Bilingualism
- 188pagine
- 7 ore di lettura
1. Introduction -- 2. Societal Bilingualism/Plurilingualism -- 3. Mixing Languages : Structure and Social Functions -- 4. Childhood Bilingualism -- 5. Bilingualism and the Brain -- 6. Summary.
Guide Routledge di Linguistica Serie
Questa serie si addentra nelle complessità degli studi linguistici, offrendo spunti accademici su teorie e concetti fondamentali. Ogni volume è meticolosamente realizzato per illuminare la complessità del linguaggio e le sue strutture. Si pone come una risorsa inestimabile per studenti, accademici e chiunque sia incuriosito dai meccanismi del linguaggio e dal suo impatto sulla cognizione umana. Le guide forniscono spiegazioni chiare e accessibili, demistificando anche gli aspetti più impegnativi dell'indagine linguistica.
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Language, Gender, and Sexuality offers a panoramic and accessible introduction to the ways in which linguistic patterns are sensitive to social categories of gender and sexuality, as well as an overview of how speakers use language to create and display gender and sexuality.
Introduction -- Phonology -- Morphology -- Syntax -- Children with input from birth -- Contexts of later language development -- Home sign systems -- Variation -- Language attitudes -- Language policy and planning -- Conclusion
Linguistics and Law offers a clear and concise introduction to making sense of the law through linguistics. Drawing on lexical semantics, syntax, and pragmatics to interpret both written and spoken laws, this book: addresses how to interpret legal documents such as contracts, statutes, constitutional provisions and trademarks; provides thorough analyses of "language crimes" including solicitation, perjury, defamation, and conspiracy, as well as talk between police and criminal suspects; analyzes the Miranda warning in depth; tackles the question of whether there is a "language" of the law; draws on real-life case studies to aid understanding. Written in an approachable, conversational style and aimed at undergraduate students with little or no prior knowledge of linguistics or law, this book is essential reading for those approaching this topic for the first time.
Is English Changing?
- 206pagine
- 8 ore di lettura
Is English changing? To what degree is it changing? Is this change good or bad? In answering these questions, Is English Changing? provides a lively and concise introduction to language change, refuting commonly held misconceptions about language evolution as we understand it. Showing that English, like all living languages, has historically changed and continues to change, this book: Analyzes developments in the lexicon, the way words are spoken or written, and the way in which speakers and writers use words; Offers a basic overview of the major subfields of linguistics, including phonetics, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and sociolinguistics, all viewed through the prism of language change; References languages other than standard English, including Latin languages and African American English, to demonstrate the complex and social implications of language variety; Clearly defines key terms and includes advice on rules, usage and style as well as ample annotated further reading and activities throughout. Aimed at undergraduate students with little or no prior knowledge of linguistics, this book is essential reading for those studying this topic for the first time.