Sociolinguistics

This book combines an authoritative examination of the field of discourse-based research with practical guidance on research design and development.

Based on ethnographic and policy data collected over a ten-year span at a university in the People's Republic of China, this book analyses the history of English Language Teaching (ELT) polices in Chinese higher education.

This work builds on the assumption that language learning and teaching needs to be made more relevant to the 'glocalised' digital world we live in.

This book represents a meeting of queer theorists and psychoanalysts around the figure of the child.

This Handbook is an in-depth appraisal of the field of minority languages and communities today.

Falling somewhere between childhood and adulthood, 'Youth' is a key period of transition.

This book develops a novel approach to the study of language, bringing it into dialogue with the latest geographical concepts and concerns and provides a comprehensive account of the geography of Welsh language analysing policy development, language use, ability and shift.

This book investigates the reasons why the traditional psychological understanding of bullying fails those affected, and deconstructs how bullying is shaped by prominent discourse.

This book offers a holistic practitioner and research-based perspective on English Language Teaching and teacher education in difficult circumstances.

This book represents the first collection specifically devoted to New Speaker Studies, focusing on language ideologies and practices of speakers in a variety of minority language communities.

This book is usable to teaching the adult service, teen church and children service as well.

Striking out from my familiar path of poetry writing, this devotional continues my walk of openly sharing the challenges of mental disease.

This book examines contemporary migratory movements, starting from the European zone, but with an extension to other territorial contexts as well, with research orientation that focuses on the account of the migratory experiences collected in the research activity of the different authors, according to a multidisciplinary dimension.

Teens, Loss, and Grief is a self-help guide for teenagers who are struggling with bereavement and the emotional difficulties it presents.

from the Foreword:Possibly the heartless treatment of children, from the practice of infanticide and abandonment through to the neglect, the rigors of swaddling, the purposeful starving, the beatings, the solitary confinement, and so on, was and is only one aspect of the basic aggressiveness and cruelty of human nature, of the inbred disregard of the rights and feelings of others.

This is a comprehensive statement about adolescent development, identity formation, and treatment.

A comprehensive treatise on the dynamic and adaptive problems which children and families encounter in their experiences of separation and divorce.

Most in the United States likely associate the concept of the child bride with the mores and practices of the distant past.

A charming guide to Japan in comic-book form!

Reminding women that motherhood is an option, not a given (much less an instinct), New York psychotherapist Phyllis Ziman Tobin contends that choosing to be or not to be a mother is the defining rite of passage for today's woman.

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Oscar winner Guillermo del Toro is one of the most prolific artists working in film.

This study questions the widely held perception that books, as an artistic medium, are superior to and more respectable than film or television, sometimes considered frivolous and pernicious.

Public awareness of bullying has increased tremendously in recent years, largely through its representation in film, television and novels.

Films produced in late 1960s and early 1970s America--along with later films focusing on that period--continue to frame our understanding of the counterculture era.

"e;Women stars in Hollywood were invariably in two categories,"e; said director Otto Preminger.

The horror genre is continually being reinvented as societal fears evolve.

The millennials, who constitute the largest generation in America's history, may resist a simple definition; nevertheless, they do share a number of common traits and also an ever increasing presence on film and television.

The John Coltrane Church began in 1965, when Franzo and Marina King attended a performance of the John Coltrane Quartet at San Francisco's Jazz Workshop and saw a vision of the Holy Ghost as Coltrane took the bandstand.

Americans began chewing gum long before 1850, scraping resin from spruce trees, removing any bits of bark or insects and chewing the finished product.

This is a book about the comics genre and language, how these were used to create Batman, and how that character's longevity is largely due to the medium's unique formal qualities.

A chronological listing of the creative output and other antics of the members of the British comedy group Monty Python, both as a group and individually.

Cover songs operate as a form of cultural discourse across various musical genres and different societal, historical and political conditions.

This collection of essays explores the relationship between opera and the development of media technology from the late 19th to the early 21st century.

The work of J.

Social media have accelerated communication, expanded business horizons and connected millions of individuals who otherwise would never have met.

George R.

One of the most original shows in the history of television, Mystery Science Theater 3000 is a beloved cult hit built on the back of another cult phenomenon: the bad movie.

Vince Gilligan's Breaking Bad is a central work in the recent renaissance in television-making.

We follow celebrities on Twitter and Facebook, watch them on television, and read about them in supermarket checkout lines.

This collection of new essay examines how authors of the 20th and 21st centuries continue the use of sentimental forms and tropes of 19th century literature.

Start your engines--for the fun, controversy and life lessons of RuPaul's Drag Race and its spinoff, RuPaul's DragU.

What does love have to do with gaming?

Through classroom activities, wizard rock concerts, and organizations like the Harry Potter Alliance, Harry Potter fans are using creativity to positively impact the world.

In the past three decades Finland's video game industry has become the backbone of Finnish cultural export.

This is a comprehensive study of the first decade of literary representations of 9/11, moving from Art Spiegelman's In the Shadow of No Towers (2003) to Amy Waldman's The Submission (2012).

This book explores the presence of the anti-hero in mainstream dramatic serial television.

Christianity has had a powerful influence on every sphere of Western art, even art which on the surface might seem antithetical to the faith.

The Wire's provocative subject matter, layered narrative and explicit critiques of American socio-economic institutions make it one of the most teachable television series in recent years.

Following on author Peter Rollins' motto "e;If it isn't popular, it isn't culture,"e; this collection of new essays considers Vince Gilligan's award-winning television series Breaking Bad as a landmark of Western culture--comparable to the works of Shakespeare and Dickens in their time--that merits scholarly attention from those who would understand early the 21st century zeitgeist.