Language & Identities offers a broad survey of our current state of knowledge on the connections between variability in language use & the construction negotiation maintenance & performance of identities at different levels
- individual group regional & national. It brings together over 20 specially commissioned chapters written by distinguished international scholars on a range of topics around the language/identity nexus. The collection deals sequentially with identities at various levels both social & personal. Using detailed empirical evidence the chapters illustrate how the multi-layered dynamic nature of identities is realised through linguistic behaviour. Several chapters in the volume focus on contexts in which we might expect to observe a foregrounding of factors involved in the definition & delimitation of self & other: for example cases in which identities may be disputed changing blurred peripheral or imposed. Such a focus on complex contexts allows clearer insight into the identity-making & -marking functions of language. The collection approaches these topics from a range of perspectives with contributions from sociolinguists sociophoneticians linguistic anthropologists clinical linguists & forensic linguists.
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This fourth edition of Language & Literacy in the Early Years" has been fully revised & updated to reflect current professional interests & the latest developments in the field. The book provides comprehensive coverage of issues in language literacy & learning focusing on the age range from birth to seven years. New material covers theory of mind key persons & social & emotional

Dimensions of learning. The author added material on difficulties with language development phonics & new literacies. Key terms further reading & a revised layout make the book accessible to students. The author emphasizes the joy & creativity involved in supporting young childrens development as speakers writers & readers. While taking account of current initiatives & programmes the author supports flexible teaching methods in what is a complex teaching & learning process. The book is fully illustrated with examples & photos from early childhood settings. This book is essential reading for primary & early years students & practitioners in the field of language & literacy including nursery nurses classroom assistants & foundation stage teachers."

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Routledge English Language Introductions" cover core areas of language study & are one-stop resources for students. Assuming no prior knowledge books in the series offer an accessible overview of the subject with activities study questions sample analyses commentaries & key readings
- all in the same volume. The innovative & flexible two-dimensional structure is built around four sections
- introduction development exploration & extension
- which offer self-contained stages for study. Each topic can also be read across these sections enabling the reader to build gradually on the knowledge gained. " Language & Media" is a comprehensive introduction to how language interacts with media. It investigates the forms of language found in media discourse; how patterns in such language use contribute to recognisable media genres & styles; & broader social themes & consequences that arise from media language. It uses a wide variety of real texts from the media that include: newspapers covering events such as the Asian tsunami speeches blogs emails advertisements & interview transcripts from television talk shows including Oprah. It provides classic readings by the key names in the discipline including David Crystal Norman Fairclough David Graddol Allan Bell & Theo van Leeuwen. It is accompanied by a supporting website. Written by two experienced teachers & authors this accessible textbook is an essential resource for all students of English language & linguistics."


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Language & Social Contexts: explores how social contexts affect language use enabling students to see how context has a direct effect on how texts are written read & understood. Key

Features: covers the key skills & topics including the importance of social contexts transcripts & live data representation power gender & regional dialect analyses a wide variety of spoken & written texts from conversations & text messages to wedding invitations road signs police warnings & advertisements offers a step-by-step guide to approaching texts & data & suggestions for structuring a response can be used as both a course text & a revision tool.

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Steven Pinkers The Language Instinct: The New Science of Language & Mind" is a groundbreaking study of languages origins as an evolutionary adaptation. How do we know how to speak? In his landmark book Stephen Pinker shows how language is part of our genetic inheritance rather than a cultural creation. From the DNA that builds our brains to the pontification of newspaper columnists Pinker destroys the myths about language
- that children learn to talk by copying their parents that grammatical standards are in decline that English defies logic
- revealing the innate human instinct to communicate that we are all born with. " Reading Steven Pinkers book is one of the biggest favours Ive ever done my brain.. .highly accessible to the general reader yet at the same time seminal for professionals.. .exhilaratingly brilliant". (Richard Dawkins). " An extremely valuable book very informative & very well written". (Noam Chomsky). " Brilliant... Pinker describes every aspect of language from the resolution of ambiguity to the way speech evolved.. .he expounds difficult ideas with clarity wit & polish". (" Observer"). " Dazzling... Pinkers big idea is that language is an instinct as innate to us as language is to geese... Words can hardly do justice to the superlative range & liveliness of Pinkers investigations". (" Independent"). Steven Pinker is a best-selling author & Professor of Psychology & Director of the Center for cognitive Neuroscience at MIT. Pinker has been awarded research prizes from the National Academy of Sciences & the American Psychological Association graduate & undergraduate teaching prizes from MIT & book prizes from the American Psychological Association the Linguistics Society of America & the " Los Angeles Times". He is the author of " How the Mind Works" " The Blank Slate" " The Better Angels of Our Nature" & " The Language Instinct"."

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The Advanced Language Leader Coursebook has 12 units covering factual topics from journalism & media to science & nature. After every 3 units there is a review spread which practices the language that has been taught. The CD-ROM contains listening activities grammar & vocabulary exercises dictionary work & a writing section. ...

It contains: * Motivating & informative texts which improve reading & listening skills * Scenario lessons that focus on key language & work towards a final communicative task. * Systematic grammar & vocabulary practice with extensive recycling & frequent review units * A strong focus on study skills encouraging independent learning * A stimulating & comprehensive writing syllabus ...

For Mary Russell & her husband Sherlock Holmes returning to the Sussex coast after seven months abroad is a delicious anticipation. But the longed for sweetness of their homecoming is quickly tempered by a bitter memory from her husbands past. Mary had met Damian Adler only once before but the talented & troubled young man is enlisting her help again this time in a desperate search for his missing wife & child. From suicides among the Standing Stones to a bizarre religious cult from the heart of Bohemian London to dark secrets on the streets of Shanghai Russell will find herself on the trail of a killer more dangerous than any shes ever faced
- a killer Sherlock Holmes himself may be protecting for reasons near & dear to his heart.
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Find out who cast the P from a spell; read about the queen who dreams of eating burgers & chips; see what happened to the friend who swallowed a DVD; best of all learn the language of Cat. With wordplay & riddles & poems that make you laugh tell you stories & make you think this is a remarkable debut collection from an exciting new childrens poet. ...

The Victorian language of flowers was used to express emotions: honeysuckle for devotion azaleas for passion & red roses for love. But for Victoria Jones it has been more useful in communicating feelings like grief mistrust & solitude. After a childhood spent in the foster care system she is unable to get close to anybody & her only connection to the world is through flowers & their meanings. Now eighteen Victoria has nowhere to go & sleeps in a public park where she plants a small garden of her own. When her talent is discovered by a local florist she discovers her gift for helping others through the flowers she chooses for them. But it takes meeting a mysterious vendor at the flower market for her to realise what's been missing in her own life & as she starts to fall for him she's forced to confront a painful secret from her past & decide whether it's worth risking everything for a second chance at happiness. The Language of Flowers is a heartbreaking & redemptive novel about the meaning of flowers the meaning of family & the meaning of love. ...