Language Arts category: 28677 books
Language and Power in Post-Colonial Schooling
Ideologies in Practice
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2016
Critiquing the positioning of children from non-dominant groups as linguistically deficient, this book aims to bridge the gap between theorizing of language in critical sociolinguistics and approaches to language in education. Carolyn McKinney uses the lens of linguistic ideologies—teachers’ and...
Bad Language
Are Some Words Better Than Others?
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2005
Is today's language at an all-time low? Are pronunciations like cawfee and chawklit bad English? Is slang like my bad or hook up improper? Is it incorrect to mix English and Spanish, as in Yo quiero Taco Bell? Can you write Who do you trust? rather than Whom do you trust? Linguist Edwin Battistella...
Language
The Cultural Tool
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
A bold and provocative study that presents language not as an innate component of the brain—as most linguists do—but as an essential tool unique to each culture worldwide.
For years, the prevailing opinion among academics has been that language is embedded in our genes, existing as an innate...
Testcraft
A Teacher`s Guide to Writing and Using Language Test Specifications
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
The creation of language tests is-and should be-a craft that is accessible and doable not only by a few language test experts, but also by many others who are involved in second/foreign language education, say the authors of this clear and timely book. Fred Davidson and Brian Lynch offer language educators...
Russian (Kazakhstan) Language Audio Training Course
Language Learning Country Guide and Vocabulary for Travel in Kazakhstan
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2014
Russian (Kazakhstan) Language Audio Training CourseWelcome to the Russian (Kazakhstan) Language Audio Training Course. This course is designed to teach you the basics both before and during your visit to Kazakhstan. Learn essential words, phrases and vocabulary. This course is perfect for beginners and...
Sranan Tongo Language Audio Training Course
Language Learning Country Guide and Vocabulary for Travel in Suriname
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2014
Sranan Tongo Language Audio Training CourseWelcome to the Sranan Tongo Language Audio Training Course. This course is designed to teach you the basics both before and during your visit to Suriname. Learn essential words, phrases and vocabulary. This course is perfect for beginners and anyone interested...
Disclosing the World
On the Phenomenology of Language
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2016
A phenomenological conception of language, drawing on Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, and Wittgenstein, with implications for both the philosophy of language and current cognitive science.
In this book, Andrew Inkpin considers the disclosive function of language—what language does in revealing...
Through the Language Glass
Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2010
A masterpiece of linguistics scholarship, at once erudite and entertaining, confronts the thorny question of how—and whether—culture shapes language and language, culture
Linguistics has long shied away from claiming any link between a language and the culture of its speakers: too much...
The Politics of Language in the Spanish-Speaking World
From Colonization to Globalization
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2002
Spanish is now the third most widely spoken language in the world after English and Chinese. This book traces how and why Spanish has arrived at this position, examining its role in the diverse societies where it is spoken from Europe to the Americas. Providing a comprehensive survey of language issues...
by Yasmin Barrachini-Haß
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2016
Seminar paper from the year 2013 in the subject Speech Science / Linguistics, grade: 1,7, University of Bremen, course: Leitmotive in der Kontaktlinguistik, language: English, abstract: Language contact between Japanese and Portuguese is not a recent phenomenon. During Japan's 'Christian Era' between...
Second Language Teacher Education
International Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
The education of second language teachers takes place across diverse contexts, levels, settings, and geographic regions. By bringing together research, theory, and best practices from a variety of contexts (ESL/EFL, foreign language, bilingual and immersion education), this book contributes to building...
by Hongyuan Dong
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2014
A History of the Chinese Language provides a comprehensive introduction to the historical development of the Chinese language from its proto Sino-Tibetan roots in prehistoric times to Modern Standard Chinese. Taking a highly accessible and balanced approach, it presents a chronological survey of the...
Stolen Language?
Plagiarism in Writing
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
Real Language Series
General Editors-
Jennifer Coates, Jenny Cheshire and Euan Reid
This is a sociolinguistic series about the relationships between language, society and social change. Books in the series draw on natural language data from a wide range of social contexts. The series takes a critical...
Turkmen Language Audio Training Course
Language Learning Country Guide and Vocabulary for Travel in Turkmenistan
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2014
Turkmen Language Audio Training CourseWelcome to the Turkmen Language Audio Training Course. This course is designed to teach you the basics both before and during your visit to Turkmenistan. Learn essential words, phrases and vocabulary. This course is perfect for beginners and anyone interested in...