{"title":"Sociolinguistics","description":"Books on the subject of Sociolinguistics","products":[{"product_id":"language-in-the-british-isles-paperback-9780521794886","title":"Language in the British Isles (Paperback) 9780521794886","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLanguage in the British Isles\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book provides a comprehensive survey of the dominant languages and dialects used in the British Isles.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid Britain (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521794886, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 23 August 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e524 pages, 7 b\/w illus.  4 maps  17 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm, 0.838 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe British Isles are home to a vast range of different spoken and signed languages and dialects. Language continues to evolve rapidly, in its diversity, in the number and the backgrounds of its speakers, and in the repercussions it has had for political and educational affairs. This book provides a comprehensive survey of the dominant languages and dialects used in the British Isles. Topics covered include the history of English; the relationship between Standard and Non-Standard Englishes; the major non-standard varieties spoken on the islands; and the history of multilingualism; and the educational and planning implications of linguistic diversity in the British Isles. Among the many dialects and languages surveyed by the volume are British Black English, Celtic languages, Chinese, Indian, European migrant languages, British Sign Language, and Anglo-Romani. Clear and accessible in its approach, it will be welcomed by students in sociolinguistics, English language, and dialectology, as well as anyone interested more generally in language within British society.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction David Britain\u003cbr\u003e Part I. English: 1. History of English James Milroy\u003cbr\u003e 2. Standard and non-standard English Paul Kerswill\u003cbr\u003e 3. Phonological variation in England Paul Foulkes and Gerard Docherty\u003cbr\u003e 4. Grammatical variation in England David Britain\u003cbr\u003e 5. Scottish English and Scots Paul Johnston\u003cbr\u003e 6. Northern Irish English Kevin McCafferty\u003cbr\u003e 7. Southern Irish English Raymond Hickey\u003cbr\u003e 8. English in Wales Robert Penhallurick\u003cbr\u003e 9. English on the Isle of Man Andrew Hamer\u003cbr\u003e 10. English in the Channel Islands Heinrich Ramisch\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Celtic Languages: 11. The history of the Celtic languages in the British Isles Paul Russell\u003cbr\u003e 12. Gaelic Kenneth MacKinnon\u003cbr\u003e 13. Irish Pádraig Ó Riagáin\u003cbr\u003e 14. Welsh Martin Ball\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Other Languages of the British Isles: 15. Multilingualism Mark Gibson\u003cbr\u003e 16. Caribbean creoles and Black English Mark Sebba\u003cbr\u003e 17. Indic languages Mike Reynolds and Mahendra Verma\u003cbr\u003e 18. Chinese Li Wei\u003cbr\u003e 19. European immigrant languages Penelope Gardner-Chloros\u003cbr\u003e 20. Sign languages Bencie Woll and Rachel Sutton-Spence\u003cbr\u003e 21. Channel Island French Mari Jones\u003cbr\u003e 22. Angloromani Peter Bakker and Donald Kenrick\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Applied Sociolinguistic Issues: 23. Language policy and planning Dennis Ager\u003cbr\u003e 24. Non-standard English and education Ann Williams\u003cbr\u003e 25. 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It addresses current trends in the study of the role and functions of language, African and other, in pre- and postcolonial African societies. Highlighting the central role that the 'language factor' plays in postcolonial transformation processes of sociocultural modernization and economic development, it also addresses more recent, particularly urban, patterns of communication, and outlines applied dimensions of digitalization and human language technology.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. African linguistics: conceptions and scope H. Ekkehard Wolff\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Short Regional Histories of African Linguistics: 2. African linguistics in Europe Arvi Hurskainen, Roland Kießling, Nina Pawlak and Alexander Zheltov\u003cbr\u003e 3. African linguistics in North and so-called Francophone Africa Abderrahman el Aissati, Yamina el Kirat el Allame and Philip Ngessimo Mathe Mutaka\u003cbr\u003e 4. African linguistics in North-Eastern and so-called Anglophone Africa Akinbiyi Akinlabi, Bruce Connell, Angelika Jakobi, Amani Lusekelo, Ronny Meyer, Marie-Claude Simeone-Senelle and Wolbert Smidt\u003cbr\u003e 5. African linguistics in so-called Lusophone and Hispanophone Africa, and in Southern Africa Sonja Bosch, Inge Kosch and Anne-Maria Fehn\u003cbr\u003e 6. African linguistics in the Americas, Asia, and Australia G. Tucker Childs, Margarida Petter, Shigeki Kaji, John Hajek, Sun Xiaomeng and Yang Chul-Joon\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Comparative and Descriptive African Linguistics: 7. Comparative African linguistics Gerrit J. Dimmendaal\u003cbr\u003e 8. A typological and areal perspective on African languages Bernd Heine\u003cbr\u003e 9. Niger-Congo linguistic features and typology Larry M. Hyman, Nicholas Rolle, Hannah Sande, Emily Clem, Peter S. E. Jenks, Florian Lionnet, John Merrill and Nicholas Baier\u003cbr\u003e 10. Afroasiatic linguistic features and typologies Ronny Meyer and H. Ekkehard Wolff\u003cbr\u003e 11. Linguistic features and typologies in languages commonly referred to as 'Nilo-Saharan' Gerrit J. Dimmendaal, Colleen Ahland, Angelika Jakobi and Constance Kutsch Lojenga\u003cbr\u003e 12. Linguistic features and typologies in languages commonly referred to as 'Khoisan' Alena Witzlack-Makarevich and Hirosi Nakagawa\u003cbr\u003e Part III. African Languages in Cultures and Societies: 13. Sociocultural and political settings of language in Africa Alamin Mazrui\u003cbr\u003e 14. In and out of Africa: the sociolinguistics of European and Asian languages in Africa and of the African diaspora Rajend Mesthrie\u003cbr\u003e 15. Language endangerment and language documentation in Africa Friederike Lüpke\u003cbr\u003e 16. Situated language use in Africa Sigurd D'hondt\u003cbr\u003e 17. Special-purpose registers of language in Africa Alice Mitchell and Ayu'nwi N. Neba\u003cbr\u003e 18. African languages in urban contexts Andrea Hollington and Nico Nassenstein\u003cbr\u003e 19. African languages and mobile communication: between constraint and creativity Ana Deumert, Ivan Panoviæ, Dorothy Agyepong and David Barasa\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Applied Perspectives in African Linguistics: 20. Multilingualism and education in Africa Kathleen Heugh\u003cbr\u003e 21. Intellectualisation of African languages: past, present and future Russell H. Kaschula and Dion Nkomo: 22. African languages and human language technologies Justus C. Roux and H. 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Does this notion denote a kind of cross-modal orderliness, or the achievement of orderliness - perhaps through heuristics and inference-making? … [The] Anatomy of Meaning is, simply put, in the vanguard of the science of communication. It deserves wide attention.' Michael Lempert, Language in Society\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHow do we understand what others are trying to say? The answer cannot be found in language alone. Words are linked to hand gestures and other visible phenomena to create unified 'composite utterances'. In this book N. J. Enfield presents original case studies of speech-with-gesture based on fieldwork carried out with speakers of Lao (a language of Southeast Asia). He examines pointing gestures (including lip and finger-pointing) and illustrative gestures (examples include depicting fish traps and tracing kinship relations). His detailed analyses focus on the 'semiotic unification' problem, that is, how to make a single interpretation when multiple signs occur together. Enfield's arguments have implications for all branches of science with a stake in meaning and its place in human social life. The book will appeal to all researchers interested in the study of meaning, including linguists, anthropologists, and psychologists.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Composite utterances\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Deictic Components of Moves: 2. Demonstratives\u003cbr\u003e 3. Lip-pointing\u003cbr\u003e 4. Hand-pointing\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Illustrative Components of Moves: 5. Modeling\u003cbr\u003e 6. Diagramming\u003cbr\u003e 7. Editing\u003cbr\u003e 8. 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Andrea Sand, Anglia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eCombining statistical modelling and archival study, English and Empire investigates how African diasporic, Chinese, and Indian characters have been voiced in British fiction and drama produced between 1768 and 1929. The analysis connects patterns of linguistic representation to changes in the imperial political economy, to evolving language ideologies that circulate in the Anglophone world, and to shifts in sociocultural anxieties that crosscut race and empire. In carrying out his investigation, David West Brown makes the case for a methodological approach that links the distant (quantitative) and close (qualitative) reading of diverse digital artefacts. 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Mesthrie has assembled a team of leading experts to author entries organized around the main themes of the discipline: Variation and Change, Culture, Power and Ideology, Language Contact, Social Interaction, Research Methods, and Applications of Sociolinguistics. A guide to institutions and resources, including a critical survey of journals and profiles of some of the sociolinguists who have shaped the discipline, rounds out the volume. Beginners and experts alike will find it an indispensable foundation.\" \u003cb\u003e--Suzanne Romaine, University of Oxford\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Here is the broad and comprehensive view of sociolinguistics that will satisfy the most curious and inquiring mind. The technical topics are covered with solid competence, while the general issues are reviewed with a rewarding thoughtfulness. The editor is to be congratulated!\" \u003cb\u003e--William Labov, University of Pennsylvania\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"My first reaction upon skimming the text was \"WOW!,\" a reaction that has not diminished with further acquaintance¿.. The \"Concise Encyclopedia of Sociolinguistics\" is an impressive volume and its Editor, Rajend Mesthrie, has provided both the general reader of linguistics and the serious researcher a well written, well researched overview of this subfield of linguistics. Read this review at http:\/\/linguistlist.org\/issues\/13\/13-1847.html\" \u003cb\u003e--Patricia Donaher, Missouri Western State College\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The papers by Fretheim, Rozina and Vasko are to be commended for their excellent readability and clear exposition.\u003cbr\u003eRead this review at http:\/\/linguistlist.org\/issues\/13\/13-1732.htmlhttp:\/\/linguistlist.org\/issues\/13\/13-1732.html\" \u003cb\u003e--Lisa DeWaard Dykstra, University of Iowa\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I was most appreciative of the straight forward language and clear approach employed by of most of the authors. I was impressed by the depth of the articles, even the shorter ones. Each entry provides the researcher with virtually all the necessary background information on the topic and appropriate references for further information. 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