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Pemertahanan bahasa Melayu Loloan di Bali Pemertahanan bahasa Melayu Loloan di Bali Sumarsono Drs. Maintenance of the Loloan Malay language in Bali. OL1028477W
Language, Culture, and Society Language, Culture, and Society Christine Jourdan Language, our primary tool of thought and perception, is at the heart of who we are as individuals. Languages are constantly changing, sometimes into entirely new varieties of speech, leading to subt… OL15182493W
Das Serbokroatische zwischen Linguistik und Politik Das Serbokroatische zwischen Linguistik und Politik Bernhard Gröschel In this book, it is shown that Croatian and Serbian are variants of a single Serbo-Croatian language. The volume contains 1.500 bibliographic units. OL15295665W
Ritual communication Ritual communication Gunter Senft "This volume presents a new approach to "ritual communication" by an international group of scholars from a multidisciplinary and cross-cultural perspective, rich with empirical data and path breakin… OL15500210W
A cultural approach to interpersonal communication A cultural approach to interpersonal communication Leila Frances Monaghan,Jane E. Goodman,Jennifer Meta Robinson "The Second Edition of A Cultural Approach to Interpersonal Communication presents key readings from the fields of cultural and linguistic anthropology, sociolinguistics, and communication studies th… OL16142768W
Intercultural language activities Intercultural language activities Corbett, John "Intercultural Language Activities offers practical teaching ideas which encourage learners to reflect on their own language and culture, as well as that of others. Topics covered in the fourteen cha… OL1651728W
Language policy in Japan Language policy in Japan 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 … OL16529129W
Vernacular translation in Dante's Italy Vernacular translation in Dante's Italy Alison Cornish "Translation and commentary are often associated with institutions and patronage; but in Italy around the time of Dante, widespread vernacular translation was mostly on the spontaneous initiative of … OL17006384W
Language and cultural diversity in U.S. schools : democratic principles in action Language and cultural diversity in U.S. schools : democratic principles in action Terry A. Osborn "In a post-9/11 world, the benefits of understanding diversity take on urgent meaning. As children from around the world continue to pour into U.S. classrooms, an understanding of cultural and lingui… OL17721939W
Debating diversity Debating diversity Jan Blommaert Immigration, racism and nationalism are major political themes throughout the Western world, vigorously debated by politicians, the media, and the public at large. In the process, discourses are crea… OL1862268W
Dila ng bayan Dila ng bayan Isagani R. Medina On history of Philippine languages and culture. OL18676201W
Speaking volumes Speaking volumes Janet Watson xvi, 235 p. ; 25 cm OL19151474W
The Language of Global Success: How a Common Tongue Transforms Multinational Organizations The Language of Global Success: How a Common Tongue Transforms Multinational Organizations Tsedal Neeley 1 online resource (vii, 188 pages) OL19367160W
Crosslinguistic approaches to the psychology of language Crosslinguistic approaches to the psychology of language Susan Ervin-Tripp,Keiko Nakamura,Nancy Budwig Inspired by the pioneering work of Dan Slobin, this volume discusses language learning from a crosslinguistic perspective, integrates language specific factors in narrative skill, covers the major th… OL19838756W
Materializing Literacies in Communities Materializing Literacies in Communities 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… OL20477985W
Die vielsprachige Seele Kakaniens Die vielsprachige Seele Kakaniens Michaela Wolf In the last few decades, the discipline of Translation Studies has been characterized by a considerable increase of interdisciplinary approaches which both helped to sharpen its profiling and to prom… OL20933614W
Do you make these mistakes in English? Do you make these mistakes in English? Edwin L. Battistella "In this book, linguist Edwin Battistella tells the story of Sherwin Cody and his famous English course, situating both the man and the course in early twentieth-century cultural history. The author … OL3269053W
The Urhobo language today The Urhobo language today Rose Aziza,Tanure Ojaide >This is a pioneering work on Urhobo language, and since language is not the restricted domain of only scholars of linguistics, other aspects of the language or issues that impinge on language use ar… OL33180041W
Ezra Pound, popular genres, and the discourse of culture Ezra Pound, popular genres, and the discourse of culture Michael Coyle <Blockquote> In 1917, having begun the long poem that would prove his life's work, Ezra Pound affirmed that the ultimate goal of scholarship is popularization. Few scholars subsequently have noticed… OL3502888W
Global Linguistic Flows Global Linguistic Flows Awad Ibrahim "The book engages complex processes such as transnationalism, (im)migration, cultural flow, and diaspora in an effort to expand current theoretical approaches to language choice and agency, speech st… OL9585615W
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