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Vanishing Voices
Few people know that nearly 100 native languages once spoken in what is now California are near extinction, or that most of Australia's 250 aboriginal languages have vanished. In …
The Cambridge History of the English Language
This volume deals with the history of the English language from 1776 to 1997, detailing the changing socio-historical setting in which English has developed in response to a …
The Economics of Language Policy
Insights from the application of economic theories and research methods to the management of linguistic diversity in an era of globalization.In an era of globalization, issues of …
Pidgin and Creole Languages
This book defines and describes the linguistic features of these languages and considers the dynamic developments that bring them into being and lead to changes in their structure. …
Language in Australia
Language in Australia provides a wide-ranging account of the present linguistic situation in Australia, primarily from a sociolinguistic perspective. The focus is mainly …
Pidgin and Creole Languages
This book defines and describes the linguistic features of these languages and considers the dynamic developments that bring them into being and lead to changes in their structure.
Socio-Historical Linguistics
Synchronic sociolinguistics has been particularly convincing in its use of quantitative models to demonstrates how 'the present might explain the past'. However, the relevance of …
Language in Society
Why have 1500 separate languages developed in the Pacific region? Why do Danes understand Norwegians better than Norwegians understand Danish? Is Ebonics a language or a dialect? …
Communicating Gender
Taking a cross-disciplinary approach, Suzanne Romaine's main concern is to show how language and discourse play key roles in understanding and communicating gender and culture. In …
Communicating Gender
Taking a cross-disciplinary approach, Suzanne Romaine's main concern is to show how language and discourse play key roles in understanding and communicating gender and culture. In …
Language, Education, and Development
Papua New Guinea's struggle for development is intimately bound up with the history of Tok Pisin, an English-based pidgin which is the product of nineteenth-century colonialism in …
Language in Society
Why have 1500 separate languages developed in the Pacific region? Why do Danes understand Norwegians better than Norwegians understand Danish? Is Ebonics a language or a …