Dialect Diversity in America: The Politics of Language Change, Paperback - William Labov

The sociolinguist William Labov has worked for decades on change in progress in American dialects and on African American Vernacular English (AAVE)...

Language in the Inner City firmly establishes African American Vernacular English not simply as slang but as a well-formed set of rules of pronunci...

This classic volume, by a well-known linguist, constitutes a systematic introduction to sociolinguistics, unmatched in the clarity and forcefulness...

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Bad English examines the impact of increasing language diversity in transforming contemporary literature in Britain, in the context of its conteste...

As we stand at the brink of a terminal decline in the world's languages, and the rise of the hegemonic 'super-tongue', this is a personal and engag...

Publisher: CounterpointAuthor(s): Nancy L. CohenNumber of pages: 400Publication date: 2012Dimensions: 155 x 228 x 32Cover type: Paperback / softbac...

This book traces a history of bilingual education in the US, unveiling the role of politics in policy development and implementation. It introduces...

Connecting Hegelian aesthetics with contemporary cultural politics, Jason Miller argues that both the aesthetic and political value of art are foun...

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Essential study guides for the future linguist.

The American political scene today is poisonously divided, and the vast majority of white evangelicals play a strikingly unified, powerful role in ...

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Are Tea Party supporters merely a group of conservative citizens concerned about government spending? Or are they racists who refuse to accept Bara...

This latest collection of Peter Trudgill's most seminal articles brings together his writing on the sociolinguistic aspects of historical linguisti...

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Publisher: Encounter Books, USAAuthor(s): Mike GonzalezNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 151 x 228 x 25Cover type: Paperback / ...

William E. Connolly expands his influential work on democratic pluralism to confront the perils of climate change by calling on us to deepen our at...

Publisher: Edinburgh University PressAuthor(s): Warren MaguireIllustration(s): 15 B/W tablesNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 1...

Presents twenty-seven graded readings, each accompanied by a vocabulary and an explanation of grammatical details; the final chapter provides a sam...

A provocative and original book about the world today: the problems it faces, how it works and how ordinary citizens can retake control of its future

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A stirring Marxist-Humanist analysis of recent liberation struggles waged by indigenous communities across Latin American.

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DescriptionExploring language, culture and education among immigrants in the United States, this volume discusses the range of experiences in raisi...

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DescriptionHow did we get into this mess? Every morning, many Americans ask this as, with a cringe, they pick up their phones and look to see what ...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdIllustration(s): 10 Halftones, black and white; 2 Tables, black and white; 10 Illustrations, black and whiteNumber o...

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Structural Racism in America situates our contemporary moment within a historical framework, and works to identify forms, occurrences, and conseque...

This accessible introductory textbook looks at the modern relationship between politicians, the press and the public through the language they empl...

Long-term social and demographic changes - and the conflicts they create - continue to transform British politics. In this accessible and authorita...

Language Diversity in the Sinophone World offers interdisciplinary insights into social, cultural, and linguistic aspects of multilingualism in the...

Religion in America: The Basics is a concise introduction to the historical development of religions in the United States. It is an invitation to e...

DescriptionWhat do TESOL teachers actually teach? What do they know about language, about English and the ways it is used in the world? How do they...

Translingual Inheritance tells a new story of the early days of democracy in the United States, when English had not yet become the only dominant l...

This collection of essays by leading American historians explains how and why the fight against unionism has long been central to the meaning of co...

Investigates how dialect variation in the North of England is represented in writing.Editor(s): Warren Maguire

This collection of studies on the cultural reconfigurations that occurred in western Europe between the 3rd and 2nd millennium BCE focuses on the e...

For nearly seventy years, the Modern Language Association has helped student writers choose trustworthy sources and use them to support their own i...

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We're Still Here provides powerful, on the ground evidence of the remaking of working-class identity and politics. Drawing on years of fieldwork an...

DescriptionThis is the first comprehensive guide to phone coaching in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT)--an integral part of treatment that many c...