Presents an approach to language awareness based upon critical theories of language and language education. This text consists of 13 essays with contributions from both theorists and practitioners on subjects such as language in multicultural education and English as a foreign language.
Presents an approach to language awareness based upon critical theories of language and language education. This text consists of 13 essays with contr...
This text examines the wide range of issues involved in bureaucratic language, illustrating the complex inter-relationships between language, bureaucracy and social control. The authors use real life, varying data in their analysis, taken from institutions in the UK, Netherlands and Belgium.
This text examines the wide range of issues involved in bureaucratic language, illustrating the complex inter-relationships between language, bureaucr...
Exploring how attitudes and cultural assumptions about children and childhood are revealed in contemporary English, this text addresses such questions as: How is concern for children's safety and welfare reflected in the vocabulary and grammar of contemporary English?
Exploring how attitudes and cultural assumptions about children and childhood are revealed in contemporary English, this text addresses such questions...
Using a range of evidence Janet Holmes examines the distribution and functions of a range of specific verbal politeness strategies in women's and men's speech and discusses the possible reasons for gender differences in this area.
Using a range of evidence Janet Holmes examines the distribution and functions of a range of specific verbal politeness strategies in women's and men'...
