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Hegemony and Language Policies in Southern Africa
Identity, Integration, Development
In southern Africa, language policy is central to identity, power, and politics. This book traces the colonial and postcolonial history of these policies, questioning whose interests they serve and challenging the dominance of theories from the Global North.
In southern Africa, language policy is central to identity, power, and politics. This book traces the colonial and postcolonial history of these policies, questioning whose interests they serve and challenging the dominance of theories from the Global North.
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Most new medical concepts are first named in English. This volume explores the naming strategies adopted, their consequences for the transparency of English terms, and the challenges of their translation and borrowing into other languages.
Most new medical concepts are first named in English. This volume explores the naming strategies adopted, their consequences for the transparency of English terms, and the challenges of their translation and borrowing into other languages.
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Thinking Modally
English and Contrastive Studies on Modality
Bringing together papers presented at the Fourth International Conference on Modality in English in 2010, this volume focuses on the notions of modality, evidentiality and temporality, and on the connection between modality and stance and evaluation in specific genres.
Bringing together papers presented at the Fourth International Conference on Modality in English in 2010, this volume focuses on the notions of modality, evidentiality and temporality, and on the connection between modality and stance and evaluation in specific genres.
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News as Changing Texts
Corpora, Methodologies and Analysis (Second Edition)
Following the beginnings and development of seventeenth-century English periodical print news, this book explores how contemporary news writers responded to presentational, communicative and financial concerns. It will be of interest to both historians and linguists.
Following the beginnings and development of seventeenth-century English periodical print news, this book explores how contemporary news writers responded to presentational, communicative and financial concerns. It will be of interest to both historians and linguists.
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Professor Zidan explores the ways in which legal language differs from ordinary usage, investigating the difficulties of drafting English and Arabic legal texts, paying particular attention to features of such language that are often ignored in academic analysis.
Professor Zidan explores the ways in which legal language differs from ordinary usage, investigating the difficulties of drafting English and Arabic legal texts, paying particular attention to features of such language that are often ignored in academic analysis.
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Statistics for Linguists
A Step-by-Step Guide for Novices
An accessible introduction to statistics for linguists. Concepts are explained in non-technical terms, with step-by-step SPSS instructions for the most widely used statistics, including t-tests, ANOVA, non-parametric, and mixed-effects procedures.
An accessible introduction to statistics for linguists. Concepts are explained in non-technical terms, with step-by-step SPSS instructions for the most widely used statistics, including t-tests, ANOVA, non-parametric, and mixed-effects procedures.
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Nominal Syntax at the Interfaces
A Comparative Analysis of Languages With Articles
The contributions to this title discuss the syntax of nominal expressions in various European languages, arguing that articles do not directly and biunivocally realise semantic definiteness.
The contributions to this title discuss the syntax of nominal expressions in various European languages, arguing that articles do not directly and biunivocally realise semantic definiteness.
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Origins of the Alphabet
Proceedings of the First Polis Institute Interdisciplinary Conference
Writing has arisen many times, but the alphabet was invented only once. Why did it come about? This volume brings together leading experts for an interdisciplinary debate, revealing an emerging consensus on the factors and circumstances surrounding the birth of the alphabet.
Writing has arisen many times, but the alphabet was invented only once. Why did it come about? This volume brings together leading experts for an interdisciplinary debate, revealing an emerging consensus on the factors and circumstances surrounding the birth of the alphabet.
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Heritage and Exchanges
Multilingual and Intercultural Approaches in Training Context
This bilingual text represents the proceedings of a seminar held at the University of La Reunion in 2014, and offers a reflection on scholarship and plural identity constructions, with a specific focus on the Indian Ocean area, an unexplored region in current scholarship.
This bilingual text represents the proceedings of a seminar held at the University of La Reunion in 2014, and offers a reflection on scholarship and plural identity constructions, with a specific focus on the Indian Ocean area, an unexplored region in current scholarship.
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A translator of Arabic medical texts into Latin, Constantinus Africanus made a substantial contribution to the understanding of fields such as anatomy and surgery. This edition of his work is accompanied by an introduction, a linguistic analysis of the text, and a glossary.
A translator of Arabic medical texts into Latin, Constantinus Africanus made a substantial contribution to the understanding of fields such as anatomy and surgery. This edition of his work is accompanied by an introduction, a linguistic analysis of the text, and a glossary.
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This collection explores the relationship between Ludwig Wittgenstein’s “analytic stance” towards philosophy and the inherently apophatic nature of his epistemology. This is the first publication to thoroughly explore this subject through this particular hermeneutical lens.
This collection explores the relationship between Ludwig Wittgenstein’s “analytic stance” towards philosophy and the inherently apophatic nature of his epistemology. This is the first publication to thoroughly explore this subject through this particular hermeneutical lens.
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This volume addresses language change and standardization in postcolonial settings. Experts discuss the emergence of new varieties of English, illuminating issues of language contact, diversification, and standardization from different perspectives.
This volume addresses language change and standardization in postcolonial settings. Experts discuss the emergence of new varieties of English, illuminating issues of language contact, diversification, and standardization from different perspectives.
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This volume represents investigations by linguistics professionals into the challenges of developing communicative competence in future engineers, economists and other such specialists, offering the views of instructors of English for specific professional purposes from Russia.
This volume represents investigations by linguistics professionals into the challenges of developing communicative competence in future engineers, economists and other such specialists, offering the views of instructors of English for specific professional purposes from Russia.
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Current Issues in Reading, Writing and Visual Literacy
Research and Practice
Representing papers presented at the 2014 World Congress of the International Association of Applied Linguistics, this collection explores current efforts to tease out the variables involved in the development of literacies.
Representing papers presented at the 2014 World Congress of the International Association of Applied Linguistics, this collection explores current efforts to tease out the variables involved in the development of literacies.
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Gendering the Narrative
Indian English Fiction and Gender Discourse
This volume of critical essays explores gender discourse in Indian English fiction. Investigating feminism, masculinity, and homosexuality, it is an indispensable companion for any scholar of gender studies interested in these perspectives.
This volume of critical essays explores gender discourse in Indian English fiction. Investigating feminism, masculinity, and homosexuality, it is an indispensable companion for any scholar of gender studies interested in these perspectives.
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To be or not to be? The Verbum Substantivum from Synchronic, Diachronic and Typological Perspectives
The verbs of the ‘to be’-group, also called verba substantiva, are among the most enigmatic and complex phenomena of the human language. This text offers a description and interpretation of these verbs and constructions within contemporary linguistic research.
The verbs of the ‘to be’-group, also called verba substantiva, are among the most enigmatic and complex phenomena of the human language. This text offers a description and interpretation of these verbs and constructions within contemporary linguistic research.
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To the Right of the Verb
An Investigation of Clitic Doubling and Right Dislocation in three Spanish Dialects
This monograph devises a new approach to the study of clitic doubling in Spanish, considering examples from Argentine, Mexican and Spanish regional variants of the language, and discussing contextual factors contributing to such usage.
This monograph devises a new approach to the study of clitic doubling in Spanish, considering examples from Argentine, Mexican and Spanish regional variants of the language, and discussing contextual factors contributing to such usage.
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Relevance-Theoretic Lexical Pragmatics
Theory and Applications
One of the first books to present a comprehensive view of lexical pragmatics, its origins and methodology, Wałaszewska’s study focuses on the approach offered by relevance theory, showing how relevance-theoretic tools can highlight changes to lexically encoded meanings.
One of the first books to present a comprehensive view of lexical pragmatics, its origins and methodology, Wałaszewska’s study focuses on the approach offered by relevance theory, showing how relevance-theoretic tools can highlight changes to lexically encoded meanings.
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New Horizons in the Study of Motion
Bringing Together Applied and Theoretical Perspectives
Recent studies in lexicalization patterns have attracted attention in fields such as linguistics regarding the online/offline verbalization of motion. These essays depart from such research to offer insights into new ways of applying motion and widening theoretical perspectives.
Recent studies in lexicalization patterns have attracted attention in fields such as linguistics regarding the online/offline verbalization of motion. These essays depart from such research to offer insights into new ways of applying motion and widening theoretical perspectives.
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Focusing on poverty and welfare in England between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries, this volume brings together a range of sources to re-evaluate the Old and New Poor Laws, questioning a range of long-standing assumptions about the experience of being poor.
Focusing on poverty and welfare in England between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries, this volume brings together a range of sources to re-evaluate the Old and New Poor Laws, questioning a range of long-standing assumptions about the experience of being poor.
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