Linguistics and Oral History
This edited volume brings together linguistic and oral history practitioners to explore the intersections between both disciplines. This book is comprised of contributions from linguists (corpus linguists, sociolinguists, dialectologists and second language acquisition experts) to present how they investigate oral history texts from a linguistic perspective as well as contributions from oral history practitioners who focus on language-related aspects of their subject. In presenting perspectives from both disciplines, this book exposes the synergies that exist between oral history and linguistics including methodological parallels in constructing and analysing written transcriptions of spoken events, analytical approaches to determining salient themes and linguistic items, relevant theoretical perspectives that frame discourse practices in oral histories and the practical considerations facing researchers when investigating large samples of spoken discourse. This book shows that oral historians and linguists are often doing the same things in different ways and makes the case for more collaboration between the disciplines to promote exchange of ideas, efficiency of practice and reciprocal progression.
Conspiracy as Genre
From anti-vaccine politics to aliens, this volume explores diverse critical approaches to conspiracy narratives representing them as playful stories with serious ideologies and effects. It examines conspiracy in relation to social power and authority, moving beyond either disinformation or revelation. In addition, it looks at how the genre of conspiracy is the performance of questioning authority to produce new forms of expertise which frequently stabilize existing power hierarchies. Across three parts, the book theorizes how conspiracy narratives are told, what they do in the social world, and how they circulate these social meanings. Part One offers semiotic and narrative analyses of the language of conspiracy as a genre. Part Two examines the social effects of these narratives, arguing that elite conspiracy is a means to stabilize social power, looking in particular at gender-related conspiracies around feminism, abortion and trans rights. Part Three considers the circulation of conspiracies and the ideologies they narrate, using unique mixed methods approaches to look at multilingual data in sites and communities in Brazil, Germany, and the USA.
Rhetoric, Intersectionality, and Black Women in Pittsburgh,
In this book, Tahirah J. Walker provides an analysis of how Black women in Pittsburgh navigate the public sphere through an examination of the ways that intersecting identities shape discourse, silence, and reclamation. The author draws from historical events, personal narrative, and community case studies to take a deep look at the intersectional marginalization, resistance and transformation journeys of Black women in a city deemed most unlivable for them. Walker amplifies unique presentations of language, silence and reclamation as they are negotiated via race, gender, and class. The book serves as testimony to the way intersectionality is turned on its head in Pittsburgh to create spaces of love and freedom through fearless speech (parrhesia), strategic listening, and community engagement practices. At its heart, this project is a love letter to every Black woman who has lived in Pittsburgh and asked herself why, affirming that while so much research exists on the struggles of being a Black woman in this city, it is equally important to recognize the innovations and triumphs.
Lost in Automatic Translation
The last decade has seen an exponential increase in the development and adoption of language technologies, from personal assistants such as Siri and Alexa, through automatic translation, to chatbots like ChatGPT. Yet questions remain about what we stand to lose or gain when we rely on them in our everyday lives. As a non-native English speaker living in an English-speaking country, Vered Shwartz has experienced both amusing and frustrating moments using language technologies: from relying on inaccurate automatic translation, to failing to activate personal assistants with her foreign accent. English is the world's foremost go-to language for communication, and mastering it past the point of literal translation requires acquiring not only vocabulary and grammar rules, but also figurative language, cultural references, and nonverbal communication. Will language technologies aid us in the quest to master foreign languages and better understand one another, or will they make language learning obsolete?
Introducing Systemic Functional Linguistics
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), covering key concepts and contributions to the field and instructing beginners to apply SFL to different areas.Authored by contributors with extensive experience of teaching SFL, this book is composed of 14 chapters covering theories, descriptions, and applications of SFL. It encompasses the following topics: SFL theory and the organizing principles; descriptions of various lexicogrammatical and semantic systems; grammatical metaphor; register studies; different areas of SFL application, including translation studies, multimodal discourse analysis, and educational linguistics. Suitable to be used as teaching materials, the chapters are carefully organized into sections of learning outcomes, key terms, exercises, and suggested readings. By introducing the theory and applications of SFL in accessible terms and requiring no prior knowledge, this practical book is a key reading for students new to the area.
Language Contact and Semantic Development in Late Medieval English
The multilingual context of medieval Britain has been a focus of historical linguistic scholarship for some time, but Middle English has often been examined in isolation. This book analyzes a large dataset of English vocabulary from the late Middle Ages, a time when the language was gaining new importance, with attention paid to parallel lexical developments in French and Latin. It explores lexical and semantic innovations and losses, and its findings challenge the notion that native and borrowed words were in competition during the period. The book presents a new picture of ongoing bilingualism in the late medieval period and a growth in vocabulary that heralded the beginnings of standardization in English.
Advanced English Grammar
With more than 50 years of teaching experience between them, Ilse Depraetere and Chad Langford present a grammar pitched precisely at advanced learners of English who need to understand how the English language really works without getting stalled in the complex specifics.Now fully updated and revised throughout, the third edition of this book pulls all of the relevant ideas from linguistic theory to support the language student to fully understand English grammar. After introducing form and function, the authors cover verbs, nouns, aspect and tense, modality and discourse. Readers are led through the underlying principles of language use, with the book presupposing only a basic grasp of linguistic terminology and focusing on the critical issues. This new edition includes updated examples from the press to represent a wider breadth of English language publications, including examples not only from The Guardian and the New York Times, but also from Indian and African publications. The new system to cross-reference all exercises with the core text in each chapter with discreet marginal notes makes the link between theory and practice more explicit. This edition also includes a new appendix of important phrasal verbs at an advanced level.Full of challenging exercises and supported by a companion website featuring an extensive answer key, a glossary and further exercises for study, this is the reference grammar of choice for both native and non-native English speakers.
Book Nerd Mini Wall Calendar 2026
BOOKISH JOY: If your favorite mug says, "I'd rather be reading," you have a minimum of five books on your nightstand, or you never once though the movie was better, this calendar is for you! CHARMING ILLUSTRATIONS: Each month features lovely art by Holly Maguire that captures the essence of what book nerds love: the passion for collecting, the escape of a good read, the joy of sharing books with friends, and the coziness of curling up with your favorite book and a cup of tea. GREAT GIFT: Perfect for bibliophiles and bookworms! The 7" x 7" mini size makes it a great fit for cubicles, lockers, and other small spaces. NOW PLASTIC-FREE!: Workman wall calendars are completely plastic-free! Now printed with an extended paper flap closed with a fully recyclable seal--no more shrink-wrap!
A Book Lover's Year Engagement Calendar 2026
JUST FOR BOOK LOVERS: This brand-new weekly planner includes reading lists, audiobook recommendations, fascinating trivia, important author birthdays, and more to accompany the bibliophile's year. BEAUTIFUL AND PRACTICAL: Each week features a roomy grid with enough room to write down everything you need to do while you're not reading, plus a beautiful bookish image, ranging from full-color photographs to iconic author portraits to gorgeous art. MORE THAN JUST A PLANNER: Keep track of your reading year with specialized pages, room for notes, and lists of major literary award-winners at the back. NOW PLASTIC-FREE!: Workman Engagement calendars are packaged in a sturdy printed paper sleeve--no more shrink wrap!
Remarks On The Irish Language, With A Review Of Its Grammars, Glossaries, Vocabularies And Dictionaries
Convergence and Divergence in the Eastern Circum-Baltic Area
The volume summarizes research on the structural convergence and divergence of languages in the eastern part of the Circum-Baltic Area by providing its profile against a genealogical and typological background. Methodological issues needed to assess factors that condition convergence in contact superposition zones, or that otherwise lead to differentiation among related varieties, are discussed. Against this backdrop synthetic surveys of major and minor Finnic languages are provided, followed by corpus-based case studies on morphosyntactic phenomena. The volume thus presents both a synthetic compendium and a series of specific up-to-date studies, with special attention to micro-variation.
"The Ebb and Pull of the Dream". An Ecocritical Reading of Cherie Dimaline's "The Marrow Thieves"
Bachelor Thesis from the year 2023 in the subject American Studies - Miscellaneous, grade: 1.0, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, language: English, abstract: This work explores how Indigenous literature, particularly "The Marrow Thieves" by M矇tis author Cherie Dimaline, responds to environmental destruction and climate change. Set in a dystopian near-future Canada devastated by ecological collapse, the novel follows a group of Indigenous characters fleeing from settlers who harvest their bone marrow, believed to be the cure for a mysterious illness that prevents non-Indigenous people from dreaming. The novel critiques ongoing colonial violence and its connection to environmental exploitation, highlighting how Indigenous communities are disproportionately affected by both. Through its characters and story, "The Marrow Thieves" shows the resilience of Indigenous peoples and the importance of traditional knowledge in surviving ecological crises. It challenges dominant ideas of development and progress, instead emphasizing the deep, interdependent relationship between humans and the natural world. This analysis uses eco-criticism and postcolonial theory to explore how Dimaline's novel exposes the roots of environmental collapse in colonial history and calls for a rethinking of our relationship with the environment, one guided by Indigenous perspectives and values.
Inscriptiones Citieae, Sive In Binas Inscriptiones Phoenicias, Inter Rudera Citii Nuper Repertas, Coniecturae
A Design Orientation to Second Language Writing Instruction
A Design Orientation to Second Language Writing Instruction presents the principles of a Design orientation to second language writing and argues for new directions in second language writing instruction.
Multimodal Affordances in Diplomatic Interpreting
This book offers an in-depth exploration of diplomatic interpreting as a complex form of multimodal interaction, drawing on examples from China-U.S. diplomatic interpreting activities to demonstrate the nuances of meaning transfer across modes and contexts.The volume introduces the notion of interpreting being inherently multimodal through its employment of a range of semiotic repertoires, including linguistic modes, gesture, audial information, spatial arrangement, and visual imagery. Featuring case studies from China-U.S. diplomatic interpreting scenarios, Cen and Irwin examine the means and reasons by which interpreters mediate the range of multimodal semiotic resources in such situations in order to accommodate different meanings across varied contexts and their strategies for contextualizing and recontextualizing meaning while navigating different diplomatic interests and interpersonal relationships. Taken together, the book outlines a new framework for understanding and analyzing bilateral interpreting through a multimodal lens, with implications for interpreting in international studies on a wider scale.This volume will be valuable reading for students and scholars in interpreting studies, applied linguistics, intercultural communication, and international relations.
Agencies in Feminist Translator Studies
This book draws on the legacy of Canadian scholar Barbara Godard and her work in establishing the Canadian literary landscape as a means of exploring agency in feminist translation studies.
Language Ideologies and Linguistic Identity in Heritage Language Learning
Language Ideologies and Linguistic Identity in Heritage Language Learning addresses the ways in which discourses about language value and identities of linguistic expertise are constructed and negotiated in the Spanish heritage language classroom, and how the classroom discourse shapes, and is shaped by, the world outside.
Data Analytics for Discourse Analysis with Python
This concise volume, using examples of psychotherapy talk, showcases the potential applications of data analytics for advancing discourse research and other related disciplines.
The Routledge Handbook of Discourse Analysis
The Routledge Handbook of Discourse Analysis covers the major approaches to Discourse Analysis from Critical Discourse Analysis to Multimodal Discourse Analysis and their applications in key educational and institutional settings.
Effective Language Learning Through Task-Based Strategies
This book explores the integration of Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) as a dynamic and learner-centered approach to enhance English as a Foreign Language (EFL) instruction. It provides in-depth insights into how task-based strategies can be effectively applied to develop core language skills-reading, writing, listening, and speaking-while also strengthening grammar and vocabulary acquisition. The guide outlines practical methods, including group and individual work, digital tools, peer feedback, and innovative assessment techniques. Designed for language educators, this resource offers real classroom examples, best practices, and implementation strategies adaptable to various educational settings. It emphasizes the use of technology, formative and summative feedback, and learner autonomy to maximize student engagement and learning outcomes. With a strong theoretical foundation and a focus on practical application, the book equips teachers with the tools needed to foster communicative competence and critical thinking through meaningful tasks in modern EFL classrooms.
Introduction to Linguistics
This language is the subject matter of linguistics. The first step in scientifically discussing this language is to collect data about it and record it. Data are collected from spoken and written languages as needed, although modern linguistics tends to favor spoken language.A trained linguist can collect information about spoken language by listening to it and using memory; in most cases, that information is recorded using a special type of International Phonetic Alphabet created according to linguistic methods, and it is very easy to record on tape. Written records in that language-such as ancient manuscripts, inscriptions, old books, and statues-are used to discuss ancient languages. Information about different aspects of language, such as sound patterns and pronunciation processes, is collected with the help of devices like the kymograph, artificial palate, and X-ray photography. In this way, in the second phase of linguistics, information on various aspects of the language is collected, given a proper description, and analyzed.
The Archaic Thesaurus
The word "thesaurus" comes from the Greek word thēsauros, which means "treasure, treasury, or storehouse". The first thesaurus was published in 1852 by British doctor and mathematician Dr. Peter Mark Roget.
The Deorhord
An entertaining tour of Old English words for animals, from the author of The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English Many of the animals we encounter in everyday life, from pets and farm animals to the wild creatures of field and forest, have remained the same since medieval times. But the words used to name and describe them have often changed beyond recognition, starting with the Old English word for "animal" itself, deor (pronounced DAY-or). In The Deorhord, Hana Videen presents a glittering Old English bestiary of animals real and imaginary, big and small, ordinary and extraordinary--the good, the bad, and the downright baffling. From gange-w疆fran or walker-weavers (spiders) and hasu-padan or grey-cloaked ones (eagles) to heafdu swelce mona or moon-heads (historians still don't know!), The Deorhord introduces a world both familiar and strange: where ants could be monsters and panthers could be your friends, where dog-headed men were as real as elephants, and where whales were as sneaky as wolves. The curious stories behind these words provide vivid insights into the language, literature, and lives of those who spoke Old English--the language of Beowulf--more than a thousand years ago. A delightful journey through the weird and wonderful world of Old English, The Deorhord is a magical menagerie of new creatures and new words for the modern englisc reader to discover.
Community Interpreting in Cameroon
Cameroon by virtue of its colonial past, has embraced several exogenous cultures, civilizations and languages. This has no doubt left an indelible mark on the linguistic landscape of the country. From the Carthaginians, Greeks, Portuguese through the Germans to the French and English, the linguistic landscape of Cameroon could not remain the same and the impact can still be felt today. One of the most obvious consequences of these contacts is that English and French have remained vital communication mediums in the country. The introduction of these exogenous languages into an already extremely diverse linguistic repertoire entailed and still entails the use of middle men (referred to as interpreters) for effective communication. As it stands, there is no Cameroonian who can boast of being cleared of any linguistic challenges in a country where 70% of the citizens are rural and do not master the languages used in public domains. Access to public utility such as health care services is a considerable challenge which can only be overcome with the help of interpreters.
The Empire laughs back. Humour and Irony in the New Literatures in English
Washback Research in Language Assessment
Washback is understood as the effect tests have on teaching and learning, with positive washback producing intended outcomes and negative washback generating unintended effects. By surveying the latest developments in the field and charting future directions, this collection offers a comprehensive treatment of research on washback in the field of language assessment.The book contains chapters exploring fundamental aspects of washback, including the impact-by-design approach, theoretical models, validity frameworks, research designs, and methods. Additional chapters examine washback across various assessment contexts, covering migration-related proficiency tests, formative and standards-based assessments, multilingual and professional language assessments, and the role of technology, including computer-based testing and AI. The book also surveys washback research in primary, secondary, and higher mainstream education, and shadow education, with a focus on English learning in Asian contexts.This book will be of interest to scholars and stakeholders in language testing and assessment, educational measurement, and applied linguistics.
Technological Innovation for Specialized Linguistic Domains
These are the proceedings of the Third Congress on Technological Innovation for Specialized Linguistic Domains (TISLID'18), which took place in 24-26 May 2018 at Ghent University, Belgium. This event was hosted by the UGent-based research groups MULTIPLES and LT3 in collaboration with the UNED-based ATLAS group. This volume captures a great deal of the knowledge and experiences that were shared there, related to the digital realities and methodological innovation involved in the use, processing and learning of languages and, specifically, those used in specialized domains. The first part deals with various issues related to language technologies; the second part focuses on work on technology-enhanced language learning; and the third part focuses in more depth on three modalities within TELL which are receiving particular attention from the research community nowadays: mobile, open and social language learning. This book will be useful for postgraduate students, practitioners and researchers interested in the common spaces between Information and Communication Technology and Languages for Specific Purposes in the context of our increasingly digital occupations, cultures and lives.
