An Introduction to Sociolinguistics (Learning about Language)

Product Description Sociolinguistics is the study of the interaction between language and society. In this classic introductory work, Janet Holmes and Nick Wilson examine the role of language in a variety of social contexts, considering both how language works and how it can be used to signal and interpret various aspects of social identity. Divided into three parts, this book explains basic sociolinguistic concepts in the light of classic approaches, as well as introducing more recent research.This sixth edition has been revised and updated throughout, using key concepts and examples to guide the reader through this fascinating area, including:• New material on gender, social media and online use of language, codeswitching, and language policy• An updated companion website that is fully cross- referenced within this book and features video and audio materials and links to useful websites• Revised examples and exercises that include new material from Asia and South America• Fully updated further reading and references sectionsAn Introduction to Sociolinguistics is an essential introductory text for all students of sociolinguistics and a splendid point of reference for students of English language studies, linguistics, and applied linguistics. Review "This excellent and accessible textbook is tried and tested. I have used it for undergraduate courses in Europe and Asia for more than 20 years with great success. The 6th edition discusses even more languages and countries, and each chapter includes a methodology section which will help students engage in sociolinguistic research."Hans Ladegaard, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China"For those (students or laypersons) fascinated in the role, functions, forms, and uses of language – and policies relating to them – in our (and others’) social worlds, then this is the introduction for you. It is uniquely reader-friendly with global examples of a myriad of concepts central to sociolinguistics, aligned with intriguing exercises (and their answers) that ensure complete understanding and mastery." Howie Giles, University of California, USA, and University of Queensland, Australia About the Author Janet Holmes is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics and Associate Director of the Language in the Workplace Project at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. She has published extensively in sociolinguistics, specialising in workplace discourse and language and gender. Her many books include Research Methods in Sociolinguistics: A Practical Guide, co-edited with Kirk Hazen.Nick Wilson is a Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the University of Limerick, Ireland, and an honorary Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at Macquarie University, Australia. His published research focuses on how language is used in sports teams and his current research is on how people use swearing and taboo language in interaction.

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HOLMES, Janet

Wilson, Nick

Words, Language & Grammar

Routledge

Sociolinguistics is the study of the interaction between language and society. In this classic introductory work, Janet Holmes and Nick Wilson examine the role of language in a variety of social contexts, considering both how language works and how it can be used to signal and interpret various aspects of social identity. Divided into three parts, this book explains basic sociolinguistic concepts in the light of classic approaches, as well as introducing more recent research. 
This sixth edition has been revised and updated throughout, using key concepts and examples to guide the reader through this fascinating area, including: 
• New material on gender, social media and online use of language, codeswitching, and language policy 
• An updated companion website that is fully cross- referenced within this book and features video and audio materials and links to useful websites 
• Revised examples and exercises that include new material from Asia and South America 
• Fully updated further reading and references sections 
An Introduction to Sociolinguistics is an essential introductory text for all students of sociolinguistics and a splendid point of reference for students of English language studies, linguistics, and applied linguistics.

The Space that Separates: A Realist Theory of Art (Routledge Studies in Critical Realism)

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In this best-selling introductory textbook, Janet Holmes and Nick Wilson examine the role of language in a variety of social contexts, considering both how language works and how it can be used to signal and interpret various aspects of social identity. Divided into three sections, this book explains basic sociolinguistic concepts in the light of classic approaches as well as introducing more recent research. This fifth edition has been revised and updated throughout using key concepts and examples to guide the reader through this fascinating area, including: <ul>
<li>a new chapter on identity that reflects the latest research;</li> <li>a brand new companion website which is fully cross-referenced within this book, and which includes and video and audio materials, interactive activities and links to useful websites;</li> <li>updated and revised examples and exercises which include new material from Tanzania, Wales, Paraguay and Timor-Leste;</li> <li>fully updated further reading and references sections.</li> </ul> An Introduction to Sociolinguistics is the essential introductory text for all students of sociolinguistics and a splendid point of reference for students of English language studies, linguistics and applied linguistics.

The Space that Separates: A Realist Theory of Art radically challenges our assumptions about what art is, what art does, who is doing it, and why it matters. Rejecting the modernist and market-driven misconception that art is only what artists do, Wilson instead presents a realist case for living artfully. Art is defined as the skilled practice of giving shareable form to our experiences of being-in-relation with the real; that is to say, the causally generative domain of the world that extends beyond our direct observation, comprising relations, structures, mechanisms, possibilities, powers, processes, systems, forces, values, ways of being. In communicating such aesthetic experience we behold life’s betweenness – "the space that separates", so coming to know ourselves as connected. Providing the first dedicated and comprehensive account of art and aesthetics from a critical realist perspective – Aesthetic Critical Realism (ACR), Wilson argues for a profound paradigm shift in how we understand and care for culture in terms of our system(s) of value recognition. Fortunately, we have just the right tool to help us achieve this transformation – and it’s called art. Offering novel explanatory accounts of art, aesthetic experience, value, play, culture, creativity, artistic truth and beauty, this book will appeal to a wide audience of students and scholars of art, aesthetics, human development, philosophy and critical realism, as well as cultural practitioners and policy-makers.

The Culture of God's Kingdom: Studies of the Beatitudes

The teaching of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount serves as a manifesto for Kingdom life, and the Beatitudes portray for us a Kingdom culture that is contrary to that of the world. These studies reveal to us an invasion of this world with a culture that defines a heavenly kingdom. The Kingdom of God is not a simply a far-off dream held by Christians. The Kingdom was established by Jesus Christ, and the culture of the Kingdom invades the world through the lives of God's people.

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WestBow Press

Now in its eighth edition, this book provides thorough coverage of small business management and entrepreneurship, drawing on contemporary theory and practice in equal measure. It includes recent examples and current references drawn from a wide variety of industrial, social and cultural contexts, such as the impact of Coronavirus on small businesses, the effect of GDPR on market research and the use of influencers in marketing. This textbook is essential reading for small business management modules at all levels in addition to entrepreneurship modules and any programme requiring a focus on small businesses and enterprise.

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An Introduction to Sociolinguistics (Learning about Language)

An Introduction to Sociolinguistics (Learning about Language)

The Space that Separates: A Realist Theory of Art (Routledge Studies in Critical Realism)

An Introduction to Sociolinguistics (Learning about Language)

The Space that Separates: A Realist Theory of Art (Routledge Studies in Critical Realism)

The Culture of God's Kingdom: Studies of the Beatitudes

The Culture of God's Kingdom: Studies of the Beatitudes

Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship