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Language in the real world : an introduction to linguistics /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Behrens, Susan J., 1959-, Parker, Judith A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2010.
Subjects:
Applied linguistics.
Table of Contents:
  • Section I: Language, education, and cultural change: 1. Language variation: students and teachers reflect on accents and dialects / Susan J. Behrens and Rebecca L. Sperling
  • 2. Speech communities: language as a mediator of messages and perceptions / Miriam Eisenstein Ebsworth
  • 3. Teaching pronunciation: using phonology in the ESL and foreign language classroom / Joanna Labov
  • Section II: Literature, translation, and computers: 4. Lexicography: what dictionaries reveal about language and dictionary makers / Paul D. Fallon
  • 5. Text translation: approaching otherness / Mary Boldt and Esperanza Roncero
  • 6. Machine translation: the challenge of ambiguity / Nan Decker
  • 7. The n-word, the f-word, and and all that jazz: race, sex, and transgressive language in contemporary American literature and popular culture / Carmen Gillespie
  • Section III: Language, power, and identity: 8. Language, power, and sexual assault: women's voices on rape and social change / Judith A. Parker and Deborah Mahlstedt
  • 9. Gender, language, and power: surname or sirname? / Diana Boxer
  • 10. Linguistics as a forensic science: the case of author identification / Carole E. Chaski
  • Section IV: Forms of language and communication: 11. First language acquisition: developing native linguistic competence / Janine Graziano-King and Helen Smith Cairns
  • 12. ASL: a visual language / Miako Villanueva, Deanna Twain, and Laura Leigh Wood
  • 13. Animal communication: the "language" of honey bees / Wyatt A. Mangum
  • Section V: Language and communication science: 14. Communication disorders: a personal perspective / Ann D. Jablon
  • 15. Analyzing narratives: an example of cross-cultural research methods / Cecile L. Stein
  • 16. Neurolinguistics and psycholinguistics: contributions to understanding healthy aging and dementia / Yael Neumann, Linda Carozza, and Anastasia Georgiou
  • 17. Language of children with autism: the two worlds underlying verbal communication / Marion Blank and Mary Beth Cull.