Reasons For Language
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Language And Society
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Author : Andrew Simpson
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2019-01-02
Language And Society written by Andrew Simpson and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-02 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Language and Society is a broad introduction to the interaction of language and society, intended for undergraduate students majoring in any academic discipline. The book discusses the complex socio-political roles played by large, dominant languages around the world and how the growth of major national and official languages is threatening the continued existence of smaller, minority languages. As individuals adopt new ways of speaking, many languages are disappearing, others are evolving into hybrid languages with distinctive new forms, and even long-established languages are experiencing significant change, with young speakers creating novel expressions and innovative pronunciations. Making use of a wide range of case studies selected from the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa, Andrew Simpson describes and explains key factors causing language variation and change which relate to societal structures and the expression of group and personal identity. The volume also examines how speakers' knowledge of language acts as an important force controlling access to education, advances in employment and the development of social status. Additional topics discussed in the volume focus on the global growth of English, gendered patterns of language use, and the influence of language on perception.
Foundations Of Bilingual Education And Bilingualism
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Author : Colin Baker
language : en
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Release Date : 2011
Foundations Of Bilingual Education And Bilingualism written by Colin Baker and has been published by Multilingual Matters this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Education categories.
Written as an introductory text from a crossdisciplinary perspective, this book covers individual and societal concepts in minority and majority languages.
The Bounds Of Reason
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Author : Emilia Steuerman
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2003-05-20
The Bounds Of Reason written by Emilia Steuerman and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-05-20 with Philosophy categories.
The Bounds of Reason: Habermas, Lyotard & Melanie Klein on Rationality is a highly original yet accessible study of the debate between modernity and postmodernity. Emilia Steuerman clearly explains the modernity/postmodernity dispute by examining the problem that has driven the whole debate: whether the use of reason is an emancipatory or enslaving force. Steuerman clearly sets out this debate by critically examining the arguments of two of its key proponents, Jurgen Habermas and Jean-François Lyotard. She clearly explains Habermas' defence of modernity and his attempt to salvage Enlightenment ideas of truth, justice, and freedom through the use of reason. She contrasts this with Lyotard's postmodernism and his scepticism about the use of reason, and its claims to universalism and objectivity. Throughout, Steuerman contrasts the Habermas-Lyotard debate with important insights from psychoanalytic theory, and shows how Habermas' notions of intersubjectivity and a community of shared language users can be compared and contrasted with Melanie Klein's theory of object relations.
The Language Of Kings
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Author : E. James Logan
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2011-10-06
The Language Of Kings written by E. James Logan and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-06 with Religion categories.
In a culture marked by rap music, texting, and e-mail, the art of language is being reduced to short symbols, quick concepts, and melodic tones. As communicators, we are not using the power of language to shape the culture as was accomplished in much earlier cultures. In The Language of Kings, author E. James Logan examines the language spoken in the Bible and makes parallels to todays world. Using biblical quotations and follow-up examples, The Language of Kings analyzes the role of language between those favored by God and those who were disfavored. Bishop Logan shows how kings spoke di?erently than tyrants and dictators and describes the impact of those words on others. The Language of Kings explores the possibility of reincarnating the faith-?lled language spoken by kings during the time of the Bible in order to bring about a more civilized, polite, and caring world. Bishop Logan advocates using kinder, gentler language that strengthens, encourages, and teaches the power of the spoken word. By speaking the language of kings one to another; we will release, share and impart our love to each other. By doing so, people will know that Christ has disciplined us taught us to again speak the language of Kings! (EJL)
Cataloguing The World S Endangered Languages
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Author : Lyle Campbell
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-02-02
Cataloguing The World S Endangered Languages written by Lyle Campbell and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-02 with Foreign Language Study categories.
Cataloguing the World’s Endangered Languages brings together the results of the extensive and influential Catalogue of Endangered Languages (ELCat) project. Based on the findings from the most extensive endangered languages research project, this is the most comprehensive source of accurate information on endangered languages. The book presents the academic and scientific findings that underpin the online Catalogue, located at www.endangeredlanguages.com, making it an essential companion to the website for academics and researchers working in this area. While the online Catalogue displays much data from the ELCat project, this volume develops and emphasizes aspects of the research behind the data and includes topics of great interest in the field, not previously covered in a single volume. Cataloguing the World’s Endangered Languages is an important volume of particular interest to academics and researchers working with endangered languages.
The Status Of Language Educators
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Author : Pâter Râdai
language : en
Publisher: Council of Europe
Release Date : 2003-01-01
The Status Of Language Educators written by Pâter Râdai and has been published by Council of Europe this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-01-01 with Political Science categories.
English Ditransitive Verbs
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Author : Joybrato Mukherjee
language : en
Publisher: Rodopi
Release Date : 2005
English Ditransitive Verbs written by Joybrato Mukherjee and has been published by Rodopi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Computers categories.
The present book offers fresh insights into the description of ditransitive verbs and their complementation in present-day English. In the theory-oriented first part, a pluralist framework is developed on the basis of previous research that integrates ditransitive verbs as lexical items with both the entirety of their complementation patterns and the cognitive and semantic aspects of ditransitivity. This approach is combined with modern corpus-linguistic methodology in the present study, which draws on an exhaustive semi-automatic analysis of all patterns of ditransitive verbs in the British component of the International Corpus of English (ICE-GB) and also takes into account selected data from the British National Corpus (BNC). In the second part of the study, the complementation of ditransitive verbs (e.g. give, send) is analysed quantitatively and qualitatively.
Foundations Of Bilingual Education And Bilingualism
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Author : Wayne E. Wright
language : en
Publisher: Channel View Publications
Release Date : 2025-05-13
Foundations Of Bilingual Education And Bilingualism written by Wayne E. Wright and has been published by Channel View Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-05-13 with Education categories.
The eighth edition of this bestselling textbook has been revised and updated to provide a comprehensive and accessible introduction to bilingualism and bilingual education in an everchanging world. Written in a compact and clear style, the book covers all the crucial issues in bilingualism and multilingualism at individual, group and societal levels. Updates to the new edition include: Updated chapters with over 500 new citations and the latest demographic and statistical information. An expanded Chapter 16 on Deaf-Signing People, Bilingualism/Multilingualism and Bilingual Education, to give readers a thorough grounding in the history of Deaf bilingual education, and in the latest research. Several new, or more thoroughly covered, topics including: national, local, family and individual language policy; dynamic bilingualism; multimodal communication; translanguaging and translanguaging pedagogy; raciolinguistics and anti-racist education; language revival and revitalization; translanguaging among Deaf-signing students; the hybrid, constructed, complex and fluid nature of identity; the gentrification of bilingual education; bilingualism and economic inequalities and advantages; mobile apps and social media; technology-enhanced language proficiency assessments; artificial intelligence (AI); recent developments in and limitations of brain imaging research; and multilingualism on the internet and in information technology. Important policy developments in the US context are covered, including the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the Seal of Biliteracy, the Science of Reading (structured literacy), response to intervention, and state consortia for shared English language proficiency standards and assessments (WIDA, ELPA21), and for alternative assessments for disabled students (Dynamic Learning Maps), the US Census, Proposition 58 (California), the LOOK Act (Massachusetts), Arizona Senate Bill 1014 and the Native American Languages Preservation Act. Attention has also been given to expanded discussion of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages and its use across Europe and around the world. Efforts have also been made to update and diversify the global examples of research, policy and practice, with a particular focus on adding examples outside of Europe and North America. Students and Instructors will benefit from chapter features including: New bolded key terms corresponding to a comprehensive glossary. Recommended readings and online resources. Discussion questions and study activities.
Ten Lectures On Language Cognition And Language Acquisition
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Author : Melissa Bowerman
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2018-07-17
Ten Lectures On Language Cognition And Language Acquisition written by Melissa Bowerman and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-17 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
In her Beijing lectures, Melissa Bowerman presents a lucid introduction and account of her research on a range of topics: how children acquire the semantics of spatial terms, how they construct categories and acquire the semantics of nouns, and how they master the semantics of verbs in early language acquisition. Bowerman also covers the learning of argument structure and expressions of end-state, with special attention to the adult speech that guides children, and hence also the role of typology in acquisition; how cross-linguistic variation affects, for example, how speakers represent ‘cutting’ and ‘breaking’ in different languages, and the relation of the Whorfian Hypothesis to cross-linguistic variations in the semantics of languages. Bowerman’s over-riding concern throughout is with how children come to master the first language being spoken to them by their parents and caregivers.
The Reason Of Reason
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Author : Scott R. Cherry
language : en
Publisher: Telos Press
Release Date : 2020-07-09
The Reason Of Reason written by Scott R. Cherry and has been published by Telos Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-09 with Philosophy categories.
This is a heartfelt study of reason and human rationality, and other related things. It's a 'meta-study' that personally fascinates this author! Why are humans rational beings? Why is there logic and other kinds of order? Why is there intelligibility?The self-evident existence of reason, logic, and intelligibility are strong evidence for God. Reason is an undeniable human faculty that defines humanness and points to a rational universe. This in turn points to the principle of reason, or the logos developed by Heraclitus and other Greek philosophers, and later by the Apostle John. Reason and its corollaries emerge like aspects of language and complement each other like speaking and listening. Indeed, mutual communication works because of reciprocity, which is a root form of intelligibility. This seems to be the structure or order which is best explained by a rational, divine Mind that exists eternally in reciprocal complementarity. This, then, is an exploration of the role of the Logos principle in the human experience and condition we often refer to as Reality. It is an attempt to answer these four questions and others related to it: Why do reason and logic work? Why do we believe and trust in them? Why do we expect things to make sense? Why does anything make sense at all?