultural linguistics/sociolinguistics. Throughout the book, multiple dialogue extracts are presented from a wide variety of well-known fictional television series, including The Big Bang Theory, Grey''s Anatomy and Bones. Researchers Table of ContentsPart I. Introduction: 1. Television dialogue; 2. Linguistic approaches to telecinematic discourse; Part II. A Functional Approach to Television Series (FATS): 3. Functions relating to the communication of the narrative; 4. Other functions of TV dialogue; Part III. Data and Approaches: 5. Corpora and corpus linguistic methods; 6. Other approaches; Part IV. Analyses of SydTV: 7. Salient features of TV dialogue: a corpus linguistic approach; 8. Key words, variation, and further insights into TV dialogue; 9. Non-codified language in SydTV; Part V. TV Dialogue in Pedagogy: 10. 'Take that pencil and just GO!': TV series and scriptwriting pedagogy; 11. Consuming television dialogue: a case study of advanced learners in Germany; Part VI. Conclusion: 12. Conclusion.
£85.50
Cambridge University Press Unpacking Creativity
Book SynopsisFigurative communication (the use of metaphor, metonymy, hyperbole and irony) provides economy of expression, clarity, persuasiveness, politeness, evaluation, and communication of emotions. However, it also increases the potential for misunderstanding in situations when people lack shared background knowledge. This book combines theoretical frameworks with empirical studies that measure the effectiveness of different approaches to the use of figurative language in advertisements, to show how to maximise the benefits of creative metaphor and metonymy in global advertising. It highlights how subtle differences in colour, layout, and combinations of different kinds of figurative language affect the reception and appreciation of creative advertising, shedding new light on the nature of figurative communication itself. With a balance between theory, experiments and practical case studies, this book is accessible for academics in linguistics and communication studies, as well as advertising and marketing professionals.Trade Review'This book provides an effective analysis of visual and language metaphors and their interaction, informed by astute application of cognitive science to a range of examples from advertising. Students and researchers in communication, linguistics, and cognitive linguistics as well as advertising researchers and practitioners will find the book interesting and informative. It is well-written and readable, and would be an excellent text for an advanced course in advertising, communication, or cognitive linguistics.' Professor L. David Ritchie, Department of Communication, Portland State UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. Theoretical Perspectives: 1. The temple of heaven is not China; 2. Is it a bird or is it a chameleon?; 3. Welcome to the black supermarket; 4. I thought they were hairy breasts!; Part II. Empirical Studies: 5. Spiderman or devil horns?; 6. If it's red it must be sport; 7. Curry is yellow in Japan but orange in the US; 8. So real it's scary; 9. Cross-cultural and gender-based variation in the emotional impact and appreciation of marketing videos; 10. Having fun with his custard factory?; 11. What do we now know about the creative use of figurative communication in advertising?
£95.00
Cambridge University Press Millennia of Language Change
Book SynopsisWere Stone-Age languages really more complex than their modern counterparts? Was Basque actually once spoken over all of Western Europe? Were Welsh-speaking slaves truly responsible for the loss of English morphology? This latest collection of Peter Trudgill''s most seminal articles explores these questions and more. Focused around the theme of sociolinguistics and language change across deep historical millennia (the Palaeolithic era to the Early Middle Ages), the essays explore topics in historical linguistics, dialectology, sociolinguistics, language change, linguistic typology, geolinguistics, and language contact phenomena. Each paper is fully updated for this volume, and includes linking commentaries and summaries, for easy cross-reference. This collection will be indispensable to academic specialists and graduate students with an interest in the sociolinguistic aspects of historical linguistics.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; Prologue. The long view; 1. Prehistoric sociolinguistics and the uniformitarian hypothesis: what were stone-age languages like?; 2. From Ancient Greek to Comanche: on many millennia of complexification; 3. First-millennium England: a tale of two copulas; 4. The first three-thousand years: contact in prehistoric and early historic English; 5. Verners law, Germanic dialects, and the English dialect 'default singulars'; 6. Deep into the Pacific: the Austronesian migrations and the linguistic consequences of isolation; 7. The Hellenistic Koiné 320 BC to 550 AD and its medieval congeners; 8. Indo-European feminines: contact, diffusion and gender loss around the North Sea; Sources; References.
£63.65
Cambridge University Press Formulaic Language and Linguistic Change
Book SynopsisA substantial proportion of our everyday language is ''formulaic'', that is, it consists of oft-repeated chunks. From pause fillers such as you know, to phrases such as Many thanks!, Is this seat taken? or strong tea, they form a phenomenon central in language. This important new book investigates formulaic language from the point of view of language change. Employing a novel quantitative and data-led approach, it traces and analyses change in phraseology across 20th Century German as used in Switzerland. Drawing on nearly 20 million words of textual evidence, it shows that social and cultural change in the speech community is the predominant motivator of change, though other factors are also at play. The book demonstrates a close link between language change and the culture of the speech community, arguing that this has repercussions for the study of language in general, as well as the study of society and history.Trade Review'I anticipate this book will become an instant classic, often cited: for its remarkably comprehensive and innovative categorizations and definitions of the phenomenon, and for its presentation of a strong piece of research which employs clever methods and takes us a large step forward in knowledge. The literature review on formulaic language is a definite useful tool for anyone seeking to gain deep understanding of the phenomenon.' David Wood, Carleton University, Ottawa'A rigorous, well-written and well-focused book clearly demonstrating how changes in formulaic language are linked to changes in the cultural context. Its new proposed methodology for the automatic extraction of formulaic expressions from a large body of data, as well as the wealth of useful references provided, will be immensely valuable to researchers and specialists, as well as students.' Maria Fernandez-Parra, Swansea UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Formulaic language; 2. Cultural context and diachrony; 3. The data, the community and a data-led identification of MWEs; 4. MWEs in written German; 5. Culture as motivator of change; 6. Cultural motivation in context; Conclusions; Appendix A. Filter entries; Appendix B. Rater guidelines on semantic unity.
£89.29
Cambridge University Press Language Contact and the Making of an AfroHispanic Vernacular
Book SynopsisUsing a cohesive approach that combines linguistics, legal history and colonial studies, this study advances our knowledge of creolistics. Focusing primarily on Afro-Hispanic varieties, it will be of interest to scholars and advanced students in language contact, historical linguistics, language variation and change, and Latin American studies.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. The place of Chocó Spanish in the Spanish creole debate; 3. A sketch of Chocó Spanish; 4. Roots of some languages; 5. Black slavery in the Pacific lowlands of Colombia; 6. Testing the legal hypothesis of Creole genesis on colonial Chocó; 7. Final considerations.
£95.00
Cambridge University Press The Geography of Words
Book SynopsisLanguages around the world organize their lexicons, or vocabularies, in a myriad of different ways. This book is a celebration of global linguistic diversity, bringing together fascinating cases from a wide range of languages to explore how and why this lexical variation occurs. Each of the thirty-six short chapters shows how different culturally-specific words, relating to a range of phenomena such as kinship, colour, space, time, objects, smells, and animals, vary across languages and geographical locations. It also explains the mechanisms of development in vocabularies, showing why this variation occurs, and how languages and cultures interact, to deepen the reader''s understanding of one of the most important aspects of linguistics. Assuming little to no prior knowledge of linguistics, and introducing concepts in an accessible way, this book is an entertaining, informative read for anyone who wants to learn more about the incredible variation and diversity of the human lexicon.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. How Words are Studied: A. What is a word?; B. The internal affairs of words; C. The external affairs of words; Part II. How Words are Carved Out: 1. 1 =2, 5, 6 or 7; 2. Beer eyes and wine-dark sea; 3. Second cousins twice removed; 4. I have three sons and a child; 5. Concepts on the chopping block; 6. Unripe bananas and ripe tomatoes; 7. Mums and clocks mean death; 8. The past is in front of us and the future is behind our back; 9. Far and wide, here and there; 10. Bottles with throats; 11. Setting the TV on fire and extinguishing it; Part III. How Things are Done with Words; 12. Traduttore, traditore!; 13. May you suffer and remember; 14. I screw your 300 Gods; 15. Either he is crazy or his feet stink; 16. Shoo and scat; 17. A dog and pony show; 18. Blah-blah-blah, yada-yada-yada; 19. Acts of darkness; 20. This for that; 21. Me Tarzan, you Jane; 22. How many languages do you speak?; 23. Harmful and shitty people; Part IV. How Words are Born: 24. Cars with tails and leadfooted drivers; 25. Monkey, dog, worm, snail, i.e. 'Crazy A'; 26. Rovers and ski-rolls; 27. Extra crispy soccer players; 28. Chinglish and Eurenglish; 29. Comrade, Sir; 30. Beer and whiskey mighty risky; 31. SOFs and SOWs; Part V. Where Words Live: 32. Old-lady torturers, horse killers, and bad mornings; 33. A fleeing bus; 34. I wish that you enjoy in what you have deserved!; 35. Happy hunting ground; 36. A language is a dialect with an army and navy; Part VI. A Word After: Part VII. Words about Words.
£26.59
Cambridge University Press The Geography of Words
Book SynopsisLanguages around the world organize their lexicons, or vocabularies, in a myriad of different ways. This book is a celebration of global linguistic diversity, bringing together fascinating cases from a wide range of languages to explore how and why this lexical variation occurs. Each of the thirty-six short chapters shows how different culturally-specific words, relating to a range of phenomena such as kinship, colour, space, time, objects, smells, and animals, vary across languages and geographical locations. It also explains the mechanisms of development in vocabularies, showing why this variation occurs, and how languages and cultures interact, to deepen the reader''s understanding of one of the most important aspects of linguistics. Assuming little to no prior knowledge of linguistics, and introducing concepts in an accessible way, this book is an entertaining, informative read for anyone who wants to learn more about the incredible variation and diversity of the human lexicon.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. How Words are Studied: A. What is a word?; B. The internal affairs of words; C. The external affairs of words; Part II. How Words are Carved Out: 1. 1 =2, 5, 6 or 7; 2. Beer eyes and wine-dark sea; 3. Second cousins twice removed; 4. I have three sons and a child; 5. Concepts on the chopping block; 6. Unripe bananas and ripe tomatoes; 7. Mums and clocks mean death; 8. The past is in front of us and the future is behind our back; 9. Far and wide, here and there; 10. Bottles with throats; 11. Setting the TV on fire and extinguishing it; Part III. How Things are Done with Words; 12. Traduttore, traditore!; 13. May you suffer and remember; 14. I screw your 300 Gods; 15. Either he is crazy or his feet stink; 16. Shoo and scat; 17. A dog and pony show; 18. Blah-blah-blah, yada-yada-yada; 19. Acts of darkness; 20. This for that; 21. Me Tarzan, you Jane; 22. How many languages do you speak?; 23. Harmful and shitty people; Part IV. How Words are Born: 24. Cars with tails and leadfooted drivers; 25. Monkey, dog, worm, snail, i.e. 'Crazy A'; 26. Rovers and ski-rolls; 27. Extra crispy soccer players; 28. Chinglish and Eurenglish; 29. Comrade, Sir; 30. Beer and whiskey mighty risky; 31. SOFs and SOWs; Part V. Where Words Live: 32. Old-lady torturers, horse killers, and bad mornings; 33. A fleeing bus; 34. I wish that you enjoy in what you have deserved!; 35. Happy hunting ground; 36. A language is a dialect with an army and navy; Part VI. A Word After: Part VII. Words about Words.
£89.87
Cambridge University Press The Sounds of English Around the World
Book SynopsisFocusing on English varieties around the world, this textbook provides a full introduction to key concepts in phonetics and phonology. It is accompanied with a range of integrated online resources, and includes in-chapter exercises throughout, making it essential reading for students and teachers of World Englishes, Applied Linguistics and TESOL.Table of ContentsPreface; 1. Introduction; 2. The history and spread of English worldwide; 3. The vowels of English; 4. Rhoticity in varieties of English; 5. The consonants of English; 6. English syllable structure; 7. English stress and rhythm; 8. Intonation in varieties of English; 9. Investigating English phonetics and phonology.
£76.00
Cambridge University Press Purrieties of Language
Book SynopsisAfter conquering the Internet, cats are now taking on linguistics! Since the advent of social media, cats have become a topic central to online communication, and the multitude of cat-related accounts now online has made this a world-wide phenomenon. Through cat-inspired varieties of language, we have developed a genre of cat-inspired vocabulary. And on our special social media accounts for our cats, we take on their identities, as we post, write, talk, and chat - as our feline friends. This innovative book provides linguistic analyses of the cyber ''Cativerse'', exploring online language variation, and explaining key linguistic concepts all through the lens of cat-related communication. Each chapter explores a different sociolinguistic phenomena, drawing on fun and engaging examples including memes, hashtags, captions and ''LOLcats'', from platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. Innovative yet accessible, it is catnip for all ''hoomans'' interested in how language is used online.Table of Contents1. The cativerse; 2. The feline territory of language; 3. Meowlogisms; 4. Da kittehz; 5. Virtual furever homes; 6. Multimeowdality; 7. Meow and more; 8. Going on pawtrol; 9. Linguistic scratching posts; 10. #StatsWithCats; 11. Cattitude and Purrception.
£47.50
Cambridge University Press Why We Gesture
Book SynopsisGestures are fundamental to the way we communicate, yet our understanding of this communicative impulse is clouded by a number of ingrained assumptions. Are gestures merely ornamentation to speech? Are they simply an ''add-on'' to spoken language? Why do we gesture? These and other questions are addressed in this fascinating book. McNeill explains that the common view of language and gesture as separate entities is misinformed: language is inseparable from gesture. There is gesture-speech unity. Containing over 100 illustrations, Why We Gesture provides visual evidence to support the book''s central argument that gestures orchestrate speech. This compelling book will be welcomed by students and researchers working in linguistics, psychology and communication.Trade Review'David McNeill explores and extends his life's work, the study of the gesture/language system - our unique, human, expressive being - in this exhilarating, challenging, masterly tour-de-force.' Jonathan Cole'David McNeill, quite simply, has fundamentally changed how we think about human bodily communication, particularly hand gesture. His views are immensely influential. He tackles the major theoretical questions in this area with great courage and conviction, and his precise arguments really do define the field.' Geoff Beattie, Edge Hill University'David McNeill's decades of groundbreaking work on gesture have transformed the study of language. This book presents penetrating new insights into the embodied nature of utterance formation.' Elena Levy, University of Connecticut'This extraordinary volume synthesises McNeill's trailblazing work on the links between gesture, speech, and language in mind and brain, in interaction, evolution, and development. It is engaging, compelling, and indispensable.' Marianne GullbergTable of ContentsPart I. Gesture-Orchestrated Speech: 1. Why we gesture; 2. The growth point; 3. New form of human action; 4. Orchestration and unpacking; 5. Mimicry and metaphor; Part II. Phylogenesis, Ontogenesis, Brain: 6. Phylogenesis; 7. Ontogenesis; 8. Brain; Part III. The Last Page: 9. Why we gesture (again).
£25.64
Nova Science Publishers Inc Sociolinguistic Parallels Across Europe: Focus on
Book SynopsisThis book is devoted to comparisons of the linguistic situation established by English and Scots in Lowland Scotland, with situations observed in the East Slavic countries and constituted by pairs of closely cognate languages, i.e. Russian, on the one hand, and Ukrainian and Belarusian on the other. Such comparisons have become a popular approach in the field of Scots studies. The process of language change evolving along with social changes in Scotland is are studied. In this respect, East Slavic languages, which are closely cognate, provide abundant material for observation. It is their closeness manifested by mutual intelligibility as well as the closeness of their fortunes and the way they co-exist in today''s Ukraine and Belarus that make East Slavic languages quite appropriate for comparisons with English and Scots in Lowland Scotland. The first five chapters of the book are devoted to just that. The focus is on some historical and sociolinguistic parallels between Scots and Ukrainian as well as Scots and Belarusian, and it compares the key stages and trends in their social history proceeding from the Middle Ages to the present day. For all the structural and functional dissimilarity and geographical remoteness of Scots and the mentioned Slavic languages, one can make interesting observations regarding their social development. A number of sociocultural factors are used to effect the development of the native languages in Scotland and in the East Slavic countries. Some of them are singled out and compared from a historical perspective. Three other chapters of the book deal with the sociocultural interaction between Scotland and Russia, focusing on the toponyms derived from Scottish personal names found in the territory of the former Russian Empire. As is known, Scotsmen constituted a considerable part of the Western immigrants in Russia, as they were active participants of all the major historical events in Europe. There is a number of toponyms of Western European origin in Russia, some of which date back to Scottish personal names. Such place-names constitute a humble, but noteworthy part of the Scottish legacy in Russia. Some of them luckily survived the Soviet Unions epoch and its passion for renaming. Quite surprisingly, this stratum of the Russian toponymy has never been systematically studied. Here, the author summarises some observations regarding the Russian place-names of direct and indirect Scottish origins, tracing back their history as well as the history of the families behind these names. A morphological analysis of the place-names is provided to reveal the word-building patterns involved. Finally, the author includes a short chapter dealing with a striking example of parallel lexical development in Shetland Norn and Old Russian resulting in two words, which are not necessarily immediately related, but are very close in form and meaning to one another. This peculiar instance of lexical likening can shed more light on the universally recognised etymologies. The topic of this chapter matches those of the previous ones in terms of geography, as the phenomena described in it also refer to Scotland and the East Slavic world. The abovementioned material has never been considered at this angle, and this is what makes this study new and topical.
£83.29
Nova Science Publishers Inc Language in African Social Interaction:
Book SynopsisIn African societies, much as plain or direct language is cherished and highly appreciated because of the pragmatic clarity it offers, implicitness, indirectness, vagueness, prolixity, ambiguity and even avoidance are even more cherished and preferred especially when the subject matter of what is being communicated is difficult or face-threatening. Verbal indirection, the communicational strategy in which interactants abstain from directness in order to avoid crises or in order to communicate ''difficulty'', and thus make their utterances consistent with face and politeness, is pervasive in African (Akan) social interaction. This groundbreaking book explores various linguistic and discursive devices speakers employ when engaged in indirectness. Among the linguistic and discursive strategies discussed are the use of: pronoun mismatching, nouns (especially proverbial names and other names with indirect meanings), evasions, hedges and various forms of pre sequences (which help to eliminate perceived obstacles to making such speech acts as announcements, requests, or invitations), acknowledgement of imposition, proverbs, metaphors, innuendoes, euphemisms, circumlocution, riddles, tales, hyperbolas, and communication through intermediaries or proxies.
£31.49
Nova Science Publishers Inc Selected Topics in Intercultural Communication
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£146.24
ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Language Conflicts in Contemporary Estonia, Latv
Book SynopsisLanguage policy and usage in the post-communist region have continually attracted wide political, media, and expert attention since the disintegration of the USSR in 1991. How are these issues politicised in contemporary Estonia, Latvia, and Ukraine? This study presents a cross-cultural qualitative and quantitative analysis of publications in leading Russian-language blogs and news websites of these three post-Soviet states in the period from 2004 to 2017. The most notable difference observed between Ukraine, on the one side, and the two Baltic countries, on the other, is that many Russian-writing users in Ukraines internet tend to support the position that the state language, i.e. Ukrainian, is discriminated against and needs special protection by the state, whereas the majority of Russian-speaking commentators on selected Estonian and Latvian news websites advocate the establishment of Russian as a second state language. Despite attempts of Ukraines government to ukrainianise the public space, the position of Ukrainian is still perceived, even by many Russian-writing commentators and bloggers, as being precarious and vulnerable. This became especially visible in debates after the 20132014 Revolution of Dignity, when the number of supporters of an introduction of Russian as a second state language significantly decreased. In the Russian-language segments of Estonian and Latvian news websites and blogs, in contrast, the majority of online users continue to reproduce the image of being victims of their countries nation-building. They often claim that their political, as well as economic rights are significantly limited in comparison to ethnic Estonians and Latvians. This book illustrates thatnotwithstanding variations between the Estonian as well as Latvian cases, on the one hand, and Ukraine, on the otherthere is an ongoing process of convergence within Ukrainian debates if compared to those held in the other two countries in terms of an increasing degree of discursive decommunisation and derussification.
£41.25
