Language Arts category: 28677 books
by Jennifer M. Wei
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2008
Jennifer M. Wei argues that construction and perceptions of language and identity parallel sociopolitical transformations, and language and identity crises arise during power transitions. Under these premises, language and identity are never well-defined or well-bounded. Instead, they are best viewed...
Not Just a Laughing Matter
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Political Humor in China
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2017
This book offers the first comprehensive and in-depth exploration of the way Chinese humor fits into broader discourses on Chinese identity and modernity in an increasingly globalized world throughout the period of modern China. It brings together the expertise of scholars from a variety of disciplines...
The Birth of Twentieth-Century Chinese Literature
Revolutions in Language, History, and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2017
This study makes a linguistic case for the twentieth century revolution in Chinese language and literature. It offers a history of reform and change in the Chinese language throughout the country’s history, and focuses on the concept of ‘baihua’, a language reform movement championed by Hu Shi...
Indonesian Slang
Colloquial Indonesian at Work
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
Cekidot, gan!—"Check it out, Boss!"
Kamu Dodol—"You're a coconut fudge!" (You're slow on the uptake)
This book is an informal compendium of Indonesian expressions, including proverbs, slang, quotations and acronyms.
The unique aspects of the Indonesian...
The Bilingual Advantage
Promoting Academic Development, Biliteracy, and Native Language in the Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This comprehensive account of bilingualism examines the importance of using students’ native languages as a tool for supporting higher levels of learning. The authors highlight the social, linguistic, neuro-cognitive, and academic advantages of bilingualism, as well as the challenges faced by...
Language Maintenance Language Attrition
The Case of Polish Children in Sweden
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2015
The monograph, based on broad studies into the Polish diaspora in Sweden, provides a picture of the social factors influencing the maintenance of the heritage language and culture by the second generation of emigrants. The author’s main objective, however, is to discover the systemic mechanisms...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2015
When people attempt to learn a new language, the language(s) they already know can help but also hinder their understanding or production of new forms. This phenomenon, known as language transfer, is the focus of this book. The collection offers new theoretical perspectives, some in the empirical...
by Thierry MAILLET, François LAURENT
Language: French
Release Date: December 18, 2014
Language: French
Release Date: December 18, 2014
Le terme marketing est connu de tous mais le plus souvent incompris. Qu'est-ce que le marketing, pourquoi et comment a-t-il été créé ? Son histoire est assez méconnue or mieux la connaître pourrait aider à mieux le comprendre. Pourquoi est-il né au milieu du XIXe siècle, comment a-t-il été...
by Kiriti Sengupta
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2013
The nonfiction has been edited by Don Martin from the United States and the foreword done by Prof. Dr. hülya yılmaz, The Pennsylvania State University, College of the Liberal Arts, U.S.A. The book has been dedicated to Prof. Dr. Mary Miles (Ph.D.), Pennsylvania State University, U.S.A.
The...
Knack American Sign Language
A Step-by-Step Guide to Signing
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2009
While learning a new language isn't a “knack” for everyone, Knack American Sign Language finally makes it easy. The clear layout, succinct information, and topic-specific sign language partnered with high-quality photos enable quick learning. By a “bilingual” author whose parents were both...
In the Beginning
A Short History of the Hebrew Language
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2004
Hebrew as a language is just over 3,000 years old, and the story of its alphabet is unique among the languages of the world. Hebrew set the stage for almost every modern alphabet, and was arguably the first written language simple enough for everyone, not just scribes, to learn, making it possible...
Formal Models in the Study of Language
Applications in Interdisciplinary Contexts
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2017
This volume presents articles that focus on the application of formal models in the study of language in a variety of innovative ways, and is dedicated to Jacques Moeschler, professor at University of Geneva, to mark the occasion of his 60th birthday. The contributions, by seasoned and budding linguists...
Affect-Language Interactions in Native and Non-Native English Speakers
A Neuropragmatic Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2016
This volume provides an up-to-date and evaluative review of theoretical and empirical stances on emotion and its close interaction with language and cognition in monolingual and bilingual individuals. Importantly, it presents a novel methodological approach that takes into account contextual information...
by Herbert L. Colston
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
Using Figurative Language presents results from a multidisciplinary decades-long study of figurative language that addresses the question, 'Why don't people just say what they mean?' This research empirically investigates goals speakers or writers have when speaking (writing) figuratively, and concomitantly,...