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Series: History of Linguistic Thought
Landmarks in Linguistic Thought Vol 3 is devoted to a linguistic tradition that lies outside the Western mainstream, namely that of the Middle East.The reader is introduced to the major issues and themes that have determined the development of the Arabic linguistic tradition. Each chapter contains...
Published May 7th 1997 by Routledge
Series: Arnold Student Reference
The terminology used in linguistics can be confusing for those encountering the subject for the first time. This dictionary provides accessible and authoritative explanations of the terms and concepts currently in use in all the major areas of language and linguistics, (pronunciation, word...
Published May 1st 1997 by Routledge
Series: History of Linguistics
Beginning in the seventeenth century, with the first appearance of manuals written to enable English speakers to understand and communicate with the American Indians, this set charts the development of linguistic studies in North America over two and a half centuries. The set also examines the...
Published April 30th 1997 by Routledge
Series: Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics
First published in 1997...
Published April 30th 1997 by Routledge
Dinner Talk draws upon the recorded dinner conversations of, and extensive interviews with, native Israeli, American Israeli, and Jewish American middle-class families to explore the cultural styles of sociability and socialization in family discourse. The thesis developed is that family dinners in...
Published April 30th 1997 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Communication Series
This book deals with the narrative discourse--specifically lifestories--of 16 patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease (AD). It attempts to understand the discourse of these patients in contextual terms. Thus far, the dominant explanation for "incoherence" in AD speech has been largely provided...
Published April 30th 1997 by Routledge
Describing Spoken English provides a practical and descriptive introduction to the pronunciation of contemporary English. It presumes no prior knowledge of phonetics and phonology.Charles Kreidler describes the principal varieties of English in the world today. Whilst concentrating on the...
Published April 9th 1997 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Communication Series
This book provides descriptions and illustrations of cutting-edge text analysis methods for communication and marketing research; cultural, historical-comparative, and event analysis; curriculum evaluation; psychological diagnosis; language development research; and for any research in which...
Published March 31st 1997 by Routledge
This volume provides a definitive view of the relationship between input, interaction, and second language acquisition. In so doing, it should prove useful to those whose major concern is with the acquisition of a second or foreign language as well as for those who are primarily interested in these...
Published March 31st 1997 by Routledge
Series: Second Language Acquisition Research Series
Referential communication is the term given to communicative acts, generally spoken, in which some kind of information is exchanged between one speaker and another. This information exchange is typically dependent on successful acts of reference, whereby entities (human and non-human) are...
Published March 31st 1997 by Routledge
