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American Language

Autor: H.l. Mencken

Número de Páginas: 817

The American Language, first published in 1919, is H. L. Mencken's book about the English language as spoken in the United States. Mencken was inspired by "the argot of the colored waiters" in Washington, as well as one of his favorite authors, Mark Twain, and his experiences on the streets of Baltimore. In 1902, Mencken remarked on the "queer words which go into the making of 'United States.'" The book was preceded by several columns in The Evening Sun. Mencken eventually asked "Why doesn't some painstaking pundit attempt a grammar of the American language... English, that is, as spoken by the great masses of the plain people of this fair land?" It would appear that he answered his own question. In the tradition of Noah Webster, who wrote the first American dictionary, Mencken wanted to defend "Americanisms" against a steady stream of English critics, who usually isolated Americanisms as borderline barbarous perversions of the mother tongue. Mencken assaulted the prescriptive grammar of these critics and American "schoolmarms", arguing, like Samuel Johnson in the preface to his dictionary, that language evolves independently of textbooks. The book discusses the beginnings of...

Changing English

Autor: Markku Filppula , Juhani Klemola , Anna Mauranen , Svetlana Vetchinnikova

Número de Páginas: 343

This book examines the special nature of English both as a global and a local language, focusing on some of the ongoing changes and on the emerging new structural and discoursal characteristics of varieties of English. Although it is widely recognised that processes of language change and contact bear affinities, for example, to processes observable in second-language acquisition and lingua franca use, the research into these fields has so far not been sufficiently brought into contact with each other. The articles in this volume set out to combine all these perspectives in ways that give us a better understanding of the changing nature of English in the modern world.

Modeling World Englishes

Autor: Sandra C. Deshors

Número de Páginas: 309

At a time when globalization and the advent of the internet have accelerated the spread and diversification of English varieties worldwide, this book provides a constructive assessment of the theoretical models that best account for the development and use of Englishes in the early 21st century. In this endeavor, the present book brings together cutting-edge contributions by leading scholars who explore the notion of linguistic globalization based on a wide range of ESLs, EFLs and ELF, synchronic and diachronic data, different methodological approaches (corpus-based, sociolinguistic, ethnographic), and a variety of data resources (social media, multiplayer online games, journalistic data, GloWbE, Corpus of Historical Singapore English, thematic blogs). Collectively, these studies serve as a springboard for future research on the globalization of Englishes and they contribute to a timely and necessary scholarly conversation on what constitutes adequate theoretical models of World Englishes in the 21st century.

Shakespeare beyond English

Autor: Susan Bennett , Christie Carson

Número de Páginas: 345

Tackling vital issues of politics, identity and experience in performance, this book asks what Shakespeare's plays mean when extended beyond the English language. From April to June 2012 the Globe to Globe Festival offered the unprecedented opportunity to see all of Shakespeare's plays performed in many different world languages. Thirty-eight productions from around the globe were presented in six weeks as part of the World Shakespeare Festival, which formed a cornerstone of the Cultural Olympics. This book provides the only complete critical record of that event, drawing together an internationally renowned group of scholars of Shakespeare and world theatre with a selection of the UK's most celebrated Shakespearean actors. Featuring a foreword by Artistic Director Dominic Dromgoole and an interview with the Festival Director Tom Bird, this volume highlights the energy and dedication that was necessary to mount this extraordinary cultural experiment.

Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language

Autor: Allee

Número de Páginas: 1734

An American Dictionary of the English Language

Autor: Noah Webster

Número de Páginas: 1048

Graduate Courses

Número de Páginas: 206

Cinema between Latin America and Los Angeles

Autor: Colin Gunckel , Jan-christopher Horak , Lisa Jarvinen

Número de Páginas: 189

Historically, Los Angeles and its exhibition market have been central to the international success of Latin American cinema. Not only was Los Angeles a site crucial for exhibition of these films, but it became the most important hub in the western hemisphere for the distribution of Spanish language films made for Latin American audiences. Cinema between Latin America and Los Angeles builds upon this foundational insight to both examine the considerable, ongoing role that Los Angeles played in the history of Spanish-language cinema and to explore the implications of this transnational dynamic for the study and analysis of Latin American cinema before 1960. The volume editors aim to flesh out the gaps between Hollywood and Latin America, American imperialism and Latin American nationalism in order to produce a more nuanced view of transnational cultural relations in the western hemisphere.

Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico Volume 3/4 N-S

Autor: Frederick Webb Hodge

Número de Páginas: 674

This Comprehensive listing of tribal names, confederacies, settlements, and archeological information was originally begun in 1873 as a list of tribal names. It grew to include biographies of Indians of note, arts, manners, customs and aboriginal words. Included are illustrations, photographs and sketches of people, places and everyday articles used by the Native Americans. The Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology Handbook of American Indians. Reprint of 1912 edition. Volume 3 N-S. Included are illustrations, manners, customs, places and aboriginal words. In 4 Volumes.

Migrants and Race in the US

Autor: Philip Kretsedemas

Número de Páginas: 198

This book explains how migrants can be viewed as racial others, not just because they are nonwhite, but because they are racially "alien." This way of seeing makes it possible to distinguish migrants from a set of racial categories that are presumed to be indigenous to the nation. In the US, these indigenous racial categories are usually defined in terms of white and black. Kretsedemas explores how this kind of racialization puts migrants in a quandary, leading them to be simultaneously raced and situated outside of race. Although the book focuses on the situation of migrants in the US, it builds on theories of migrants and race that extend beyond the US, and makes a point of criticizing nation-centered explanations of race and racism. These arguments point toward the emergence of a new field visibility that has transformed the racial meaning of nativity, migration and migrant ethnicity. It also situates these changing views of migrants in a broader historical perspective than prior theory, explaining how they have been shaped by a changing relationship between race and territory that has been unfolding for several hundred years, and which crystallizes in the late colonial era.

Global and Transformative Approaches Toward Linguistic Diversity

Autor: Decapua, Sarah E. , Hancı-azizoglu, Eda Başak

Número de Páginas: 404

A world of diversity brings along the necessity for multilingual perspectives. People must unite and understand each other more than ever before to overcome the challenges of miscommunication across borders. Today’s educators aim to value linguistic diversity in their daily curriculums to encourage emotional intelligence and empathy for new generations to alter the world into a more civilized and peaceful setting. Global and Transformative Approaches Toward Linguistic Diversity discusses pedagogical approaches to including linguistic diversity in a classroom setting. This book also explores questions and critiques on linguistic diversity as well as themes and thematic questions. Covering topics such as grammatical diversity, multilingualism, and semantic transfer, it serves as an essential resource for pre-service teachers, policymakers, faculty and administration of both K-12 and higher education, TESOL scholars, multilingual writers, activists, linguists, educators, researchers, and academicians.

UGC NET English Literature [Code-30] Previous Year Question 2010 to 2021 Book with Answer

Autor: Diwakar Education Hub

Número de Páginas: 214

UGC NET English Literature [Code-30] Last 10-year Question Paper With Answer Highlights of Book- Covered all 10-year Questions Paper 2010 to 2021 Question with Answer Covered all 100 Questions of Each Year Covered Both Terms of Exam Question Paper [Example- June 2019 & December 2022 etc]

Hablar español en Estados Unidos

Autor: Jennifer Leeman , Janet M. Fuller

Número de Páginas: 368

Este libro ofrece un acercamiento a la sociolingüística y al estudio del lenguaje y la sociedad, que luego se aplica al análisis del español hablado en Estados Unidos. Además de proporcionar información clave sobre la demografía y la historia del español en dicho país, se analiza su situación sociopolítica, la relación de la lengua con las identidades latinxs, y las formas en que las ideologías y políticas lingüísticas reflejan y condicionan la percepción del español y sus hablantes. Se examina el uso y la representación del español en una amplia gama de contextos, incluyendo el habla cotidiana, los medios de comunicación, las escuelas, el censo y las instituciones gubernamentales y no gubernamentales. Cada capítulo incluye preguntas de discusión y actividades de análisis. Esta edición se basa en Speaking Spanish in the US (2020), pero está pensada específicamente para el público hispanohablante. An English-language edition of this book is also available: http://www.multilingual-matters.com/display.asp?isb=9781788928274.

The American and English Encyclopædia of Law

Autor: David Shephard Garland , Lucius Polk Mcgehee , James Cockcroft

Número de Páginas: 1334

A Dictionary of the English Language

Autor: Joseph Emerson Worcester

Número de Páginas: 2058

An American Dictionary of the English Language ... Thoroughly Rev. and Greatly Enlarged and Improved by C.A. Goodrich and Noah Porter ... with an Appendix of Useful Tables ... Also a New Pronouncing Biographical Dictionary

Autor: Noah Webster

Número de Páginas: 1964

The American and English Encyclopedia of Law

Número de Páginas: 1144

Clinical Decision Making in Fluency Disorders, Fifth Edition

Autor: Walter H. Manning , Anthony Dilollo

Número de Páginas: 599

Clinical Decision Making in Fluency Disorders, Fifth Edition is designed for graduate students who are beginning their first in-depth experience in fluency disorders, as well as professional clinicians expanding their knowledge of this specialty area. Written with enthusiasm and creativity, in a style that speaks directly to the clinician, the text centers not only on effectively managing stuttering but also on the therapeutic journey by describing goals, principles, and techniques for assessment counseling and ongoing management. This text provides clinical insights to assist people who stutter with their ability to communicate and enhance their quality of life. Key Features: * Clinical Decision Making boxes designed to address some of the options a clinician is likely to consider during the assessment and treatment processes * Clinical Insight boxes reflect a particular philosophical view about aspects of therapeutic change for individuals who stutter * Discussion questions at the end of each chapter New to the Fifth Edition: * New chapter on cultural and linguistic diversity * New chapter on general principles of assessment * Revised and updated discussion questions at the end...

The Oxford Handbook of Pragmatics

Autor: Yan Huang

Número de Páginas: 753

This volume brings together distinguished scholars from all over the world to present an authoritative, thorough, and yet accessible state-of-the-art survey of current issues in pragmatics. Following an introduction by the editor, the volume is divided into five thematic parts. Chapters in Part I are concerned with schools of thought, foundations, and theories, while Part II deals with central topics in pragmatics, including implicature, presupposition, speech acts, deixis, reference, and context. In Part III, the focus is on cognitively-oriented pragmatics, covering topics such as computational, experimental, and neuropragmatics. Part IV takes a look at socially and culturally-oriented pragmatics such as politeness/impoliteness studies, cross- and intercultural, and interlanguage pragmatics. Finally, the chapters in Part V explore the interfaces of pragmatics with semantics, grammar, morphology, the lexicon, prosody, language change, and information structure. The Oxford Handbook of Pragmatics will be an indispensable reference for scholars and students of pragmatics of all theoretical stripes. It will also be a valuable resource for linguists in other fields, including...

The American and English Encyclopædia of Law: Take to Tickets and fares

Número de Páginas: 1156

Evaluating Natural Language Processing Systems

Autor: Karen Sparck Jones , Julia R. Galliers

Número de Páginas: 256

This book is about the patterns of connections between brain structures. It reviews progress on the analysis of neuroanatomical connection data and presents six different approaches to data analysis. The results of their application to data from cat and monkey cortex are explored. This volume sheds light on the organization of the brain that is specified by its wiring.

Scientific American

Número de Páginas: 432

Trübner's American and Oriental Literary Record

Número de Páginas: 976

Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language

Autor: David B. Guralnik

Número de Páginas: 1766

Quotation in Indigenised and Learner English

Autor: Julia Davydova

Número de Páginas: 278

Quotative marking in modern English is a highly dynamic domain which has been undergoing progressive expansion, with newcomer variants, notably quotative be like, entering the scene and restructuring the entire system. Given that this feature is being put foward by the younger generation in native-speaker communities, the crucial question is, How do younger speakers living in different parts of the non-Anglophone world appropriate this feature in their L2 English? This volume tackles this question by exploring the sociolinguistic mechanisms guiding the adoption of the newcomer be like by young adults speaking English as a second and as a foreign language. In so doing, it also explores the role of sociolinguistic salience and language attitudes in the process of adaptation of global linguistic innovations.

Home, School, and Community Collaboration

Autor: Kathy B. Grant , Julie A. Ray

Número de Páginas: 546

Built around the culturally responsive family support model, the fifth edition of Home, School, and Community Collaboration prepares teachers to work empathetically and collaboratively with all families. Through case studies, vignettes, and reflective connections, authors Kathy B. Grant and Julie A. Ray guide readers through changing trends in family engagement. The authors emphasize a strengths-based approach to families throughout the text. This book offers powerful ways to connect with families through online communication, community engagement, and suggestions from parents, in their own words, to improve parent-teacher collaboration. The fifth edition highlights the national and global shifts in family engagement. Each chapter now features an "Impact of a Pandemic" textbox, highlighting a key effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and families and offering resources and support for teachers. Additionally, each chapter now includes learning objectives tied to key topics and new end-of-chapter assessments to match each learning objective. Chapter 10, Teacher as Family Communication Facilitator, is now Chapter 3 in the text to prepare readers earlier to take on this crucial...

The American Encyclopaedic Dictionary

Número de Páginas: 1290

Feeley's English Homophone Dictionary

Autor: Elizabeth J. Feeley , Philip P. Feeley

Número de Páginas: 572

Feeley's English Homophone Dictionary is a specialized resource. Homophones are a particular feature of spoken and written English, words that have the same sound but different meanings and may have different roots and different spellings. This dictionary features... • a brief definition of the word • a pronunciation guide • identifies parts of speech • covers from early modern English to the present • provides examples of usage with references to the original • word category Clear and correct use of words is fundamental to good communication and Feeley's English Homophone Dictionary is a significant aid to doing so.

American Dictionary of the English Language ...

Autor: Noah Webster

Número de Páginas: 1058

A Critical Dictionary of English Literature, and British and American Authors, Living and Deceased, from the Earliest Accounts to the Middle of the Nineteenth Century

Autor: Samuel Austin Allibone

Número de Páginas: 844

“A” Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors, Living and Deceased, from the Earliest Accounts to the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century

Autor: S. Austin Allibone

Número de Páginas: 840

An American Dictionary of the English Language ...; to which is prefixed an introductory dissertation on the origin, history and connection of the languages of Western Asia and Europe ...

Autor: Noah Webster

Número de Páginas: 1512

Webster's International Dictionary of the English Language

Autor: Noah Webster

Número de Páginas: 1076

The American Bookseller

Número de Páginas: 548

World Englishes

Autor: Elena Seoane , Cristina Suárez-gómez

Número de Páginas: 295

This book provides a collection of articles that reflect the current state of affairs in the blossoming field of World Englishes by bringing together several innovative synchronic and diachronic approaches. It contributes to the ongoing theoretical discussion concerning the criteria that make a low-frequency item represent an incipient change and examines the suitability of the sociolinguistics of globalisation theory for the study of non-traditional avenues for the spread of vernacular varieties of English (recent migrations, the entertainment industry, the web). It explores crucial aspects of language change and dialect evolution through the study of grammatical phenomena and the particular linguistic and socio-historical factors conditioning them. Together with theoretical questions, the volume shows a concern for methodological issues, such as sociolinguistic interviews, map-task experiments, metalinguistic comments, acceptability judgments and corpus-based methods. This volume represents the latest trends in the field and will undoubtedly set the agenda for the years ahead.