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Mariner Books Speaking American
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HarperCollins How You Say It
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Feminist Poetics Performance Histories
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Introducing Performative Pragmatics
Book SynopsisThis user-friendly introduction to a new performative' methodology in linguistic pragmatics breaks away from the traditional approach which understands language as a machine. Drawing on a wide spectrum of research and theory from the past thirty years in particular, Douglas Robinson presents a combination of action-oriented approaches' from sources such as J.L. Austin, H. Paul Grice, Harold Garfinkel and Erving Goffman.Paying particular attention to language as drama, the group regulation of language use, individual resistance to these regulatory pressures and nonverbal communication, the work also explains groundbreaking concepts and analytical models.With a key points section, discussion questions and exercises in every chapter, this book will be an invaluable resource to students and teachers on a variety of courses, including linguistic pragmatics, sociolinguistics and interpersonal communication.Table of ContentsPreface. The Structure of the Book. Acknowledgments. List of Tables Part 1: Introduction 1. Metaphors of Language 2. Histories of Linguistics Part 2: Speech Acts 3. Performatives: Words That Transform Reality 4. Types of Speech Act 5. Creating Context 6. Taking Turns Part 3: Implicatures 7. Manipulating Maxims 8. Divergent Maxims 9. Conversational Invocature. Works Cited. Index
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Random House USA Inc Calling Bullshit
Book SynopsisBullshit isn’t what it used to be. Now, two science professors give us the tools to dismantle misinformation and think clearly in a world of fake news and bad data. “A modern classic . . . a straight-talking survival guide to the mean streets of a dying democracy and a global pandemic.”—WiredMisinformation, disinformation, and fake news abound and it’s increasingly difficult to know what’s true. Our media environment has become hyperpartisan. Science is conducted by press release. Startup culture elevates bullshit to high art. We are fairly well equipped to spot the sort of old-school bullshit that is based in fancy rhetoric and weasel words, but most of us don’t feel qualified to challenge the avalanche of new-school bullshit presented in the language of math, science, or statistics. In Calling Bullshit, Professors Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West give us a se
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iUniverse The AntiDictionary A Selected List of Words Being Forced from the Modern Lexicon
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HarperCollins Forgotten English
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Cultures Direct Press Mataluna 151 Afghan Pashto Proverbs
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Polity Press Words of the World
Book SynopsisThis bold and accessible study of human languages and communication explores issues which are at the forefront of today's globalized society. The human species is divided into more than five thousand language groups that do not understand each other.Trade Review"Abram de Swaan is the world's leading political sociologist of language. He has a profound knowledge of the complex history interlinking states and languages and an equally acute understanding of individual incentives to learn languages. Here he applies his insights and methods – with surprising results -- to globalization and its implications for the survival of world languages. Words of the World is both a pleasure to read and a remarkable contribution to political sociology." Professor David Laitin, Stanford University "...de Swaan's view is original and rich to the extent that it sheds new light on this problem...De Swaan's analysis is definitely new and fruitful for an understanding of the relations of power and language" Anais Bokobza, European University Institute, Florence, Italy "De Swaan's study is an impressive tour de force; it presents an original and refreshing social science perspective, is rich in empirical detail, rigorous in its theoretical elaboration, and written in an elegant and accessible style: a path-breaking study of language change and human communication in an age of globalisation." Johan Heilbron, Multilingual Matters "...this book is an important contribution to our understanding of the relationship among languages of the world in the era of globalisation. It is a good addition to the growing body of texts used in increasingly popular courses on 'World English(es)'. Alamin Mazuri, The Ohio State University, USATable of ContentsPreface ix 1 Introduction: the global language system 1 1.1 The global language system: a galaxy of languages 4 1.2 A historical atlas of the world as a language system 6 1.3 Supercentral constellations in the present language system 11 1.4 Scope and approach of this book 17 1.5 Plan of the book 20 2 The political economy of language constellations 25 2.1 Languages as ‘hypercollective goods’ 27 2.2 The communication potential of a language: the Q-value 33 3 Language, culture and the unequal exchange of texts 41 3.1 Texts as commodities in international exchange 42 3.2 Protectionism and free trade in cultural exchange 47 3.3 Monoglossia, polyglossia and heteroglossia 53 3.4 Discussion 57 4 India: the rivalry between Hindi and English 60 4.1 Characterization of the Indian constellation 61 4.2 State formation, nation-building and language unification 63 4.3 The vicissitudes of language policy in India 69 4.4 Discussion 73 5 The triumph of bahasa Indonesia 81 5.1 Gandhi’s dream 81 5.2 The rise of Malay 83 5.3 The demise of Dutch 86 5.4 The rejection of Javanese 90 5.5 Discussion 93 6 Africa: the persistence of the colonial languages 96 6.1 A two-by-three comparison 99 6.2 Three francophone constellations south of the Sahara 102 6.3 Three English-centred constellations south of the Sahara 116 7 South Africa: the survival of the old language regime 127 7.1 The language regime under Apartheid 128 7.2 Language policy after Apartheid 132 7.3 The dynamics of the constellation 136 7.4 Discussion 140 8 The European Union: the more languages, the more English 144 8.1 Civil Europe (1): language unification in national constellations 146 8.2 Civil Europe (2): Q-values in the European Union 151 8.3 Institutional Europe (1): the public level 166 8.4 Institutional Europe (2): the bureaucracy 171 8.5 Discussion 173 9 Conclusions and considerations 176 9.1 Conclusions 177 9.2 Considerations 187 Notes 194 References 225 Index 244
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Comics in Contemporary Arab Culture
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Brill Each Man Cried Out to His God
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Springer Written Expression Disorders 10 Neuropsychology and Cognition
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Springer Oral Discourse and Education Oral Discourse and Education v 3 Encyclopedia of Language and Education
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Springer Designing Communities 3 Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education
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Springer Designing Communities
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Springer Encyclopedia of Language and Education Volume 1 Language Policy and Political Issues in Education
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Springer Encyclopedia of Language and Education Oral Discourse and Education 3
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Springer Bilingual Education 5 Encyclopedia of Language and Education
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Springer Encyclopedia of Language and Education Research Methods In Language And Education 8
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Liturgical Press Liturgical Language Keeping It Metaphoric Making It Inclusive American Essays in Liturgy Series
Book SynopsisRecognizing that both metaphoric and inclusive language are necessary in Christian worship, this book clarifies how these need not be contradictory criteria for forming liturgical language.Trade ReviewRamshaw makes an excellent contribution to the discussion on liturgical language with this efficiently packed essay.Modern LiturgyRamshaw's brief work points out some directions liturgists can take in this new millennium.Philippiniana Sacra
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Multilingualism A Critical Perspective Advances in Sociolinguistics
Book SynopsisExamines the role of nationalism, heritage, culture, identity negotiation, ideology and power in multilingualism. This title offers responses from the authors' investigations of the language practices of multilingual young people and their teaching experiences in complementary schools in four cities in England.Trade Review"In this groundbreaking study of multilingual youth in the United Kingdom, Blackledge and Creese disrupt common-sense notions of language, literacy, heritage, and identity. Drawing on innovative research in eight complementary schools in four cities, the authors bring insightful analysis to a complex set of data, arguing persuasively that time and space remain central motifs in the investigation of multilingualism in contemporary society. Researchers, students, and teachers will find the integration of theory and practice both compelling and engaging. Multilingualism represents linguistic ethnography at its very best." - Professor Bonny Norton, University of British Columbia, Canada"An insightful account of a landmark study in multilingual education. This theoretically and methodologically innovative multi-site, team ethnography illuminates classroom linguistic practices in Gujarati, Bengali, Chinese, and Turkish complementary schools in Britain, opening readers' eyes and understanding to the rich diversity of cultural, identity, and learning resources multilingualism represents. This book offers a major, critical alternative." - Professor Nancy H. Hornberger. University of Pennsylvania, USA"British education scholars at the University of Birmingham, Blackledge and Creese investigate the role, values, status, and practice of minority languages in Britain and entertain the possibility that complementary schools might be an avenue for teaching and valuing minority languages that mandatory schooling tends to homogenize out of society. Their perspectives include the ethnography of multilingualism, separate and flexible bilingualism in complementary schools, multilingual literacies across space and time, inventing and dis-inventing the national, and trans-languaging as pedagogy in the bilingual classroom." -Eithne O'Leyne, BOOK NEWS, Inc.‘The book has a very clear structure that would make the reading accessible even to a reader who does not have a detailed knowledge of this field... I think this book should be of interest to a large group of people interested in the intersection of language, sociology, and culture. It should work for both researchers and advanced students as a way to acquaint oneself with the more recent work in the field. I also think it would probably work in an introductory course to multilingualism for students.' -- The Linguist List‘Explaining complex bilingual phenomena in a pluralistic, multilingual, and fluid modern society is not a simple task. The authors are to be commended for their critical perspective, their ability to crystallize complex processes into coherent and clear prose, and their unending commitment to constantly re-examining the language practices they see unfolding before them.' -- Language Policy... remarkable both in breadth and depth... Blackledge and Creese's work is both impressive and inspiring in the scope and depth of the study presented and the clarity of the theoretical frame. -- Language TeachingTable of Contents1. Opening up multilingual spaces; 2. Multilingualism, ideology and practice; 3. Ethnography of multilingualism; 4. A multilingual research team; 5. Multilingualism in local and global spaces; 6. Inventing and disinventing the national; 7. Contesting 'language' as 'heritage'; 8. Multilingual literacies across space and time; 9. Official and carnival lives in the classroom; 10. Flexible bilingualism in practice; 11: Multilingualism: Future trajectories; Index.
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Vanderbilt University Press What the Signs Say
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Vanderbilt University Press What the Signs Say
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IntechOpen Interdisciplinary Themes of Sociolinguistic Studies Language Learning Technology and Identity in the Age of AI and Globalization
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Cambridge University Press An Extraordinary Chinese Translation of Holocaust
Book SynopsisThis Element focuses on two Holocaust testimonies translated into Chinese by translator, Gao Shan. They deserve attention for the highly unorthodox approach Gao adopted and the substantial alterations he made to the original texts. The study begins by narrating the circumstances that led to these translations, then goes on to explore Gao''s views on translation, his style, additions to the original accounts, and the affective dynamics of his translation activity. The author draws on concepts from sociology, memory studies, and sociolinguistics to frame the discussion and highlight the ethical concerns inevitably involved in Gao''s work. Without minimizing the moral responsibility of faithful transmission that Holocaust material should always impose, the author wants to show how Gao sometimes sacrifices strict accuracy in his desire to make the survivors'' experiences intelligible to a prospective audience wholly unacquainted with the Holocaust.
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LEGARE STREET PR A Provincial Glossary With a Collection of Local Proverbs and Popular Superstitions
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LEGARE STREET PR Der Der Berlinische Dialekt Untersucht Und Nach Aufzeichnungen Richtiger Berliner Herausgegeben
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Legare Street Press Everyday English. A Sequel To
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LEGARE STREET PR A A Study in the Warwickshire Dialect
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Legare Street Press The The Dialect of South Lancashire or Tim Bobbins Tummus and Meary
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Legare Street Press Cummerland Talk
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Legare Street Press Contributions to the History of the Durham Dialects
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Legare Street Press Conversations in Gaelic English
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Legare Street Press A A Glossary of Words Pertaining to the Dialect of MidYorkshire With Others Peculiar to Lower Nidderdale. To Which is Prefixed on Outline Grammar of the MidYorkshire Dialect Volume 5
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Legare Street Press Reports Notices and Library With a List of the Societys Publications and Various Indexes Volume 33
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Legare Street Press Enquête linguistique sur les patois dArdenne
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Legare Street Press A A Word on the Wane
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Legare Street Press Wörterbuch der Gauner und Diebessprache.
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Legare Street Press Atti Della R. Accademia Della Crusca
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Legare Street Press Anglicismes Et Canadianismes
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Legare Street Press Ueber Die Wupperthaler Mundart
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Legare Street Press Le parler dolois étude et glossaire des patois comparés de larrondissement de SaintMalo suivi dun relevé des locutions et dictions populaires
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Legare Street Press Le Le Livre Jaune
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Legare Street Press Het Dialect Der Stad Maastricht ...
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Legare Street Press Die Sprache Der Luxemburger.
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Legare Street Press Umgangsprache
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