Kategoria BISAC: Language Arts & Disciplines >> Linguistics - Sociolinguistics

This book discusses the existing sociolinguistic order in Africa, how it is sustained, how it might be changed to the advantage of those who are dominated by it and, most importantly, how it affects the development potential of the Continent. It raises issues about African languages that the average person is not always aware of. For example, why must the African child learn how to read and write in a foreign language? Why must all African doctors be trained in languages that their patient population do not understand? Why must African leaders address their people in languages they know...

Die Schriften des Instituts fur Deutsche Sprache (SIDS) werden vom IDS in Mannheim herausgegeben. Das IDS ist eine der bedeutendsten Forschungsinstitutionen fur die Erforschung und Dokumentation der deutschen Sprache in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart. In der renommierten Schriftenreihe erscheinen die Ergebnisse der Forschungsprojekte des IDS. Die Serie umfasst hochwertige Handbucher und grundlegende Monographien zu allen Bereichen der Grammatik, Pragmatik, Lexik und Morphologie des Deutschen. Sie ist eine Standardreihe der deutschen Sprachwissenschaft.

The nine volumes containing the proceedings of this conference (with over 450 contributions) provide a comprehensive picture of research being done in the field of Romance Language Studies at the end of the 20th century. The papers are divided into nine sections covering the central sectors of Romance studies: history of linguistics; diachronic linguistics; dialectoloy, language geography and sociolinguistics; lexicology and lexicography, onomastics; theory and practice of scholarly editing; morphology and syntax; semantics and pragmatics; rhetorics, semiotics, stylistics; language...

"Folk knowledge of language has not engaged linguists very often in the history of that field. Introductory texts often disparage folkbelief in contrast to 'scientific truth'. In fact, language is a ubiquitous topic of discussion and general concern of the folk. They talk about grammar, pronunciation, first and second language learning, language disabilities, dialects, gender and language, and a host of other topics. This book approaches such beliefs as one of most important aspects of ethnography. Surely what a people believe about their language is as important as any other key to an...

Language acquisition is a human endeavor par excellence. As children, all human beings learn to understand and speak at least one language: their mother tongue. It is a process that seems to take place without any obvious effort. Second language learning, particularly among adults, causes more difficulty. The purpose of this series is to compile a collection of high-quality monographs on language acquisition. The series serves the needs of everyone who wants to know more about the problem of language acquisition in general and/or about language acquisition in specific contexts.

The future of English linguistics as envisaged by the editors of Topics in English Linguistics lies in empirical studies which integrate work in English linguistics into general and theoretical linguistics on the one hand, and comparative linguistics on the other. The TiEL series features volumes that present interesting new data and analyses, and above all fresh approaches that contribute to the overall aim of the series, which is to further outstanding research in English linguistics.