Language: history and general works

This interdisciplinary volume examines the challenges adolescents face and the self-regulation tools that most effectively ease the transition to adulthood.

This book provides readers with an in- depth understanding of the methodological tools that have to date been implemented within World Englishes (WE) research.

A new account of Elizabethan diplomacy with an original archival foundation, this book examines the world of letters underlying diplomacy and political administration by exploring a material text never before studied in its own right: the diplomatic letter-book.

This volume offers a diachronic sociolinguistic perspective on one of the most complex and fascinating variable speech phenomena in contemporary French.

The next century will see more than half of the world s 6,000 languages become extinct, and most of these will disappear without being adequately recorded.

"e;The nature of laughter has recently attracted the attention of a number of different disciplines.

This book empowers parents of autistic young people aged 11 to 20 to help them promote resilience in their child.

The problem of the out-of-control teenager demands immediate and effective attention from clinicians.

In an age when the next generation have worse prospects than those of their parents, this book appraises the challenges young people face resulting from the instability of their lives.

This volume provides an in-depth analysis of the attempts of language experts and governments to control language use and development in Eastern Europe, Eurasia and China through planned activities generally known as language planning or language policy.

Die auf drei Bände berechnete, thematisch gegliederte Ausgabe stellt die kraftvollen rhetorisch eindringlichen frühneuhochdeutschen Originale Luthers in lesbarer Antiqua-Schrift neben Textfassungen in gegenwärtigem Deutsch.

First published in 1991, this book examines the communicative properties of 'cleft' and 'pseudo-cleft' constructions in contemporary English.

Intended for both students and practitioners in public administration who want to communicate more effectively with a variety of audiences, this book offers clear, easy-to-understand guidelines on how to write more clearly, concisely, and coherently, as well as correctly.

First published in 1980, this book provides a clear and practical introduction to a wide variety of English structures.

In Chronotopes and Migration: Language, Social Imagination, and Behavior, Farzad Karimzad and Lydia Catedral investigate migrants' polycentric identities, imaginations, ideologies, and orientations to home and host countries through the notion of chronotope.

This book aims to contribute to the discipline of teaching English as an international language by exploring teachers' reflections on the recent changes within the English language for their teaching profession.

Words are the foundation, the building blocks of language.

Exploring Education Policy Through Newspapers and Social Media offers an original, theorised, and empirically based account of contemporary (re)presentations, (re)articulations, and (re)imaginings of education policy through news and new media.

In recent decades, the lives of people in their late teens and twenties have changed so dramatically that a new stage of life has developed.

This book examines language and identity among White American middle and upper-middle class youth who affiliate with Hip Hop culture.

Abandoned on foreign soil in a world where language and customs are a mystery, Sophia James, the eldest of six Californian children, is in charge-and she is only eleven.

This book argues that when the Greeks first began to use the alphabet, they viewed themselves as participants in a performance phenomenon.

This book provides an accessible account of the origins and conceptual foundations of language policy.

The Baby Boomer generation is facing a time of heightened uncertainty.

Als die Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland 2008 eine Lutherdekade als Vorbereitung auf das große Reformationsjubiläum des Jahres 2017 ausrief, hatte Hartmut Lehmann sich bereits viele Jahre mit den Lutherjubiläen der vergangenen Jahrhunderte beschäftigt.

We are witnessing the collapse of democracies in many parts of the world and a general tendency to the resurgence of right-wing and left-wing populisms led by authoritarian leaders.

Doing English Language provides a concise, lively and accessible introduction to the field of English Language studies for readers who are interested in taking courses at university level.

The great diversity of ethnicities and languages in Africa encourages a vision of Africa as a fragmented continent, with language maps only perpetuating this vision by drawing discrete language groups.

Viral Language considers a range of different types of public communication and their discussion of the Covid-19 pandemic as a way to investigate health communication.

This book provides insight into the primary issues faced by older adults; the services and benefits available to them; and the knowledge base, techniques, and skills necessary to work effectively in a therapeutic relationship.

From Words to Grammar is a different introduction to grammar for students.

In 2014, the US marks the 50th anniversary of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, the basis for the Johnson administration's escalation of American military involvement in Southeast Asia and war against North Vietnam.

Since its first publication in 1962, Gimson's Pronunciation of English has been the essential reference book for anyone studying or teaching the pronunciation of English.

Secret Identities and Double Lives on Tween TV in introduces readers to the concepts of tweenhood and television (TV) tropes by providing historical and theoretical contexts and reviewing the history of TV targeted to tweens.

This volume explores and compares linguistic practices among young people in linguistically and culturally diverse urban spaces.

This collection brings together established and exciting new voices to shed light on the language of and about sex work, offering an empirically nuanced understanding of commercial sex through language.

With the approach of the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s inauguration of the Protestant Reformation and the burgeoning dialogue between Catholics and Lutherans opened under Pope Francis, this new edition of Walter Altmann’s Luther and Liberation is timely and relevant.

Drawing on extensive interviews with gang members, this book provides a vivid portrayal of gang life.

Die Jüdischen Studien umfassen alle Gebiete, die für die Erforschung der jüdischen Geschichte, Philosophie und Religion von Bedeutung sind.

Surveys the history of youth unemployment and identifies key issues underlying the current crisis.

Drawing on extensive field data, this groundbreaking work explores the development of the sound systems of Central Chadic languages.

One Hope: Re-Membering the Body of Christ is a rich ecumenical resource designed to help Catholic and Lutheran communities mark the approaching 500th anniversary of the Reformation.

In this monograph, Chris Featherman adopts a discourse analytical approach to explore the ways in which social movement ideologies and identities are discursively constructed in new and old media.

Leading scholars summarize the current research on risk, protection, and resilience in the context of youth violence and its implications for practice with children and families.

Homeless women and their children who reside in a transitional housing facility or shelter have experienced multiple traumas and disruptions in their earliest attachments.

This collection re-envisions the academic study of institutional translation and interpreting (ITI), revealing oppression in established institutional spaces toward challenging existing policies and the myths which inhibit critical inquiry within the field.

History of English: * covers the development of the English language from the 5th century to the present day* contains a `mini-corpus' of texts, used for exercises and to illustrate points raised in the commentary* introduces key linguistic concepts* provides `discussion points' to generate debate* involves readers in collecting and analysing their own data

A sophisticated analysis of non-standard relative clauses in everyday English, using novel data from live, unscripted radio/TV broadcasts and the internet.

Entangled Englishes offers an innovative approach to understanding the ongoing globalization of English by examining it in relation to its multiple, complex, and oftentimes unexpected entanglements.