Language Arts category: 28677 books
Language in History
Theories and Texts
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
In Language in History, Tony Crowley provides the analytical tools for answering such questions. Using a radical re-reading of Saussure and Bahktin, he demonstrates, in four case studies, the ways in which language has been used to construct social and cultural identity in Britain and Ireland. For...
Mongolian Language Audio Training Course
Language Learning Country Guide and Vocabulary for Travel in Mongolia
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2014
Mongolian Language Audio Training CourseWelcome to the Mongolian Language Audio Training Course. This course is designed to teach you the basics both before and during your visit to Mongolia. Learn essential words, phrases and vocabulary. This course is perfect for beginners and anyone interested in...
Language Endangerment and Language Maintenance
An Active Approach
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
Language endangerment is a fundamental issue for humanity. What rights do minority communities have concerning their languages? How does each language conceptualize the world differently? How much knowledge about the world and a local ecosystem is lost when a language disappears? What is the process...
Mythic-Symbolic Language and Philosophical Anthropology
A Constructive Interpretation of the Thought of Paul Ricœur
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This book will attempt to achieve a constructive and positive correla tion between mythic-symbolic language and philosophical anthropolo gy. It is intended as a reflection on the philosophical accomplishment of Paul Ricoeur. The term mythic-symbolic language in this context means the language...
European Francophonie
The Social, Political and Cultural History of an International Prestige Language
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2014
This volume examines the use of French in European language communities outside France from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. The phenomenon of French language usage is explored in a wide variety of communities, namely Bohemian, Dutch, medieval English, German (Prussian), Italian, Piedmontese,...
Sepedi (Northern Sotho, Sesotho sa Laboa) Language Audio Training Course
Language Learning Country Guide and Vocabulary for Travel in South Africa
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2014
Sepedi Language Audio Training CourseWelcome to the Sepedi (Northern Sotho) Language Audio Training Course. This course is designed to teach you the basics both before and during your visit to South Africa. Learn essential words, phrases and vocabulary. This course is perfect for beginners and anyone...
by David Crystal
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
With a language disappearing every two weeks and neologisms springing up almost daily, an understanding of the origins and currency of language has never seemed more relevant. In this charming volume, a narrative history written explicitly for a young audience, expert linguist David Crystal proves...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2014
This volume addresses critical challenges and issues facing foreign language departments in colleges and universities across the U.S. It presents the insights of individuals who have built or are in the process of building foreign language curricula during a major transition period in postsecondary...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Even as Anglophone power wanes in Asia, and China and India rise, the role of the English language in the region continues to develop. How are students in Asian nations such as Vietnam, Malaysia and China itself being taught English? This much-needed overview analyzes the differing language education...
by Mari Jones, Ishtla Singh
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
In this student-friendly text, Jones and Singh explore the phenomenon of language change, with a particular focus on the social contexts of its occurrence and possible motivations, including speakers’ intentions and attitudes.
Presenting new or little-known data, the authors draw a distinction...
Learning Chinese, Turning Chinese
Challenges to Becoming Sinophone in a Globalised World
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2013
In this book Edward McDonald takes a fresh look at issues of language in Chinese studies. He takes the viewpoint of the university student of Chinese with the ultimate goal of becoming 'sinophone': that is, developing a fluency and facility at operating in Chinese-language contexts comparable to their...
English as a Global Language in China
Deconstructing the Ideological Discourses of English in Language Education
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
This book offers insight into the spread and impact of English language education in China within China’s broader educational, social, economic and political changes. The author's critical perspective informs readers on the connections between language education and political ideologies in the...
Language, Society, and New Media
Sociolinguistics Today
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
This book uses an interdisciplinary approach, integrating frameworks from sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology and emerging strands of research on language and new media, to demonstrate the relationship between language, society, thought, and culture to students with little to no background...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2013
This collection brings together the best contemporary philosophical work in the area of intersection between philosophy of language and the law. Some of the contributors are philosophers of language who are interested in applying advances in philosophy of language to legal issues, and some of the...