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The Cambridge handbook of endangered languages
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Peter Austin |
"It is generally agreed that about 7,000 languages are spoken across the world today and at least half may no longer be spoken by the end of this century. This state-of-the-art Handbook examines the … |
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Key concepts in second language acquisition
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Shawn Loewen |
"What does it mean to acquire a language? What is considered a "second" language in multilingual settings? This practical and comprehensive guide provides an opportunity to consider these issues, pro… |
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Democratic policies for language revitalisation
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Emili Boix,Miquel Strubell i Trueta |
"A collection of studies offering an up-to-date analysis of official policies to promote Catalan in a democratic framework in each of the main Spanish regions where it is spoken: Catalonia, Valencia … |
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Duels and duets
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John L. Locke |
"Why do men and women talk so differently? And how do these differences interfere with communication between the sexes? In search of an answer to these and other questions, John Locke takes the reade… |
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The language of gaming
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Astrid Ensslin |
"The Language of Gaming examines the complex language of videogames and gaming from a discourse analytical perspective. Astrid Ensslin studies the discourses inscribed in videogames by their producer… |
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Language development
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Patricia J. Brooks |
"An accessible introduction to language development aimed at a wide audience of students from different disciplines such as psychology, behavioural science, linguistics, cognitive science, and speech… |
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Language policy in Japan
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Nanette Gottlieb |
"Over the last thirty years, two social developments have occurred that have led to a need for change in language policy in Japan. One is the increase in the number of migrants needing opportunities … |
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Standards of English
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Raymond Hickey |
"The notion of a 'standard' variety of English has been the subject of a considerable body of research. Studies have tended to focus on the standard features of British and American English. However,… |
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Introducing psycholinguistics
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Paul Warren |
"Psycholinguistics is the study of how humans produce and understand language. This textbook provides a clear introduction to the subject and is designed for students with only a basic knowledge of l… |
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Conceptualising 'learning' in applied linguistics
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Paul Seedhouse,Chris Jenks,Steve Walsh |
"An exciting new collection by world-leading researchers in L2 learning addressing: Why do conceptions of 'learning' vary so much in L2 learning research? Is there a conceptualisation of 'learning' t… |
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Lost in translation
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Ella Frances Sanders |
"An artistic collection of 50 drawings featuring unique, funny, and poignant foreign words that have no direct translation into English. Did you know that the Japanese have a word to express the way … |
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Bad English
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Ammon Shea |
"The author of Reading the OED presents an eye-opening look at language 'mistakes' and how they came to be accepted as correct--or not. English is a glorious mess of a language, cobbled together from… |
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In praise of profanity
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Michael Adams |
"When President Obama signed the affordable health care act in 2009, the Vice President was overheard to utter an enthusiastic "This is a big f****** deal!" A town in Massachusetts levies $20 fines o… |
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Bridge of words
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Esther H. Schor |
"A rich and passionate biography of a language and the dream of world harmony it sought to realize. In 1887, Ludwig Lazarus Zamenhof, a Polish Jew, had the idea of putting an end to tribalism by crea… |
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Rules of Use
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Julian Lamb |
"We take it for granted that we can use words properly - appropriately, meaningfully, even decorously. And yet it is very difficult to justify or explain what makes a particular use "proper." Given t… |
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Materializing Literacies in Communities
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Kate Pahl |
"What is a 'contemporary' understanding of literacy practices? How can 'literacy' be explained and situated? This book addresses literacy practices research, understanding it as both material and spa… |
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Authorisms
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Paul Dickson |
"William Shakespeare's written vocabulary consisted of 17,245 words, including hundreds that were coined or popularized by him. Some of the words never went further than their appearance in his plays… |
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An introduction to language
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Kirk Hazen |
"An Introduction to Language helps shape readers' understanding of what language is, how it works, and why it is both elegantly complex and yet essential to who we are"-- |
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Group work in the English language curriculum
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Philip Chappell |
"Group Work in the English Language Curriculum explores how using small groups in second language classrooms supports language learning. The book asserts that both language and learning are first and… |
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Keywords
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Raymond Williams |
Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society is a book by the Welsh Marxist academic Raymond Williams published in 1976 by Croom Helm.
Originally intended to be published along with the author's … |
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