Author: Suzanne Romaine
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: sociolinguistics, introduction, society, language
Number of Pages: 280
Published: 2001-01-25
List price: $40.00
ISBN-10: 0198731922
ISBN-13: 9780198731924

Why have 1500 separate languages developed in the Pacific region? Why do Danes understand Norwegians better than Norwegians understand Danish? Is Ebonics a language or a dialect? Linguistics tends to ignore the relationship between languages and the societies in which they are spoken, while sociology generally overlooks the role of language in the constitution of society. In this book Suzanne Romaine provides a clear, lively, and accessible introduction to the field of sociolinguistics and emphasizes the constant interaction between society and language. She shows how our linguistic choic

Author: Suzanne Romaine
Publisher: Psychology Press
Keywords: gender, communicating
Number of Pages: 424
Published: 1998-10-01
List price: $65.00
ISBN-10: 0805829261
ISBN-13: 9780805829266

Taking a cross-disciplinary approach, Suzanne Romaine’s main concern is to show how language and discourse play key roles in understanding and communicating gender and culture. In addition to linguistics--which provides the starting point and central focus of the book--she draws on the fields of anthropology, biology, communication, education, economics, history, literary criticism, philosophy, psychology, and sociology. The text covers the "core" areas in the study of language and gender, including how and where gender is indexed in language, how men and women speak, how children acquir

Author: Suzanne Romaine
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Keywords: society, language, bilingualism
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 1995-01-17
List price: $58.95
ISBN-10: 0631195394
ISBN-13: 9780631195399

Since it was first published in 1989, Suzanne Romaine’s book has been recognized as the most authoritative introduction to the sociolinguistics of bilingualism. The new edition has been completely revised to incorporate recent work in this fast developing field. Throughout the book, bilingualism is seen as both a societal and cognitive phenomenon. Professor Romaine explores various aspects of bilingual behavior, such as code switching and language mixing, in terms of neurolinguistic organization in the individual speaker. The author also assesses the positive and negative claims made f

Author: Suzanne Romaine
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: vol, volume, language, english, history, cambridge
Number of Pages: 816
Published: 1999-01-28
List price: $285.00
ISBN-10: 0521264774
ISBN-13: 9780521264778

This volume deals with the history of the English language from 1776 to the present day. An extensive introduction details the changing socio-historical setting in which English has developed in response to a continuing background of diversity as it was transplanted to North America and beyond. Separate chapters on pronunciation, syntax, and vocabulary chronicle the core linguistic features of the language during this period. In addition, there are chapters on English as a literary language, English grammar and usage, and place names. A separate volume on North American English is in preparati

Authors:Daniel Nettle, Suzanne Romaine,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: languages, world, extinction, voices, vanishing
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2002-05-16
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 0195152468
ISBN-13: 9780195152463

Few people know that nearly one hundred native languages once spoken in what is now California are near extinction, or that most of Australia’s 250 aboriginal languages have vanished. In fact, at least half of the world’s languages may die out in the next century. Daniel Nettle and Suzanne Romaine assert that this trend is far more than simply disturbing. Making explicit the link between language survival and environmental issues, they argue that the extinction of languages is part of the larger picture of near-total collapse of the worldwide ecosystem. Indeed, the authors contend

Authors:Daniel Nettle, Suzanne Romaine,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: languages, world, extinction, voices, vanishing
Number of Pages: 241
Published: 2000-06
List price: $55.00
ISBN-10: 0195136241
ISBN-13: 9780195136241

Few people know that nearly 100 native languages once spoken in what is now California are near extinction, or that most of Australia’s 250 aboriginal languages have vanished. In fact, at least half of the world’s languages may die out in the next century. What has happened to these voices? Should we be alarmed about the disappearance of linguistic diversity? The authors of Vanishing Voices assert that this trend is far more than simply disturbing. Making explicit the link between language survival and environmental issues, they argue that the extinction of languages is par

Author: Hodges William Romaine
Publisher: BiblioLife
Keywords: forget, lest
Number of Pages: 20
Published: 2009-07-17
List price: $14.75
ISBN-10: 1113279869
ISBN-13: 9781113279866