Language Studies category: 15171 books
Arabic in the City
Issues in Dialect Contact and Language Variation
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2007
Filling a gap in the literature currently available on the topic, this edited collection is the first examination of the interplay between urbanization, language variation and language change in fifteen major Arab cities.
The Arab world presents very different types and degrees of urbanization,...
by Elisabeth H. Buck
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2017
The disciplinary triad of open-access, multimodality, and writing center studies presents a timely, critical lens for discussing academic publishing in a moment of crucibilic change, where rapid technological advancements force scholars and institutions to question what is produced and “counts”...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
Given the increasing presence of nonprofit organizations and their impact upon American society, colleges and universities are recognizing the need to offer courses and programs to train current and future employees, volunteers, and supporters of the nonprofit sector.
This volume, featuring empirically-based...
Language, Structure and Reproduction (Routledge Revivals)
An Introduction to the Sociology of Basil Bernstein
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
Basil Bernstein is one of the most creative and influential of contemporary British sociologists, yet his work – especially that relating to language and social structure – is widely misunderstood and misrepresented. This book, first published in 1985, addresses the underlying themes and continuities...
Writing/Disciplinarity
A Sociohistoric Account of Literate Activity in the Academy
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Over the past century, the explosive growth of scientific, technical, and cultural disciplines has profoundly affected our daily lives. However, processes of enculturation in sites such as graduate education that have helped to form these disciplines have received very limited research attention....
Home with Hip Hop Feminism
Performances in Communication and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2010
This book has won the 2015 Top Book Award from the NCA African American Communication and Culture Division (AACCD) of NCA
Home with Hip Hop Feminism brings together popular culture and the everyday experiences of black women from the hip hop generation to highlight the epiphanic moments when...
Museum and Gallery Studies
The Basics
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2017
Museum and Gallery Studies: The Basics is an accessible guide for the student approaching Museum and Gallery Studies for the first time. Taking a global view, it covers the key ideas, approaches and contentious issues in the field. Balancing theory and practice, the book address important questions...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1991
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1991
This volume presents five studies on the relationship between the media and voters. Each examines some aspects of the flow of information to voters during election campaigns and all reflect the assumption that the right to vote must include the right of access and sufficient information to make an...
by Martin Conboy
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Journalism Studies: The Basics provides an introductory overview of the emerging field of Journalism Studies, discussing key issues and contemporary debates. Drawing on Conboy’s extensive experience in the field, the changing nature of journalism and its future directions are addressed, through...
News Talk
Investigating the Language of Journalism
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2010
Written by a former news reporter and editor, News Talk gives us an insider's view of the media, showing how journalists select and construct their news stories. Colleen Cotter goes behind the scenes, revealing how language is chosen and shaped by news staff into the stories we read and hear. Tracing...
by Chatwara Suwannamai Duran
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2016
This book examines the agreements and discrepancies between public understanding and assumptions about refugees, and the actual beliefs and practices among the refugees themselves in a time of increasing mobility fuelled by what many call 'refugee crisis’. With a focus on language and literacy...
Communicating Populism
Comparing Actor Perceptions, Media Coverage, and Effects on Citizens in Europe
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2019
The studies in this volume conceptualize populism as a type of political communication and investigate it comparatively, focusing on (a) politicians’ and journalists’ perceptions, (b) media coverage, and (c) effects on citizens.
This book presents findings from several large-scale internationally...
Queerly Remembered
Rhetorics for Representing the GLBTQ Past
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2016
Queerly Remembered investigates the ways in which gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer (GLBTQ) individuals and communities have increasingly turned to public tellings of their ostensibly shared pasts in order to advocate for political, social, and cultural change in the present. Much like...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2012
This book provides a state-of-the-art account of past and current research in the interface between linguistics and law. It outlines the range of legal areas in which linguistics plays an increasing role and describes the tools and approaches used by linguists and lawyers in this vibrant new field....