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• Author(s): Christiane Fäcke • Publisher: de Gruyter • Publisher Imprint: de Gruyter • BISAC: Linguistics - GeneralThis manual contains overviews on language acquisition and distinguishes between first- and second-language acquisition. It also d...

• Author(s): Joshua a. Fishman • Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton • Publisher Imprint: de Gruyter Mouton • BISAC: Linguistics - SociolinguisticsNo detailed description available for "In Praise of the Beloved Language".

• Author(s): Harry Van Der Hulst | Rob Goedemans | Ellen Van Zanten • Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton • Publisher Imprint: de Gruyter Mouton • BISAC: Linguistics - Phonetics & PhonologyIn part I of this volume, experts on various language areas ...

• Author(s): N.J. Enfield • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Alphabets & Writing SystemsThis important new study examines in detail a semantic-pragmatic pattern surrounding the basic verb 'acquire' in ne...

• Author(s): Gratien Gualbert Atindogbé | Rebecca Grollemund • Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton • Publisher Imprint: de Gruyter Mouton • BISAC: Linguistics - GeneralThis volume is a series of nine (9) contributions to our understanding of relativizat...

• Author(s): Ellen Foote • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Sign LanguageThis critical ethnographic account of the Yangon deaf community in Myanmar offers unique insights into the dynamics of a vibrant lingu...

• Author(s): W.A. Bennett • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Linguistics - GeneralBasing his arguments on the developments in theoretical linguistics as well as his own experience in teaching and research, t...

• Author(s): Alison Wray | Aileen Bloomer • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Linguistics - GeneralProjects in Linguistics and Language Studies, Third Edition, is your essential guide when embarking on a research projec...

• Author(s): Kerstin Störl | Lozzi Martial Meutem Kamtchueng | Pauline Lydienne King Ebéhédi • Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W • Publisher Imprint: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W • BISAC: GeneralThe authors...

• Author(s): Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald | R. M. W. Dixon | Nerida Jarkey • Publisher: Oxford University Press • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press • BISAC: Linguistics - SociolinguisticsThe volume explores the integration of language and soc...

• Author(s): Franz Boas | Franz Boas • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Native American LanguagesEdited by the eminent anthropologist and linguist Franz Boas (1858-1942), this work was...

• Author(s): Johann Gottlieb Christaller • Publisher: Hutson Street Press • Publisher Imprint: Hutson Street Press • BISAC: Linguistics - General"Die Sprachen Afrika..." by Johann Gottlieb Christaller offers a comprehensive overview of African la...

• Author(s): W. Fase • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: GeneralMany regional languages across the world are threatened by modernization and urbanization whilst the universal and rapid rise of migration h...

• Author(s): Jeffrey Reaser | Eric Wilbanks | Karissa Wojcik • Publisher: University of North Carolina Press • Publisher Imprint: University of North Carolina Press • BISAC: Linguistics - Historical & ComparativeBringing together scholars fro...

• Author(s): Evangelia Adamou • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Linguistics - GeneralUnderstanding Language Contact offers an accessible and empirically grounded introduction to contact linguistics. Rather ...

• Author(s): Marcyliena H. Morgan | Morgan Marcyliena | Judith Irvine • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: GeneralAfrican American language is central to the teaching of linguistics and ...

• Author(s): J. G. Kyle | B. Woll • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Sign LanguageThe emergence of international interest in the sign language of deaf people reflects a significant advancement in understanding minority...

• Author(s): Joseph Errington • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural & SocialDrawing on both original texts and critical literature, Linguistics in a Colonial World surveys the metho...

• Author(s): C. A. Chardenal • Publisher: Kessinger Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Kessinger Publishing • BISAC: Linguistics - GeneralThe Complete French Course is a comprehensive language learning resource based on the first and second French c...

• Author(s): Silvina Montrul • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Linguistics - SociolinguisticsHeritage speakers are native speakers of a minority language they learn at home, but due t...

• Author(s): Deborah L. Arteaga • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Grammar & PunctuationFrom the Back CoverThis volume presents novel analyses of morphosyntax and phonology by well-known scholars in their respective ...

• Author(s): Geneva Smitherman • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Linguistics - GeneralWritten by the hugely respected linguist, Geneva Smitherman, this book presents a definitive statement on African American English....

• Author(s): Williams F. H. Adelaar | Pieter C. Muysken | Willem F. H. Adelaar • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: GeneralThe Andean and Pacific regions of South America are home to a r...

• Author(s): Jean L. Okimasis • Publisher: University of Regina Press • Publisher Imprint: University of Regina Press • BISAC: Linguistics - GeneralA new edition of a seminal textbook to support Cree language study Cree: Language of the Plains is...

• Author(s): Russell H. Kaschula • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: African Languages (see also Swahili)African countries and South Africa in particular, being multilingual and multicultural societies, make for excitin...

• Author(s): Ianthi-Maria Tsimpli • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Linguistics - GeneralThis book provides a theory of first language acquisition in the syntactic framework of the theory of Universal Grammar. It addr...

• Author(s): Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald | R. M. W. Dixon • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Linguistics - GeneralLinguistic typology identifies both how languages vary and what they all h...

• Author(s): Thomas Sebeok • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Indigenous Languages in the AmericasThirteen of the chapters that comprise the contents of this first volume of Native Languages of the A mericas were origina...

• Author(s): Karen V. Beaman • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Linguistics - Historical & ComparativeThis volume brings together research on panel studies with the aim of providing a coherent empirical ...

• Author(s): Anna-Elisabeth Holm • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Linguistics - GeneralThis book extends lines of inquiry at the nexus of migration, adult language learning, and multilingualism, illuminating the live...

• Author(s): Joseph C. Hill | Diane C. Lillo-Martin | Sandra K. Wood • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Sign LanguageSign Languages: Structures and Contexts provides a succinct summary of major findings in the linguist...

• Author(s): Sammuel Adjai Crowther | Owen Emeric Vidal • Publisher: Hutson Street Press • Publisher Imprint: Hutson Street Press • BISAC: African Languages (see also Swahili)"A Vocabulary of the Yoruba Language" by Sammuel Adjai Crowther and Owe...

• Author(s): Mark Sebba • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Linguistics - SociolinguisticsLondon Jamaican provides the reader with a new perspective on African descent in London. Based on research carried out...

• Author(s): Jeffrey P. Williams • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Southeast Asian Languages (see also Vietnamese)The languages of mainland Southeast Asia evidence an impressive array...

• Author(s): David Bradley | Maya Bradley • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Linguistics - GeneralLanguage endangerment is a fundamental issue for humanity. What rights do minority communities have concerning their lan...

• Author(s): Tonya Stebbins • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Linguistics - SociolinguisticsThis book advocates for a new model of describing the practices of language revitalization, and decolonizing the r...