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Competing Discourses - Perspective And Ideology In Language

by David Lee

74,19€ + 10% CARD

 Part of a sociolinguistics series about language use in the real world, and about the relationships between language, society and social change. The author argues for an approach that takes linguistic practice to be the primary medium through which social processes operate.
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Competing Discourses - Perspective And Ideology In Language

by David Lee

74,19€ + 10% CARD

 Part of a sociolinguistics series about language use in the real world, and about the relationships between language, society and social change. The author argues for an approach that takes linguistic practice to be the primary medium through which social processes operate.
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Competing Discourses - Perspective And Ideology In Language

by David Lee

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 Part of a sociolinguistics series about language use in the real world, and about the relationships between language, society and social change. The author argues for an approach that takes linguistic practice to be the primary medium through which social processes operate.
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Childly Language - Children, Language And The Social World

by Alison Sealey

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 Exploring how attitudes and cultural assumptions about children and childhood are revealed in contemporary English, this text addresses such questions as: How is concern for children's safety and welfare reflected in the vocabulary and grammar of contemporary English?
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Rethinking Language And Gender Research - Theory And Practice

by Victoria Bergvall

209,54€ + 10% CARD

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 Challenges the dichotomy of female and male use of language, addressing the political and social consequences of popular beliefs about women's language' and 'men's language' and proposing new ways of looking at language and gender.
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Gender And Discourse - Language And Power In Politics, The Church And Organisations

by Clare Walsh

102,01€ + 10% CARD

 Real Language Series General Editors:Jennifer Coates, Jenny Cheshire, Euan Reid This is a sociolinguistics 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 approach to the subject, challenging current orthodoxies, and dealing with familiar topics in new ways. Gender and Discourse offers a critical new approach to the study of language and gender studies. Women moving into the public domains of power traditionally monopolised by men are creating new identities for themselves, and the language that is used by them and about them offers an insight into gender roles. Clare Walsh reviews the current dominance/difference debates, and proposes a new analytical framework which combines the insights of critical discourse and feminist perspectives on discourse to provide a new perspective on the role of women in public life. A superbly accessible book designed for students and researchers in the field, the book features: - topical case studies from the arenas of politics, religion and activism- a new analytical framework, also summarised in chart form so the reader can apply their own critical analyses of texts. - written and visual text types for the reader''s own linguistic and semiotic analysis. ''This important book takes up a neglected question in the study of language and gender - what difference women make to the discourse of historically male-dominated institutions - and brings to bear on it both the insights of feminist scholarship and evidence from women''s own testimony. Clare Walsh''s analysis of the dilemmas women face is both subtle and incisive, taking us beyond popular ''Mars and Venus'' stereotypes and posing some hard questions for fashionable theories of language, identity and performance.
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Gender And Discourse - Language And Power In Politics, The Church And Organisations

by Clare Walsh

102,01€ + 10% CARD

 Real Language Series General Editors:Jennifer Coates, Jenny Cheshire, Euan Reid This is a sociolinguistics 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 approach to the subject, challenging current orthodoxies, and dealing with familiar topics in new ways. Gender and Discourse offers a critical new approach to the study of language and gender studies. Women moving into the public domains of power traditionally monopolised by men are creating new identities for themselves, and the language that is used by them and about them offers an insight into gender roles. Clare Walsh reviews the current dominance/difference debates, and proposes a new analytical framework which combines the insights of critical discourse and feminist perspectives on discourse to provide a new perspective on the role of women in public life. A superbly accessible book designed for students and researchers in the field, the book features: - topical case studies from the arenas of politics, religion and activism- a new analytical framework, also summarised in chart form so the reader can apply their own critical analyses of texts. - written and visual text types for the reader''s own linguistic and semiotic analysis. ''This important book takes up a neglected question in the study of language and gender - what difference women make to the discourse of historically male-dominated institutions - and brings to bear on it both the insights of feminist scholarship and evidence from women''s own testimony. Clare Walsh''s analysis of the dilemmas women face is both subtle and incisive, taking us beyond popular ''Mars and Venus'' stereotypes and posing some hard questions for fashionable theories of language, identity and performance.
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Power Talk - Language And Interaction In Institutional Discourse

by Joanna Thornborrow

70,21€ + 10% CARD

 The concept of social power, who holds it and how they use it is a widely debated subject particularly in the field of discourse analysis, and the wider arena of sociolinguistics.In her new book,Joanna Thornborrow challenges the received notion that power is necessarily held by some speakers and not by others. Through the detailed analysis of communication and interaction within a range of institutional settings, she examines power as an emerging, negotiated phenomenon between participants with different status and goals. Written in a clear style which combines attention to technical detail with accessibility, Power Talk includes:<ul> <li>a comprehensive introduction to the theme of power including the analytic approaches to power in language </li> <li>a wide-ranging discussion of theory and practice </li> <li>and, in-depth contemporary case studies.</li> </ul>Power Talk is the first book to focus on the topic of power in situated interaction across a range of contexts. As such, it makes a timely, and important contribution to the debate surrounding social power and language use, and will be of value to both students and researchers alike.
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Power Talk - Language And Interaction In Institutional Discourse

by Joanna Thornborrow

70,21€ + 10% CARD

 The concept of social power, who holds it and how they use it is a widely debated subject particularly in the field of discourse analysis, and the wider arena of sociolinguistics.In her new book,Joanna Thornborrow challenges the received notion that power is necessarily held by some speakers and not by others. Through the detailed analysis of communication and interaction within a range of institutional settings, she examines power as an emerging, negotiated phenomenon between participants with different status and goals. Written in a clear style which combines attention to technical detail with accessibility, Power Talk includes:<ul> <li>a comprehensive introduction to the theme of power including the analytic approaches to power in language </li> <li>a wide-ranging discussion of theory and practice </li> <li>and, in-depth contemporary case studies.</li> </ul>Power Talk is the first book to focus on the topic of power in situated interaction across a range of contexts. As such, it makes a timely, and important contribution to the debate surrounding social power and language use, and will be of value to both students and researchers alike.
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Critical Language Awareness

by Norman Fairclough

80,81€ + 10% CARD

 The proliferation of language awareness has now led to a need for a reassessment of the nature and functions of language awareness. This accessible collection of essays addresses that need in developing a more rigorous and critical theoretical underpinning for what language awareness is and should do. In particular, it argues that there needs to be a greater awareness of the social and political issues, and the context within which language awareness work is set.
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Critical Language Awareness

by Norman Fairclough

80,81€ + 10% CARD

 The proliferation of language awareness has now led to a need for a reassessment of the nature and functions of language awareness. This accessible collection of essays addresses that need in developing a more rigorous and critical theoretical underpinning for what language awareness is and should do. In particular, it argues that there needs to be a greater awareness of the social and political issues, and the context within which language awareness work is set.
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Rethinking Language And Gender Research - Theory And Practice

by Victoria Bergvall

80,81€ + 10% CARD

 Challenges the dichotomy of female and male use of language, addressing the political and social consequences of popular beliefs about women's language' and 'men's language' and proposing new ways of looking at language and gender.
ENGLISH

Rethinking Language And Gender Research - Theory And Practice

by Victoria Bergvall

80,81€ + 10% CARD

 Challenges the dichotomy of female and male use of language, addressing the political and social consequences of popular beliefs about women's language' and 'men's language' and proposing new ways of looking at language and gender.
ENGLISH

Childly Language - Children, Language And The Social World

by Alison Sealey

68,89€ + 10% CARD

 Exploring how attitudes and cultural assumptions about children and childhood are revealed in contemporary English, this text addresses such questions as: How is concern for children's safety and welfare reflected in the vocabulary and grammar of contemporary English?
ENGLISH

Childly Language - Children, Language And The Social World

by Alison Sealey

68,89€ + 10% CARD

 Exploring how attitudes and cultural assumptions about children and childhood are revealed in contemporary English, this text addresses such questions as: How is concern for children's safety and welfare reflected in the vocabulary and grammar of contemporary English?
ENGLISH

Stolen Language? - Plagiarism In Writing

by Shelley Angelil-Carter

92,74€ + 10% CARD

 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 approach to the subject, challenging current orthodoxies, and dealing with familiar topics in new ways. The topic of plagiarism is a highly contentious issue and one that is of growing interest and importance in higher education across the world. Stolen Language? Plagiarism in Writing uncovers the reasons why students plagiarize, and explains what can be done about it. It challenges the concepts of original authorship of language, tracing the notion of plagiarism to the introduction of copyright laws in the eighteenth century. The analysis presented in this book explores plagiarism as complex and contested, and suggests that in student academic writing it may be the surface manifestation of learning difficulties related to the educational environment, the nature of academic discourse and the nature of language. Underlying the concept of plagiarism is the premise that meaning is made by the individual, using the system of language at his or her disposal. The words and ideas then belong to the individual who first thought of them, or who first used these words in a particular way. New understandings, that language and cognition are fundamentally social and cultural, contest the idea of ''original thought'' or ''original language''. In addition, what constitutes plagiarism differs depending on the genre and context of writing. Stolen Language shows that there is in any good writing an authorial presence, an authorial voice which is particularly difficult for the novice writer to control when constructing an essay based on multiple texts. Written in a unique and accessible way, the book also looks at the particular difficulties experienced by writers of English as an additional language and provides a practical framework for academics and teachers of writing on how to develop authorial voice and critical thinking in the student writer.
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Stolen Language? - Plagiarism In Writing

by Shelley Angelil-Carter

92,74€ + 10% CARD

 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 approach to the subject, challenging current orthodoxies, and dealing with familiar topics in new ways. The topic of plagiarism is a highly contentious issue and one that is of growing interest and importance in higher education across the world. Stolen Language? Plagiarism in Writing uncovers the reasons why students plagiarize, and explains what can be done about it. It challenges the concepts of original authorship of language, tracing the notion of plagiarism to the introduction of copyright laws in the eighteenth century. The analysis presented in this book explores plagiarism as complex and contested, and suggests that in student academic writing it may be the surface manifestation of learning difficulties related to the educational environment, the nature of academic discourse and the nature of language. Underlying the concept of plagiarism is the premise that meaning is made by the individual, using the system of language at his or her disposal. The words and ideas then belong to the individual who first thought of them, or who first used these words in a particular way. New understandings, that language and cognition are fundamentally social and cultural, contest the idea of ''original thought'' or ''original language''. In addition, what constitutes plagiarism differs depending on the genre and context of writing. Stolen Language shows that there is in any good writing an authorial presence, an authorial voice which is particularly difficult for the novice writer to control when constructing an essay based on multiple texts. Written in a unique and accessible way, the book also looks at the particular difficulties experienced by writers of English as an additional language and provides a practical framework for academics and teachers of writing on how to develop authorial voice and critical thinking in the student writer.
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London Jamaican - Language System In Interaction

by Mark Sebba

80,81€ + 10% CARD

 London Jamaican provides the reader with a new perspective on African descent in London. Based on research carried out in the early 1980s, the author examines the linguistic background of the community, with special emphasis on young people of the first and second British-born generations.
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London Jamaican - Language System In Interaction

by Mark Sebba

80,81€ + 10% CARD

 London Jamaican provides the reader with a new perspective on African descent in London. Based on research carried out in the early 1980s, the author examines the linguistic background of the community, with special emphasis on young people of the first and second British-born generations.
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Real English - The Grammar Of English Dialects In The British Isles

by James Milroy e Lesley Milroy

125,86€ + 10% CARD

 While it is accepted that the pronunciation of English shows wide regional differences, there is a marked tendency to under-estimate the extent of the variation in grammar that exists within the British Isles today. In addressing this problem, Real English brings together the work of a number of experts on the subject to provide a pioneer volume in the field of the grammar of spoken English.
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Real English - The Grammar Of English Dialects In The British Isles

by James Milroy e Lesley Milroy

125,86€ + 10% CARD

 While it is accepted that the pronunciation of English shows wide regional differences, there is a marked tendency to under-estimate the extent of the variation in grammar that exists within the British Isles today. In addressing this problem, Real English brings together the work of a number of experts on the subject to provide a pioneer volume in the field of the grammar of spoken English.
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Social Literacies - Critical Approaches To Literacy In Development, Ethnography And Education

by Brian V. Street

107,31€ + 10% CARD

 Social Literacies develops new and critical approaches to the understanding of literacy in an international perspective. It represents part of the current trend towards a broader consideration of literacy as social practices, and as its title suggests, it focuses on the social nature of reading and writing and the multiple character of literacy practices.
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Social Literacies - Critical Approaches To Literacy In Development, Ethnography And Education

by Brian V. Street

107,31€ + 10% CARD

 Social Literacies develops new and critical approaches to the understanding of literacy in an international perspective. It represents part of the current trend towards a broader consideration of literacy as social practices, and as its title suggests, it focuses on the social nature of reading and writing and the multiple character of literacy practices.
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Women, Men And Politeness

by Janet Holmes

74,19€ + 10% CARD

 Women, Men and Politeness focuses on the specific issue of the ways in which women and men express politeness verbally. Using a range of evidence and a corpus of data collected largely from New Zealand, Janet Holmes examines the distribution and functions of a range of specific verbal politeness strategies in women''s and men''s speech and discusses the possible reasons for gender differences in this area. Data provided on interactional strategies, ''hedges and boosters'', compliments and apologies, demonstrates ways in which women''s politeness patterns differ from men''s, with the implications of these different patterns explored, for women in particular, in the areas of education and professional careers.
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