This groundbreaking collection explores the beliefs and approaches to the history of English that do not make it into standard textbooks.
Orthodox histories have presented a tunnel version of the history of the English language which is sociologically inadequate. In this book a range of leading international scholars show how this focus on standard English dialect is to the detriment of those which are non-standard or from other areas of the world. Alternative Histories of English:
* reveals the range of possible 'narratives' about how different varieties of 'Englishes' may...

This groundbreaking collection explores the beliefs and approaches to the history of English that do not make it into standard textbooks.
Orthodox histories have presented a tunnel version of the history of the English language which is sociologically inadequate. In this book a range of leading international scholars show how this focus on standard English dialect is to the detriment of those which are non-standard or from other areas of the world. Alternative Histories of English:
* reveals the range of possible 'narratives' about how different varieties of 'Englishes' may...

The second edition of this collection of 13 original papers contains an updated introductory section detailing the significance that the original articles published in 1992 have for the further development of research into linguistic politeness into the 21st century. The original articles present both the most important problems in developing a theory of linguistic politeness and a number of case studies and research projects.

Rheumatology is an ever-changing specialty in which the amount of available information is growing daily and spread across a myriad of books, journals, and websites. The Oxford Desk Reference: Rheumatology brings this information together in an easy-to-use format. This essential resource combines up-to-date, relevant, evidence-based information with the latest guidelines and the experience of senior consultants. The book is designed such that each subject forms a self-contained topic in its own right, laid out across two or four pages to faciliate the key aim of rapid and easy access to...

In vielen Teilen der Welt ist die akademische Beschaftigung mit der deutschen Sprache, Literatur und Kultur in Bedrangnis geraten. Wahrend mancherorts die Absolventen der (interkulturellen) Germanistik noch ohne Schwierigkeiten eine Anstellung finden, fur die sie ausgebildet wurden, wird andernorts ein Studium der Germanistik mangels einschlagiger Berufsaussichten erst gar nicht mehr aufgenommen. Daher stellt sich die Frage, was im Fache und von seinen Reprasentanten getan werden kann, um die Praxisrelevanz der (interkulturellen) Germanistik zu begrunden bzw. zu steigern und die Absolventen...

Unter kulturwissenschaftlicher Perspektive lassen sich Religionen als gemeinschaftsstiftende Sinndeutungssysteme verstehen, mit deren Hilfe die Verstandigung uber gemeinsame Glaubens- und Wertvorstellungen geregelt werden kann. Religionen erwachsen aus interkulturellen Prozessen, denn sie speisen aus unterschiedlichen kulturellen Quellen und Bedeutungstraditionen und migrieren aus der ursprunglichen Gemeinde in andere kulturelle Kontexte. Fremd-Religionen werden adaptiv verandert und in die eigene kulturelle Praxis uberfuhrt. Solche Veranderungen von Religionen werden durch Literatur...