Language and Languages
Global and Local Tensions
This collection of papers by international academics explores the massive changes globalisation brings to language. Synthesizing theory and research, it addresses the tensions in ELT, ICTs, and minority languages for academics, researchers, and educators.
This collection of papers by international academics explores the massive changes globalisation brings to language. Synthesizing theory and research, it addresses the tensions in ELT, ICTs, and minority languages for academics, researchers, and educators.
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Language and Politics in Africa
Contemporary Issues and Critical Perspectives
This collection offers critical perspectives on the interface of Language and Politics in post-colonial African countries. Exploring both the politics of language and the language of politics, this volume is a must-read for interested scholars and students.
This collection offers critical perspectives on the interface of Language and Politics in post-colonial African countries. Exploring both the politics of language and the language of politics, this volume is a must-read for interested scholars and students.
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This collection of papers from linguistics and anthropology explores the intricate relation between language, gender, and sexuality. Contributors cover topics from heterosexual, lesbian, gay, and queer experience to voice, silence, and nationalism.
This collection of papers from linguistics and anthropology explores the intricate relation between language, gender, and sexuality. Contributors cover topics from heterosexual, lesbian, gay, and queer experience to voice, silence, and nationalism.
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Language and Speech in Synchrony and Diachrony
Papers from an International Linguistics Conference
This collection examines language and speech in synchrony and diachrony. It covers cross-cultural communication, pragmatics, translation, text, and discourse, analyzing languages from various groups, including the non-literate Yenisei languages.
This collection examines language and speech in synchrony and diachrony. It covers cross-cultural communication, pragmatics, translation, text, and discourse, analyzing languages from various groups, including the non-literate Yenisei languages.
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Language and State
A Treatise on Political Linguistics and Philosophy
This book argues that language shapes human society. By enabling media for mass communication, language allows us to form large societies, nations, and states. These states are then governed through linguistic mechanisms like constitutions, elections, and representation.
This book argues that language shapes human society. By enabling media for mass communication, language allows us to form large societies, nations, and states. These states are then governed through linguistic mechanisms like constitutions, elections, and representation.
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Language Arts in Asia
Literature and Drama in English, Putonghua and Cantonese
This book explores Language Arts as an English-teaching paradigm, focusing on its recent adoption in Asian contexts. Its chapters explore current topics like multiliteracies and critical thinking, strengthening theoretical foundations for teachers and scholars.
This book explores Language Arts as an English-teaching paradigm, focusing on its recent adoption in Asian contexts. Its chapters explore current topics like multiliteracies and critical thinking, strengthening theoretical foundations for teachers and scholars.
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Language Arts in Asia 2
English and Chinese through Literature, Drama and Popular Culture
This volume presents contemporary research in Language Arts for English teaching. Using motivating materials like literature, drama, comics, anime, and film, it explores how to develop language mastery, critical thinking, and intercultural sensitivity.
This volume presents contemporary research in Language Arts for English teaching. Using motivating materials like literature, drama, comics, anime, and film, it explores how to develop language mastery, critical thinking, and intercultural sensitivity.
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Language as a Complex System
Interdisciplinary Approaches
To investigate language, we must cross academic boundaries. This book connects and integrates linguistics, biology, and computation to boost the interchange of knowledge between specialists, providing innovative tools and models to approach the study of language.
To investigate language, we must cross academic boundaries. This book connects and integrates linguistics, biology, and computation to boost the interchange of knowledge between specialists, providing innovative tools and models to approach the study of language.
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Language Assessment Literacy
From Theory to Practice
This book addresses the prominent field of language assessment literacy (LAL). Bringing together 14 chapters by leading researchers, it presents high-quality studies that fill a long-standing theoretical and empirical gap for language research, teaching, and learning.
This book addresses the prominent field of language assessment literacy (LAL). Bringing together 14 chapters by leading researchers, it presents high-quality studies that fill a long-standing theoretical and empirical gap for language research, teaching, and learning.
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Language at Work
Analysing Language Use in Work, Education, Medical and Museum Contexts
This title outlines recent linguistic research in a cross-section of institutions, including museums, schools, and universities, to investigate the language of the workplace and public institutions.
This title outlines recent linguistic research in a cross-section of institutions, including museums, schools, and universities, to investigate the language of the workplace and public institutions.
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Language beyond the Classroom
A Guide to Community-Based Learning for World Language Programs
This compendium offers detailed, how-to guides for developing, implementing, and evaluating service-learning programs for a variety of languages. Contributions here present civic-engagement programs for several languages, including French, German, Russian, and Spanish.
This compendium offers detailed, how-to guides for developing, implementing, and evaluating service-learning programs for a variety of languages. Contributions here present civic-engagement programs for several languages, including French, German, Russian, and Spanish.
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Few books on the Maghreb have focused on the ideology and identity that determine its language conflict. This work explores why postcolonial states mistreated their multilingual reality, attempting to substitute French with Scholarly Arabic and, more recently, English.
Few books on the Maghreb have focused on the ideology and identity that determine its language conflict. This work explores why postcolonial states mistreated their multilingual reality, attempting to substitute French with Scholarly Arabic and, more recently, English.
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Language Contact
A Multidimensional Perspective
When speakers of different languages interact, their languages influence each other. This can range from exchanging words to altering grammar, sometimes leading to language death. This volume unites distinguished scholars to offer a multidimensional exploration of the field.
When speakers of different languages interact, their languages influence each other. This can range from exchanging words to altering grammar, sometimes leading to language death. This volume unites distinguished scholars to offer a multidimensional exploration of the field.
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Language Contact
Mobility, Borders and Urbanization
This volume discusses theoretical and methodological models of language contact, focusing on mobility and borders. It explores the social effects of migration on multilingualism, and the relation between language, culture, and identity from different perspectives.
This volume discusses theoretical and methodological models of language contact, focusing on mobility and borders. It explores the social effects of migration on multilingualism, and the relation between language, culture, and identity from different perspectives.
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This book proposes an innovative approach to contact linguistics and bilingualism. Focusing on the bilingual mind, it examines phenomena like codeswitching and second language acquisition to reveal the universal principles governing how languages in contact influence each other.
This book proposes an innovative approach to contact linguistics and bilingualism. Focusing on the bilingual mind, it examines phenomena like codeswitching and second language acquisition to reveal the universal principles governing how languages in contact influence each other.
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This volume offers a cross-disciplinary insight into language contact research, bringing together studies on language variation, second language acquisition, and translation. It creates a dialogue between researchers, viewing language contact from a broader perspective.
This volume offers a cross-disciplinary insight into language contact research, bringing together studies on language variation, second language acquisition, and translation. It creates a dialogue between researchers, viewing language contact from a broader perspective.
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Language Contacts Meet English Dialects
Studies in Honour of Markku Filppula
This book presents fresh research on language contacts and dialects, celebrating the work of eminent scholar Markku Filppula. Articles explore theories, Celtic substrata in Irish and British English, and dialect in the British Isles from diverse perspectives.
This book presents fresh research on language contacts and dialects, celebrating the work of eminent scholar Markku Filppula. Articles explore theories, Celtic substrata in Irish and British English, and dialect in the British Isles from diverse perspectives.
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Once denigrated, the Ryukyuan languages are now severely endangered by oppressive policies. This volume depicts the history of the crisis, shedding light on the dark side of modernization and a misplaced obsession with monolingualism.
Once denigrated, the Ryukyuan languages are now severely endangered by oppressive policies. This volume depicts the history of the crisis, shedding light on the dark side of modernization and a misplaced obsession with monolingualism.
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Language Education and the Challenges of Globalisation
Sociolinguistic Issues
This book focuses on sociolinguistic issues linked to language education in the age of globalisation. It examines these in contexts of immigration and super-diversity, providing a useful look at the current state of the art for scholars and students.
This book focuses on sociolinguistic issues linked to language education in the age of globalisation. It examines these in contexts of immigration and super-diversity, providing a useful look at the current state of the art for scholars and students.
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Language Education Today
Between Theory and Practice
For modern language teachers, these essays explore the tension between linguistic identity and multilingualism, covering language education, English language teaching, and key linguistic issues.
For modern language teachers, these essays explore the tension between linguistic identity and multilingualism, covering language education, English language teaching, and key linguistic issues.
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