Language Studies category: 15171 books
The Singlish Controversy
Language, Culture and Identity in a Globalizing World
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2018
Singlish is the colloquial variety of English spoken in Singapore. It has sparked much public debate, but so far the complex question of what Singlish really is and what it means to its speakers has remained obscured. This important work explores some of the socio-political controversies surrounding...
The Global-Local Interface and Hybridity
Exploring Language and Identity
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
The chapters in this volume seek to bring hybrid language practices to the center of discussions about English as a global language. They demonstrate how local linguistic resources and practices are involved in the refashioning of identities in a variety of cross-cultural and geographical contexts,...
Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes
Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2008
A riveting account of the astonishing experiences and discoveries made by linguist Daniel Everett while he lived with the Pirahã, a small tribe of Amazonian Indians in central Brazil. Daniel Everett arrived among the Pirahã with his wife and three young children hoping to convert the tribe to Christianity....
The Languages of East and Southeast Asia
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2005
This book introduces readers to the remarkable linguistic diversity of East and Southeast Asia. It contains wide-ranging and accessible discussions of every important aspect of the languages of the region, including word origins, cultural key words, tones and sounds, language families and typology,...
A Study of the Àcoólî Language
Grammar and Vocabulary
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2017
This volume re-issues the second, revised edition of 1955. This grammar and vocabulary of the Àcoólî language (here spoken by the central group Patíko-AlƐƐro-Payïïra) contains numerous examples partly to illustrate rules, partly to supply phrases relevant for daily life. The vocabulary also...
by Carl Hoffmann
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
Originally published in 1963, this was, and still is, the only Grammar to be published of the Margi language which is spoken by the people of the Adamawa and Bornu areas of Nigeria. Definitions and explanations ahve been given in as explicitya form as possible, especially where the average student...
The Dialogic Nation of Cape Verde
Slavery, Language, and Ideology
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2015
The Dialogic Nation of Cape Verde: Slavery, Language, and Ideology is an ethnographic study of language use and ideology in Cape Verde, from its early settlement as a center for slave trade, to the postcolonial present. The study is methodologically rich and innovative in that it weaves together historical,...
by Callender Press
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2012
What is language and how do humans use and analyze it? And how is it that literature exists, dreamlike, in human culture?
In this readable collection the eminent British anthropologist Ruth Finnegan reflects on both the questions and her own answers.
Gender and Education in China
Gender Discourses and Women's Schooling in the Early Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2007
Gender and Education in China analyzes the significance, impact and nature of women's public education in China from its beginnings at the turn of the twentieth century. Educational change was an integral aspect of the early twentieth century state-building and modernizing reforms implemented by the...
The Public Image of the Immigrant in Italy
An Inquiry into Public Opinion of Immigrant Involvement in Crime and Immigrant Policy Related Issues
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2016
The original empirical research studies contained in this book represent a series of social science inquiries aimed at measuring public opinion of immigrant involvement in crime as well as opinions on certain aspects of immigrant policies in Italy. Each of the three original research empirical studies...
Studying Educational and Social Policy
Theoretical Concepts and Research Methods
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2004
The overall purpose of this text is to introduce beginning researchers to the study of educational and social policy, how it has been examined from a scholarly perspective, and the salient issues to consider in conceptualizing and conducting policy research. The emphasis is on "introduce,"...
Introduction to Our Laws
Outcomes Edition for Papua New Guinea Gr. 11&12 Legal Studies Student Book
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2015
This book introduces the basics of law in Papua New Guinea, and it targets upper secondary legal studies teachers and students. Everyone in this country, including the educated, other than lawyers needs to know and understand our own laws. The National Education Departments motto is Prosperity through...
Constitutional Policy in Multilevel Government
The Art of Keeping the Balance
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2016
The search for a robust balance of power is a continuous challenge for multilevel political system. Institutions like parliaments or courts can protect the existing order. However, necessary adjustments to economic, social, or international challenges or policies determined to improve ineffective...
Critical Concepts in Queer Studies and Education
An International Guide for the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
This book advances a broad constellation of critical concepts situated within the field of queer studies and education. Collectively, the concepts take up a cross-section of scholarship that speaks to various political, epistemological, theoretical, methodological, and pedagogical concerns. Given...