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Vanishing Voices
The Extinction of the World''s Languages
Av Suzanne Romaine, Daniel Nettle
E-bok, 2000
228 kr
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Few people know that nearly 100 native languages once spoken in what is now California are near extinction, or that most of Australia''s 250 aboriginal languages have vanished. In fact, at least half of the world''s languages may die out in the next century. What has happened to these voices? …
Language in Society
An Introduction to Sociolinguistics
E-bok, 2000
420 kr
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Why have 1500 separate languages developed in the Pacific region? Why do Danes understand Norwegians better than Norwegians understand Danish? Is Ebonics a language or a dialect? Linguistics tends to ignore the relationship between languages and the societies in which they are spoken, while …
Language in Society
An Introduction to Sociolinguistics
E-bok, 2000
420 kr
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Why have 1500 separate languages developed in the Pacific region? Why do Danes understand Norwegians better than Norwegians understand Danish? Is Ebonics a language or a dialect? Linguistics tends to ignore the relationship between languages and the societies in which they are spoken, while …
Vanishing Voices
The Extinction of the World's Languages
Av Daniel Nettle, Suzanne Romaine
Inbunden, 2000
699 kr
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Few people know that nearly 100 native languages once spoken in what is now California are near extinction, or that most of Australia's 250 aboriginal languages have vanished. In fact, at least half of the world's languages may die out in the next century. What has happened to these voices? Should …
Vanishing Voices
The Extinction of the World's Languages
Av Daniel Nettle, Suzanne Romaine
Häftad, 2002
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
341 kr
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A dramatic account of the rate of language extinction, and how it endangers the future of biodiversityFew people know that nearly 100 native languages once spoken in what is now California are near extinction, or that most of Australia's 250 aboriginal languages have vanished. In fact, at least …
Vanishing Voices
The Extinction of the World''s Languages
Av Suzanne Romaine, Daniel Nettle
E-bok, 2000
257 kr
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Few people know that nearly 100 native languages once spoken in what is now California are near extinction, or that most of Australia''s 250 aboriginal languages have vanished. In fact, at least half of the world''s languages may die out in the next century. What has happened to these voices? …
Language, Education, and Development
Urban and Rural Tok Pisin in Papua New Guinea
Inbunden, 1992
3062 kr
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Papua New Guinea's struggle for development is intimately bound up with the history of Tok Pisin, an English-based pidgin which is the product of nineteenth-century colonialism in the Pacific. The language has since become the most important lingua franca in the region, being spoken by more than a …
Language in Society
An Introduction to Sociolinguistics
Häftad, 2000
3,5 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (2)
517 kr
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Why have 1500 separate languages developed in the Pacific region? Why do Danes understand Norwegians better than Norwegians understand Danish? Is Ebonics a language or a dialect? Linguistics tends to ignore the relationship between languages and the societies in which they are spoken, while …
Socio-Historical Linguistics
Its Status and Methodology
Häftad, 2009
754 kr
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Synchronic sociolinguistics has been particularly convincing in its use of quantitative models to demonstrates how 'the present might explain the past'. However, the relevance of sociolinguistics to historical linguistics 'using the past to explain the present', has been largely ignored. In this …
The Cambridge History of the English Language
Inbunden, 1999
4294 kr
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This volume deals with the history of the English language from 1776 to 1997. An extensive introduction details the changing socio-historical setting in which English has developed in response to a continuing background of diversity as it was transplanted to North America and beyond. Separate …
Language in Australia
Häftad, 2004
1358 kr
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Language in Australia provides a wide-ranging account of the present linguistic situation in Australia, primarily from a sociolinguistic perspective. The focus is mainly descriptive, and the chapters aim to provide a comprehensive overview and summary of what is known about Australia's languages as …
Pidgin and Creole Languages
Häftad, 1988
1063 kr
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This book defines and describes the linguistic features of these languages and considers the dynamic developments that bring them into being and lead to changes in their structure.
Bilingualism
Häftad, 1994
567 kr
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Since it was first published in 1989, Suzanne Romaine's book has been recognized as the most authoritative introduction to the sociolinguistics of bilingualism. The new edition has been completely revised to incorporate recent work in this fast developing field. Throughout the book, bilingualism is …
Communicating Gender
Inbunden, 1998
2525 kr
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Taking a cross-disciplinary approach, Suzanne Romaine's main concern is to show how language and discourse play key roles in understanding and communicating gender and culture. In addition to linguistics--which provides the starting point and central focus of the book--she draws on the fields of …
Communicating Gender
Häftad, 1998
1105 kr
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Taking a cross-disciplinary approach, Suzanne Romaine's main concern is to show how language and discourse play key roles in understanding and communicating gender and culture. In addition to linguistics--which provides the starting point and central focus of the book--she draws on the fields of …
Communicating Gender
E-bok, 1998
1299 kr
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Taking a cross-disciplinary approach, Suzanne Romaine''s main concern is to show how language and discourse play key roles in understanding and communicating gender and culture. In addition to linguistics--which provides the starting point and central focus of the book--she draws on the fields of …
Communicating Gender
E-bok, 1998
1258 kr
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Taking a cross-disciplinary approach, Suzanne Romaine''s main concern is to show how language and discourse play key roles in understanding and communicating gender and culture. In addition to linguistics--which provides the starting point and central focus of the book--she draws on the fields of …
Pidgin and Creole Languages
Inbunden, 2017
3173 kr
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This book defines and describes the linguistic features of these languages and considers the dynamic developments that bring them into being and lead to changes in their structure.
Pidgin and Creole Languages
E-bok, 2017
1248 kr
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This book defines and describes the linguistic features of these languages and considers the dynamic developments that bring them into being and lead to changes in their structure.
Pidgin and Creole Languages
E-bok, 2017
1248 kr
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This book defines and describes the linguistic features of these languages and considers the dynamic developments that bring them into being and lead to changes in their structure.
