Language Studies category: 15171 books
Survival and Development of Language Communities
Prospects and Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2012
Too small to be big, but also too big to be really small, medium-sized language communities (MSLCs) face their own challenges in a rapidly globalising world where multilingualism and mobility seem to be eroding the old securities that the monolingual nation states provided. The questions to be answered...
by Thomas Johansson, Marcus Herz
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2019
This book provides an updated and fresh introduction to recent theoretical developments in youth studies. It expands upon these developments and introduces new discussions and perspectives. It presents three central theoretical traditions in youth studies, and explores the possibilities of redefining...
‘Who the Devil taught thee so much Italian?’
Italian language learning and literary imitation in early modern England
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
This book offers a comprehensive account of the methods and practice of learning modern languages, particularly Italian, in late sixteenth and early seventeenth century England. It is the first study to suggest that there is a fundamental connection between these language-learning habits and the techniques...
Teaching English Learners
Fostering Language and the Democratic Experience
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2016
This book examines the teaching of English language learners (ELL) by exploring topics not typically covered in theory or methods textbooks. Although methods texts commonly draw readers through well-known strategies such as the audio-lingual method, this book, by contrast, focuses attention on how...
by Louis Kriesberg
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2016
On the occasion of his 90th birthday Louis Kriesberg provides an informative account of his career, tracing the trajectory of his discoveries, contributions, and stumbles as he sought to help the advance toward a more sustainable and just peace in the world. His work contributes to ideas and practices...
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue
The Untold History of English
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2008
A survey of the quirks and quandaries of the English language, focusing on our strange and wonderful grammar
Why do we say “I am reading a catalog” instead of “I read a catalog”? Why do we say “do” at all? Is the way we speak a reflection of our cultural values? Delving into these...
The Bonjour Effect
The Secret Codes of French Conversation Revealed
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2016
Jean-Benoît Nadeau and Julie Barlow spent a decade traveling back and forth to Paris as well as living there. Yet one important lesson never seemed to sink in: how to communicate comfortably with the French, even when you speak their language. In The Bonjour Effect Jean-Benoît and Julie chronicle...
by Marcyliena H. Morgan
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2014
What makes a speech community? How do they evolve? How are speech communities identified? Speech communities are central to our understanding of how language and interactions occur in societies around the world and in this book readers will find an overview of the main concepts and critical arguments...
by Susan Schaller
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
For more than a quarter of a century, Ildefonso, a Mexican Indian, lived in total isolation, set apart from the rest of the world. He wasn't a political prisoner or a social recluse, he was simply born deaf and had never been taught even the most basic language. Susan Schaller, then a twenty-four-year-old...
Body Language - Read & Understand People
How to do profiling like FBI agents! Interpret Gestures Mimic & Nonverbal Signals, Recognize Lies & Manipulation, Control your Effect
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2019
THIS BOOK OFFERS YOU: Knowledge compact in a quick overview on the topic as well as advice tested in practice. The book helps you to make decisions step by step, to succeed & and contains numerous overviews & checklists to make it easier to read.
ALL AUTHORS can be found in the table...
Le body language
Comprendre l'importance et la signification des signaux corporels
Language: French
Release Date: May 13, 2015
Un guide pratique et accessible pour décrypter le body language
Trop souvent oubliée au profit du langage verbal, notre gestuelle joue pourtant un rôle capital au sein de nos relations sociales. Puisque le maintien de notre corps, l’intonation de notre voix mais également la relation...
The New Joys of Yiddish
Completely Updated
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2010
More than a quarter of a century ago, Leo Rosten published the first comprehensive and hilariously entertaining lexicon of the colorful and deeply expressive language of Yiddish. Said “to give body and soul to the Yiddish language,” The Joys of Yiddish went on to become an indispensable tool for...
Cultural Studies, Education, and Youth
Beyond Schools
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
Cultural Studies, Education, and Youth: Beyond Schools, edited by Benjamin Frymer, Matthew Carlin, and John Broughton, addresses the new cultural landscapes which increasingly "educate" our youth. With essays from both emerging and established scholars, the book explores the ways media and...
Case Study Research and Applications
Design and Methods
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2017
Recognized as one of the most cited methodology books in the social sciences, the Sixth Edition of Robert K. Yin's bestselling text provides a complete portal to the world of case study research. With the integration of 11 applications in this edition, the book gives readers access to exemplary case...