This volume presents a comprehensive overview of sociolinguistic research in Scotland and showcases developments in sociolinguistic theory, method and application, highlighting Scotland's position as a valuable 'sociolinguistic laboratory'. Dealing with all levels of language, each chapter focuses on language use in different regions of Scotland, including Aberdeen, the Borders, Edinburgh, Fife, Glasgow and the Shetland Isles. Topics include the study of variation in towns on the Scottish-English border, the acquisition of variation by non-native speakers, lexical erosion in rural communities, and Gaelic and English code-switching. Other chapters focus on the history of sociolinguistic research in Scotland, the study of syntactic variation using the Scottish Corpus of Text and Speech, the influence of the media on language change, and changes in language attitudes in Shetland. Bringing together chapters written by a range of international scholars, this book provides an insight into Scotland's contemporary sociolinguistic landscape and is a key resource for advanced students and researchers interested in language use in Scotland.

Sociolinguistics in Scotland presents a comprehensive overview of sociolinguistic research in Scotland and showcases developments in sociolinguistic theory, method and application, highlighting Scotland's position as a valuable 'sociolinguistic laboratory'. This book is a key resource for those interested in language use in Scotland.

"Communication in Global Business Negotiations: A Geocentric Approach presents college-level business and communications majors with a new approach for studying communication and negotiation in international business, using a geocentric cross-disciplinary framework. Chapters cover intercultural communication, provide students with a view of the world and how to negotiate with others from different cultures, and uses practitioners' perspectives to inject real-world case studies and scenarios into the picture. College-level business collections will find this an essential acquisition."-THE MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW"Authors Jill E. Rudd and Diana R. Lawson uniquely integrate communication and international business perspectives to help readers develop a strong understanding of the elements for negotiating an international setting, as well as the skills needed to adapt to the changing environment."-BUSINESS INDIAPresenting a new method for the study of communication and negotiation in international business, this text provides students with the knowledge to conduct negotiations from a geocentric framework. Authors Jill E. Rudd and Diana R. Lawson integrate communication and international business perspectives to help readers develop a strong understanding of the elements necessary for negotiating in a global setting, as well as the skills needed to adapt to the changing environment. This geocentric orientation is an evolution of global learning resulting in effective worldwide negotiation.

Key Features: "Offers a cross-disciplinary approach": The fields of communication and business are integrated to provide a macro-orientation to global business negotiation."Devotes a chapter tointercultural communication competency": Scales are included to help students assess their potential to become a successful global business negotiators."Provides students with a view of the world in negotiating with others from different cultures": Up-to-date information about current international business contexts gives insight into the challenges experienced by global business negotiators."Discusses alternative dispute resolution": Because of differences in culture and in political structure from one country to another, a chapter is devoted to this growing area of global business negotiation. "Presents practitioners' perspectives": These perspectives illustrate the "real world" of global business negotiation and reinforce the importance of understanding cultural differences.

Intended Audience:

This is an ideal core text for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses such as Negotiation & Conflict Resolution and International Business & Management in the departments of Communication and Business & Management.

Biff Roberts, a veteran CIA field operative, is introduced in this first novel of the series. Mixing business with pleasure is not always a good idea as Biff Roberts' family vacation in Cabo San Lucas is abruptly interrupted by his son's kidnapping. A cryptic ransom note leads to a convoluted path and introduces a new challenge. The motive for the abduction turns out to be more sinister than just demanding a ransom. A surprising discovery of an imminent bio-terrorism plot forces Biff to accept a new mission - preventing a disastrous terror attack on U.S. soil.

When old friend Marty O'Bannon, a San Francisco Homicide Detective, calls FBI Agent Zack Tolliver early one morning with news of a third murder victim, her throat ravaged as if by an animal, Zack agrees to assist him with the investigation. But Zack's responsibilities at the Navajo Indian Reservation prevent him from leaving and so he send his friend Eagle Feather, a local hunting guide, in his stead. But what Eagle Feather discovers inevitably draws Zack to the city and into the vortex of a deadly mystery.

Thoughts on the BibleSince so much of this work involves what the Bible says, I obviously have some strongconvictions about it, believing it to be the greatest of all books ever written.The Bible is: The revealed word of God;The truth, as revealed in the absolute truth of God in Jesus Christ;Revealed by divine inspiration;Documented and preserved according to God's purpose;Spiritually instructional;Originally historically true and spiritually reliable;Valid for every age throughout all ages;Documentation of the past, present and future of all God's creation;Certification of the complete logic of the universe in regard to the sciences Hecreated, including math, natural science, medical science, and the sciences of ourearth and environment, as well as the science of our entire universe;Finally, and most importantly, the Bible is the revelation of our way to establish aneternal relationship with God through Jesus Christ, who came as God's newcovenant with mankind, so that all who believe by faith can obtain grace for thecomplete and eternal forgiveness of our sins.

Thoughts on the BibleSince so much of this work involves what the Bible says, I obviously have some strongconvictions about it, believing it to be the greatest of all books ever written.The Bible is: The revealed word of God;The truth, as revealed in the absolute truth of God in Jesus Christ;Revealed by divine inspiration;Documented and preserved according to God's purpose;Spiritually instructional;Originally historically true and spiritually reliable;Valid for every age throughout all ages;Documentation of the past, present and future of all God's creation;Certification of the complete logic of the universe in regard to the sciences Hecreated, including math, natural science, medical science, and the sciences of ourearth and environment, as well as the science of our entire universe;Finally, and most importantly, the Bible is the revelation of our way to establish aneternal relationship with God through Jesus Christ, who came as God's newcovenant with mankind, so that all who believe by faith can obtain grace for thecomplete and eternal forgiveness of our sins.