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“ishtla singh”

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  • Pidgins and Creoles

    by Ishtla Singh ...
    Pidgins and creoles have always attracted a great deal of interest - academic and otherwise - but in recent decades they have become increasingly important as a field of linguistic inquiry. Placing pidgins and creoles in the wider setting of linguistic theory, this book bridges the gap between introductory material and primary material, revising students' knowledge of the field as well as ... Read more

    $79.69 CAD

  • The History of English

    A Student's Guide

    by Ishtla Singh ...
    The History of English provides an accessible introduction to the changes that English has undergone from its Indo-European beginnings to the present day. The text looks at the major periods in the history of English, and provides for each a socio-historical context, an overview of the relevant major linguistic changes, and also focuses on an area of current research interest, either in ... Read more

    $85.19 CAD

  • Exploring Language Change

    by Mari Jones, Ishtla Singh ...
    In this student-friendly text, Jones and Singh explore the phenomenon of language change, with a particular focus on the social contexts of its occurrence and possible motivations, including speakers’ intentions and attitudes.Presenting new or little-known data, the authors draw a distinction between "unconscious" and "deliberate" change. The discussion on "unconscious" change considers phenomena ... Read more

    $89.31 CAD

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    A unique collection of original essays by 21 of the world's leading linguists. The topics discussed focus on some of the most popular myths about language: The Media Are Ruining English; Children Can't Speak or Write Properly Anymore; America is Ruining the English Language. The tone is lively and entertaining throughout and there are cartoons from Doonesbury andThe Wizard of Id to illustrate some ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Sociolinguistics

    A Very Short Introduction

    by John Edwards ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Sociolinguistics deals with the social life of language, language in its sociocultural context. It is a branch of linguistics that looks less at the shape or sound of words--morphology or phonology--and more at how our words and sentences are influenced by the society around us--for instance, how the accent or the dialect we use has been shaped by where we come from or which social class we belong ... Read more

    $7.19 CAD

  • Language Change

    Progress or Decay?

    by Jean Aitchison ...
    Series series Cambridge Approaches to Linguistics
    How and why do languages change? Where does the evidence of language change come from? How do languages begin and end? This introduction to language change explores these and other questions, considering changes through time. The central theme of this book is whether language change is a symptom of progress or decay. This book will show you why it is neither, and that understanding the factors ... Read more

    $46.39 CAD

  • The Handbook of Historical Sociolinguistics

    Edited by Juan Camilo Conde-Silvestre, Juan Manuel Hernández-Campoy ...
    Series Book 94 - Wiley Handbooks in Linguistics
    Written by an international team of leading scholars, this groundbreaking reference work explores the nature of language change and diffusion, and paves the way for future research in this rapidly expanding interdisciplinary field.Features 35 newly-written essays from internationally acclaimed experts that reflect the growth and vitality of the burgeoning area of historical sociolinguisticsExamines ... Read more

    $62.99 CAD

  • Language in Society

    An Introduction to Sociolinguistics

    by Suzanne Romaine ...
    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? Linguistics tends to ignore the relationship between languages and the societies in which they are spoken, while sociology generally overlooks the role of language in the constitution of society. In this book Suzanne ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • World Englishes: A Critical Analysis

    by Dr Mario Saraceni ...
    Winner of the BAAL Book Prize 2016The field of "World Englishes" takes on ever more importance in the modern era. Mario Saraceni's World Englishes: A Critical Analysis looks at the developments in the field from a critical perspective. It examines the historical, linguistic, ideological and pedagogical aspects in the study of the ever-evolving forms, roles and statuses of English around the world. ... Read more

    $54.69 CAD

  • Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue

    The Untold History of English

    by John McWhorter ...
    A survey of the quirks and quandaries of the English language, focusing on our strange and wonderful grammarWhy do we say “I am reading a catalog” instead of “I read a catalog”? Why do we say “do” at all? Is the way we speak a reflection of our cultural values? Delving into these provocative topics and more, Our Magnificent Bastard Language distills hundreds of years of fascinating lore into one ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Sociolinguistics

    An Introduction to Language and Society

    by Peter Trudgill ...
    This is a classic book on a fascinating subject. Peter Trudgill examines the close link between language and society and the many factors that influence the way we speak. These range from gender, environment, age, race, class, region and politics. Trudgill's book surveys languages and societies from all over the world drawing on examples from Afrikaans to Yiddish. He has added a fascinating ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • The English Language

    A Guided Tour of the Language

    by David Crystal ...
    This is the definitive survey of the English language - in all its forms. Crystal writes accessibly about the structure of the language, the uses of English throughout the world and finally he gives a brief history of English. The book has been fully revised and there is a fascinating new chapter on 'The effect of technology' on the English language. 'Illuminating guided tour of our common ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD