Sociolinguistics

The definitive guide to demonstratives, which play a key role in language acquisition and use.

A revealing account of politeness in conversation, focusing on the vital role it plays in maintaining class differences.

The interrelationship between three major quantity changes in the history of the Germanic languages: gemination, lenition, and open syllable lengthening.

The first in-depth study to integrate the study of legal language with analysis of multimodal communication.

This book argues that ideophones provide the ''missing link'' in our knowledge of how communication has evolved to become the spoken language of today.

Analysis of bilinguals'' use of two languages reveals highly adept code-switching: alternating between languages while keeping intact the separate grammars.

Illustrates the latest trends in politeness research from a multilingual and multicultural perspective, through the application of diverse methodologies.

Illustrated with fascinating examples throughout, this book shows the transformative effect minoritized languages have on linguistic theory.

A comprehensive account of how English is being used and reshaped by multilingual Asian speakers to fit their everyday needs.

This book provides pre-service Caribbean teachers and educators with contextually tested, robust strategies and ways of thinking about writing instruction which will improve their students' writing proficiency.

This resource helps teachers prepare ESL students for the demands of academic writing that they will encounter in tertiary institutions when they undertake study in English.

Winner of the British Association of Applied Linguistics Book Prize 2015This book addresses how the new linguistic concept of 'Translanguaging' has contributed to our understandings of language, bilingualism and education, with potential to transform not only semiotic systems and speaker subjectivities, but also social structures.

Islamistische Influencer haben die sozialen Medien gekapert.

In seiner Studie erstellt Krystian Suchorab ein komplexes Bild von Flüchtlingen im Deutschen und Polnischen am Beispiel von Presseberichterstattung in der deutschen und polnischen meinungsbildenden Presse und Boulevardpresse.

The Reichsburger movement is - at least in terms of public awareness - a rather recent political phenomenon, even though its roots go back at least as far as the 1970s.

The critical competencies essential for effective human functioning in the modern world encompass communicating proficiently in one's native language.

The fourth edition of World Englishes provides an engaging overview of the global variations in phonology, grammar, vocabulary, and pragmatics of English as it is used world-wide.

The fourth edition of World Englishes provides an engaging overview of the global variations in phonology, grammar, vocabulary, and pragmatics of English as it is used world-wide.

This volume addresses the politicization of linguistic features indexing sexual and gender non-normativity at the phonological, morphological, and discursive levels.

This volume addresses the politicization of linguistic features indexing sexual and gender non-normativity at the phonological, morphological, and discursive levels.

Dieses Studienbuch, das 2018 erschien und jetzt in der überarbeiteten Neufassung vorliegt, richtet sich an Studierende und Lehrende der Germanistischen Linguistik und anderer Philologien.

Sławomira Kołsut untersucht den sozialen Ansatz im Fremdsprachenunterricht als Fortsetzung der Konzepte des handlungsorientierten Ansatzes und des aufgabenorientierten Ansatzes.

This monograph addresses the multidimensional variation of the vocative in current colloquial Spanish.

Esti volume xurde de les contribuciones presentaes nel II Congresu Internacional de la Llingua Asturiana, celebrau los dies 22 y 23 de mayu de 2024 na Universida Autonoma de Madrid.

This monograph addresses the multidimensional variation of the vocative in current colloquial Spanish.

This volume offers an in-depth and up-to-date exploration of lexical variation from sociolinguistic perspectives, addressing a notable gap in lexis-focused research within the field.

Wie sprechen die Abgeordneten des Deutschen Bundestages uber das Volk, die Burger:innen, die Wahler:innen?

This volume offers an in-depth and up-to-date exploration of lexical variation from sociolinguistic perspectives, addressing a notable gap in lexis-focused research within the field.

At a time when concerns about sexual violence, online harms and the efficacy of Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) frameworks are at the forefront of public discourse, this book offers a timely and necessary intervention.

At a time when concerns about sexual violence, online harms and the efficacy of Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) frameworks are at the forefront of public discourse, this book offers a timely and necessary intervention.

Esti volume xurde de les contribuciones presentaes nel II Congresu Internacional de la Llingua Asturiana, celebrau los dies 22 y 23 de mayu de 2024 na Universida Autonoma de Madrid.

With more than 7,000 definitions, this book provides a definitive guide to the use of slang today.

This collection explores relevant pedagogical and sociolinguistic topics in the teaching and learning of Persian as a foreign and second language.

This book brings together Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists and scholars to explore how environmental changes in the Arctic are being experienced, understood, and represented.

This book brings together Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists and scholars to explore how environmental changes in the Arctic are being experienced, understood, and represented.

This collection explores relevant pedagogical and sociolinguistic topics in the teaching and learning of Persian as a foreign and second language.

Theoretische Ansätze zur Analyse literarischer Vortragskunst thematisieren gewöhnlich nur Teilaspekte, aber nicht das Zusammenspiel aller ihrer Faktoren, also von Akteuren, Zuhörern, Räumen, Performances, Vortragsvorlagen und Medientechniken.

Theoretische Ansätze zur Analyse literarischer Vortragskunst thematisieren gewöhnlich nur Teilaspekte, aber nicht das Zusammenspiel aller ihrer Faktoren, also von Akteuren, Zuhörern, Räumen, Performances, Vortragsvorlagen und Medientechniken.

Sophie es una chica introvertida, a la que le cuesta encajar.

This collection engages with key questions in panel study research by exploring more deeply the interrelationship between the individual and the community and the impact on language change across the lifespan.