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Newspeak (Routledge Revivals) - A Dictionary of Jargon (Hardcover): Jonathon Green Newspeak (Routledge Revivals) - A Dictionary of Jargon (Hardcover)
Jonathon Green
R4,784 Discovery Miles 47 840 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

George Orwell coined the term 'Newspeak' for his novel 1984, the purpose of which was designed to shrink vocabularies and eliminate subtlety and nuance. For this dictionary, first published to herald the year 1984, Jonathon Green compiled nearly 8, 000 entries - selected from the slangs and specific vocabularies of trades, professions and interests - covering such areas as the world of entertainment, the media, the military economics, and finance. This dictionary provides an accurate and useful linguistic guide for students of lexicography and an interesting compendium for the general inquisitive reader.

Negotiating and Contesting Identities in Linguistic Landscapes (Hardcover): Elizabeth Lanza, Hirut Woldemariam, Robert Blackwood Negotiating and Contesting Identities in Linguistic Landscapes (Hardcover)
Elizabeth Lanza, Hirut Woldemariam, Robert Blackwood
R4,586 Discovery Miles 45 860 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This collection represents contemporary perspectives on important aspects of research into the language in the public space, known as the Linguistic Landscape (LL), with the focus on the negotiation and contestation of identities. From four continents, and examining vital issues across North America, Africa, Europe and Asia, scholars with notable experience in LL research are drawn together in this, the latest collection to be produced by core researchers in this field. Building on the growing published body of research into LL work, the fifteen data chapters test, challenge and advance this sub-field of sociolinguistics through their close examination of languages as they appear on the walls and in the public spaces of sites from South Korea to South Africa, from Italy to Israel, from Addis Ababa to Zanzibar. The geographic coverage is matched by the depth of engagement with developments in this burgeoning field of scholarship. As such, this volume is an up-to-date collection of research chapters, each of which addresses pertinent and important issues within their respective geographic spaces.

Escaping the Global Village - Media, Language, and Protest (Paperback, New edition): Niamh Hourigan Escaping the Global Village - Media, Language, and Protest (Paperback, New edition)
Niamh Hourigan
R1,185 Discovery Miles 11 850 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In the face of expanding global media, Europe's linguistic minorities have begun to resist the homogenizing forces of television. Escaping the Global Village documents and analyzes various campaigns by indigenous minority language advocates throughout Europe for alternative language television services. Niamh Hourigan uses social movement theory as the framework for her comparison of indigenous minority language protest groups such as the Welsh, Basque, Scots Gaelic, Catalan, and Irish. She offers penetrating accounts of the campaigns' strategies, obstacles, and successes, and insight into the television services achieved. Escaping the Global Village not only reveals an emerging modern form of social protest but also situates it within broader patterns of social change, particularly globalization.

Gender and the Language of Illness (Hardcover): J Charteris-Black, C Seale Gender and the Language of Illness (Hardcover)
J Charteris-Black, C Seale
R1,523 Discovery Miles 15 230 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book presents an investigation of the influence of gender, social class, age and illness type in the language of people talking about their experiences of illness. It shows evidence of both conformity with and resistance to gender stereotypes.
  

Negotiation of Identities in Multilingual Contexts (Paperback): Aneta Pavlenko, Adrian Blackledge Negotiation of Identities in Multilingual Contexts (Paperback)
Aneta Pavlenko, Adrian Blackledge
R966 Discovery Miles 9 660 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The volume highlights the role of language ideologies in the process of negotiation of identities and shows that in different historical and social contexts different identities may be negotiable or non-negotiable. The chapters address various ways in which individuals may be positioned or position themselves in a variety of contexts. In asking questions about social justice, about who has access to symbolic and material resources, about who is 'in' and who is 'out', the authors take account not only of localised linguistic behaviours, attitudes and beliefs; they also locate them in wider social contexts which include class, race, ethnicity, generation, gender and sexuality. The volume makes a significant contribution to the development of theory in understanding identity negotiation and social justice in multilingual contexts.

Enviropop - Studies in Environmental Rhetoric and Popular Culture (Hardcover): Mark Meister, Phyllis M Japp Enviropop - Studies in Environmental Rhetoric and Popular Culture (Hardcover)
Mark Meister, Phyllis M Japp
R2,764 Discovery Miles 27 640 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Although much scholarly and critical attention has been paid to the relationship between rhetoric and environmental issues, media and environmental issues, and politics and environmental issues, no book has yet focused on the relationship between popular culture and environmental issues. This collection of essays provides a rigorous and multifaceted rhetorical and critical perspective on the ways in which the language and imagery of nature is incorporated strategically into various popular culture texts--ranging from greeting cards to advertisements to supermarket tabloids. As a distinguished group of scholars reveals, our notions about the environment and environmentalism are both reflected in and shaped by our popular culture in fascinating ways never previously examined in an academic context.

The consumptive vision of nature presented in these texts represents a wholly American view, one promoting leisure and comfort, and nature as the place to experience them. This good life attitude toward the environment often serves to commodify it, to render it little more than space in which to pursue conventional notions of the American dream. As such, the volume represents a bold and striking vision both of popular culture and of popular notions of an environment that can be either protected or just simply consumed.

Two Languages at Work - Bilingual Life on the Production Floor (Hardcover, Reprint 2011): Tara Goldstein Two Languages at Work - Bilingual Life on the Production Floor (Hardcover, Reprint 2011)
Tara Goldstein
R5,117 Discovery Miles 51 170 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE brings to students, researchers and practitioners in all of the social and language-related sciences carefully selected book-length publications dealing with sociolinguistic theory, methods, findings and applications. It approaches the study of language in society in its broadest sense, as a truly international and interdisciplinary field in which various approaches, theoretical and empirical, supplement and complement each other. The series invites the attention of linguists, language teachers of all interests, sociologists, political scientists, anthropologists, historians etc. to the development of the sociology of language.

Changes in Complementation in British and American English - Corpus-Based Studies on Non-Finite Complements in Recent English... Changes in Complementation in British and American English - Corpus-Based Studies on Non-Finite Complements in Recent English (Hardcover)
J. Rudanko; Edited by Charles Jones
R1,512 Discovery Miles 15 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Arguing that a corpus-based approach is indispensable for the study of changes of complementation in British and American English, the author examines several central patterns of sentential complementation in a number of electronic corpora to shed light on the emergence and spread of innovative constructions in relatively recent English"--

Language Practices of Indigenous Children and Youth - The Transition from Home to School (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Gillian... Language Practices of Indigenous Children and Youth - The Transition from Home to School (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Gillian Wigglesworth, Jane Simpson, Jill Vaughan
R3,661 Discovery Miles 36 610 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book explores the experiences of Indigenous children and young adults around the world as they navigate the formal education system and wider society. Profiling a range of different communities and sociolinguistic contexts, this book examines the language ecologies of their local communities, schools and wider society and the approaches taken by these communities to maintain children's home languages. The authors examine such complex themes as curriculum, translanguaging, contact languages and language use as cultural practice. In doing so, this edited collection acts as a first step towards developing solutions which address the complexity of the issues facing these children and young people. It will appeal to students and scholars of sociolinguistics, applied linguistics and community development, as well as language professionals including teachers, curriculum developers, language planners and educators.

Language in Public Spaces in Japan (Paperback): Nanette Gottlieb Language in Public Spaces in Japan (Paperback)
Nanette Gottlieb
R1,603 Discovery Miles 16 030 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book throws light on ideologies, practices and sociocultural developments currently shaping language use in Japan by departing from the more common investigation of language in private contexts and examining aspects of the language found in a range of significant public spaces, from the material (an international airport, the streets of Tokyo, the JSL classroom in Japan and courtrooms) to the electronic (television dramas, local government web pages and cyberspace). Through its study of the language encountered in such settings, the volume provides a deeper understanding of multifaceted aspects of linguistic diversity, both in terms of the use of languages other than Japanese and of issues relating to the Japanese language itself. The variety of theoretical approaches brought to bear by contributing authors ensures a substantial intellectual contribution to the literature on language in contemporary Japan. This book was published as a special issue of Japanese Studies.

The World Told and the World Shown - Multisemiotic Issues (Hardcover): Eija Ventola, Arsenio Jesus Moya Guijarro The World Told and the World Shown - Multisemiotic Issues (Hardcover)
Eija Ventola, Arsenio Jesus Moya Guijarro
R1,534 Discovery Miles 15 340 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Positioned within the field of linguistics and multisemiotic discourse analysis, the theme of this book is the multifaceted interaction between text and image in different discourse genres, and it offers critical views on how we talk and show our experience of the world around us.

Language Contact in Nepal - A Study on Language Use and Attitudes (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Bhim Lal Gautam Language Contact in Nepal - A Study on Language Use and Attitudes (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Bhim Lal Gautam
R2,003 Discovery Miles 20 030 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book examines language contact and shift in Nepal, a multilingual context where language attitudes and policies often reflect the complex socio-cultural and socio-political relationship between minority, majority and endangered languages and peoples. Presenting the results of a 15-year study and making use of both quantitative and qualitative data, the author presents evidence relating to speakers' opinions and perceptions of mother tongues including English, Hindi, Nepali, Sherpa, Dotyali, Jumli and Tharu. This book explores an under-studied part of the world, and the findings will be relevant to scholars working in other multilingual contexts in fields including language policy and planning, language contact and change, and language attitudes and ideologies.

Language Planning and Microlinguistics - From Policy to Interaction and Vice Versa (Hardcover): W. Davies, E Ziegler Language Planning and Microlinguistics - From Policy to Interaction and Vice Versa (Hardcover)
W. Davies, E Ziegler
R2,145 R1,957 Discovery Miles 19 570 Save R188 (9%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Whilst earlier studies of language planning and of standardisation have tended to study macro processes, this volume is in line with more recent work aimed at bridging the macro and the micro levels by examining how the two interact and influence each other. It covers seven countries and deals with a range of sociolinguistic constellations.

Immigrant Children Learning Dutch - Sociolinguistic and Psycholinguistic Aspects of Second-Language Acquisition (Hardcover,... Immigrant Children Learning Dutch - Sociolinguistic and Psycholinguistic Aspects of Second-Language Acquisition (Hardcover, Reprint 2019)
Rene Appel
R3,541 Discovery Miles 35 410 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
From Migrant to Citizen: Testing Language, Testing Culture (Hardcover): C. Slade, M. Moellering From Migrant to Citizen: Testing Language, Testing Culture (Hardcover)
C. Slade, M. Moellering
R2,883 Discovery Miles 28 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Citizenship is highly topical and relevant to a number of disciplines including law, politics and sociology. What can a linguistic study contribute to the debate? In this impressive volume a combination of theorists -- linguists, historians and lawyers -- address the subject of citizenship testing in language proficiency and 'cultural' knowledge"--

A Crisis in Swiss pluralism - The Romansh and their relations with the German- and Italian-Swiss in the perspective of a... A Crisis in Swiss pluralism - The Romansh and their relations with the German- and Italian-Swiss in the perspective of a millenium (Hardcover, Reprint 2016)
Robert Henry Billigmeier
R4,287 Discovery Miles 42 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Contributions to the Sociology of Language series features publications dealing with sociolinguistic theory, methods, findings and applications. It addresses the study of language in society in its broadest sense, as a truly international and interdisciplinary field in which various approaches - theoretical and empirical - supplement and complement each other. The series invites the attention of scholars interested in language in society from a broad range of disciplines - anthropology, education, history, linguistics, political science, and sociology. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Natalie Fecher.

The Languages of Israel - Policy Ideology and Practice (Paperback): Bernard Spolsky, Elana Shohamy The Languages of Israel - Policy Ideology and Practice (Paperback)
Bernard Spolsky, Elana Shohamy
R960 Discovery Miles 9 600 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book is an original and comprehensive treatment of the languages of Israel - of the practice and of the ideology. Against the background of an original theory of language policy set out in the opening, it asks about the extent to which the present linguistic pattern may be attributed to explicit language planning activities. The chapters give balanced analyses of the history and current status of the revitalized national language Hebrew, of the second official language Arabic, of the all-pervasive international language English, of the large number of immigrant languages brought to Israel, and in particular of the fate of the many Jewish languages. This is all tied together with a reasoned account of the new language education policy, and a consideration of the likelihood that the long hegemony of Hebrew is giving way to an evolving acceptance of linguistic diversity.

Post-Imperial English - Status Change in Former British and American Colonies, 1940-1990 (Hardcover, Reprint 2011): Andrew W.... Post-Imperial English - Status Change in Former British and American Colonies, 1940-1990 (Hardcover, Reprint 2011)
Andrew W. Conrad, Alma Rubal-Lopez
R7,303 Discovery Miles 73 030 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE brings to students, researchers and practitioners in all of the social and language-related sciences carefully selected book-length publications dealing with sociolinguistic theory, methods, findings and applications. It approaches the study of language in society in its broadest sense, as a truly international and interdisciplinary field in which various approaches, theoretical and empirical, supplement and complement each other. The series invites the attention of linguists, language teachers of all interests, sociologists, political scientists, anthropologists, historians etc. to the development of the sociology of language.

English - One Tongue, Many Voices (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 2016): Jan Svartvik, Geoffrey Leech English - One Tongue, Many Voices (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 2016)
Jan Svartvik, Geoffrey Leech; Contributions by David Crystal
R3,636 Discovery Miles 36 360 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This is the fully revised and expanded second edition of English - One Tongue, Many Voices, a book by three internationally distinguished English language scholars who tell the fascinating, improbable saga of English in time and space. Chapters trace the history of the language from its obscure beginnings over 1500 years ago as a collection of dialects spoken by marauding, illiterate tribes. They show how the geographical spread of the language in its increasing diversity has made English into an international language of unprecedented range and variety. The authors examine the present state of English as a global language and the problems, pressures and uncertainties of its future, online and offline. They argue that, in spite of the amazing variety and plurality of English, it remains a single language.

Language, Discourse and Identity in Central Europe - The German Language in a Multilingual Space (Hardcover): J. Carl, P.... Language, Discourse and Identity in Central Europe - The German Language in a Multilingual Space (Hardcover)
J. Carl, P. Stevenson
R1,528 Discovery Miles 15 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Central Europe has always been a highly multilingual region but how has this been affected by the social and political transformations of the last 20 years? The German language in particular has long played a key role in processes of identification here: but what role is the relationship between German and other languages playing today in the reshaping of societies and communities in this rapidly changing region? How is this relationship articulated in discourses on language and language ideologies? How is it manifested in individual repertoires and social practices? How is it determined by social and cultural policies? How is it exploited in the construction of European identities?
These are just some of the questions addressed in this book, in which individual studies explore language practices in the multilingual contact zones of central Europe and the impact of both past and present migrations. Analysing a wide range of sources from media texts to language biographies and from business meetings to salsa classes, the authors demonstrate the local effects of global processes and some of the many ways in which language figures in contemporary social change.

Speaking as Women Leaders - Meetings in Middle Eastern and Western Contexts (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Judith Baxter, Haleema... Speaking as Women Leaders - Meetings in Middle Eastern and Western Contexts (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Judith Baxter, Haleema Al-A'Ali
R1,872 Discovery Miles 18 720 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book offers new insights on how senior business women in Middle Eastern and Western companies use language for effective leadership in their respective management meetings. The book explores six case studies of women leaders, three in UK companies and three in a Bahraini company. The authors analyse meeting and transcript data to show that, in both cultural contexts, the women negotiate a range of gendered discourses such as 'hierarchy and status' and 'masculinisation' in order to manage their teams with authority and skill. The book challenges received wisdom about the opportunities and constraints each cultural context offers women in public life. While the UK women are constrained by chronic change and uncertainty in performing their roles effectively, the Bahraini women are far better supported by their bosses, yet are constrained by patriarchal assumptions of what constitutes effective leadership. The book demonstrates the use of Feminist Poststructuralist Discourse Analysis (FPDA), which is applied by scholars worldwide yet has relatively few published models of practice.

Spatial Dimensions of Social Thought (Hardcover): Thomas W Schubert, Anne Maass Spatial Dimensions of Social Thought (Hardcover)
Thomas W Schubert, Anne Maass
R5,742 Discovery Miles 57 420 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Space provides the stage for our social lives - social thought evolved and developed in a constant interaction with space. The volume demonstrates how this has led to an astonishing intertwining of spatial and social thought. For the first time, research on language comprehension, metaphors, priming, spatial perception, face perception, art history and other fields is brought together to provide an integrative view. This overview confirms that often, metaphors reveal a deeper truth about how our mind uses spatial information to represent social concepts. Yet, the evidence also goes beyond this insight, showing for instance how flexible our mind operates with spatial metaphors, how the peculiarities of our bodies determine the way we assign meaning to space, and how the asymmetry of our brain influences spatial and face perception. Finally, it is revealed that also how we write language - from left to right or from right to left - shapes how we perceive, interpret, and produce horizontal movement and order. The evidence ranges from linguistics to social and spatial perception to neuropsychology, seamlessly integrating such diverse findings as speed in word comprehension, children's depictions of abstract concepts, estimates of the steepness of hills, and archival research on how often Homer Simpson is depicted left or right of Marge. The chapters in this book offer a topology of social cognition and explore the pivotal role language plays in creating links between spatial and social thought.

Language and Identity - Discourse in the World (Hardcover): David Evans Language and Identity - Discourse in the World (Hardcover)
David Evans
R4,582 Discovery Miles 45 820 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Language not only expresses identities but also constructs them. Starting from that point, Language and Identity examines the interrelationships between language and identities. It finds that they are so closely interwoven, that words themselves are inscribed with ideological meanings. Words and language constitute meanings within discourses and discourses vary in power. The powerful ones reproduce more powerful meanings, colonize other discourses and marginalize or silence the least powerful languages and cultures. Language and culture death occur in extreme cases of marginalization. This book also demonstrates the socio-economic opportunities offered by language choice and the cultural allegiances of language, where groups have been able to create new lives for themselves by embracing new languages in new countries. Language can be a 'double-edged sword' of opportunity and marginalization. Language and Identity argues that bilingualism and in some cases multilingualism can both promote socio-economic opportunity and combat culture death and marginalization. With sound theoretical perspectives drawing upon the work of Bakhtin, Vygotsky, Gumperz, Foucault and others, this book provides readers with a rationale to redress social injustice in the world by supporting minority linguistic and cultural identities and an acknowledgement that access to language can provide opportunity.

Challenges in the Social Life of Language (Hardcover, New): John Edwards Challenges in the Social Life of Language (Hardcover, New)
John Edwards
R2,881 Discovery Miles 28 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"The first book to highlight the most pressing sociology-of-language themes of our times. All of which have to do with the twin issues of power and identity. Important evidence and illustrations bearing upon these matters are provided and supplemented by an extensive bibliography"--Provided by publisher.

Language and Aging in Multilingual Contexts (Hardcover): Kees De Bot, Sinfree Makoni Language and Aging in Multilingual Contexts (Hardcover)
Kees De Bot, Sinfree Makoni
R2,681 Discovery Miles 26 810 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In this book different aspects of language and aging are discussed. While language spoken by and language spoken with elderly people have been treated as different areas of research, it is argued here that from a dynamical system perspective the two are closely interrelated. In addition to overviews of research on language and aging, a number of projects on this topic in multilingual settings are presented.

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