Explore the epic history of Hebrew, from the Dead Sea Scrolls to its modern renaissance. This volume examines its deep connections to Aramaic and Arabic, telling the remarkable story of an ancient language reborn in the State of Israel.
11th Conference on British and American Studies
This volume includes a selection of papers exploring the complex relationship between language and culture. The contributions cover a wide array of topics, from language acquisition and translation to the cultural construction of meaning and identity in literature and art.
Once denigrated, the Ryukyuan languages are now severely endangered by oppressive policies. This volume depicts the history of the crisis, shedding light on the dark side of modernization and a misplaced obsession with monolingualism.
This volume offers a cross-disciplinary insight into language contact research, bringing together studies on language variation, second language acquisition, and translation. It creates a dialogue between researchers, viewing language contact from a broader perspective.
Language, Literature and Style in Africa
This book brings together scholars to study language, literature and style in Africa. It is a timely response to the neglect of stylistic analysis of African prose, offering innovative discussions that illuminate the field and call for its revival.
This is the first work in English on the historical grammar of Romanian from a modern theoretical perspective. It addresses key morphological and syntactic issues in Romanian’s development, filling a gap in current research on the Romance languages.
Bush Telegraph
A “bush telegraph” is an informal communication network. The concept describes what this book provides: a discussion of salient points in English language use. Its 20 chapters teach, analyse, and discuss crucial aspects of English writing culture.
CDA and PDA Made Simple
CDA and PDA Made Simple explores power, control, and ideology in discourse. It provides the theoretical background and analytical tools to see how these forces are linguistically realized in English and Arabic through transitivity, modality, and metadiscourse.
On one of the world’s great cultural fault-lines, issues of politics, culture, and identity are played out daily in the English language classrooms of the Arab world. This volume explores these concerns from the perspectives of teachers, students, and researchers.
Fictional Names
What are we naming when we use terms like Sherlock Holmes? If we are speaking about nothing, how do we understand it? This book critiques theories denying existence to fictional characters, analyzing their contribution to the meaning of sentences and our thoughts.
This collection presents new voices discussing the linguistic complexities of post-colonial Anglophone Africa. It offers up-to-date research on language contact, identity, and policy in Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, and Nigeria for students and researchers.
Studying Language through Literature
This book invites readers to reconsider literary texts for language study. Arguing that literary language is language in its utmost form, it offers insights and suggestions on using fiction, poetry, drama, and translation for your greatest benefit.
Inductive or Deductive?
This book presents the first systematic analysis of inductive vs. deductive instruction for pragmatic competence in EFL learners. The results suggest the advantage of the inductive approach. A valuable resource for researchers and teachers, with materials and insights.
This book explores how to best utilize technology in language teaching, debating the advantages and disadvantages of IT integration. It examines IT use in countries like the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Malaysia, providing a useful resource for professionals and researchers.
Behind the Words
Standard English is not a question of class, but of education. This book tears up that falsehood, demonstrating through original texts how the attack on clear English has infected the Foreign Office, leading to a serious loss in Britain’s independence.
Local Contextual Influences on Teaching
In this collection of personal narratives and research, ESL/EFL teachers worldwide reflect on how local contextual factors shaped their approach to language teaching, curriculum, and classroom organization, and how they exercised their agency in the classroom.
Florida Studies
A journey through Florida’s literary and cultural soul. From its storied past to its complex present, these essays reveal a unique sense of place, locating the state within the heart of American political and literary tradition.
Multilingualism and Education in Africa
An essential resource for understanding multilingualism and education in Africa. Written by leading authorities, this book examines policies and practices across the continent, combining theoretical, empirical, and personal experiences to show what works.
The concept of “constraint” is used across linguistics, computer science, and psychology. This book builds an extended overview of the use of constraints to model and process language, making it useful for researchers and as a class book for advanced courses.
Dreaming across Languages and Cultures
This groundbreaking study examines 14 translations of China’s greatest novel, The Dream of the Red Chamber, in five European languages. A monumental work, it reveals the fascinating intricacies of language, translation, and culture.
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