Sociolinguistics
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The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say about Us
$19.00 Add to cartA surprising and entertaining explanation of how the words we use (even the ones we don’t notice) reveal our personalities, emotions, and identities.
In The Secret Life of Pronouns, social psychologis- Author: Pennebaker, James W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: January 15 2013
- ISBN10: 1608194965
- Language: English
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The Future of Language: How Technology, Politics and Utopianism Are Transforming the Way We Communicate
$32.67 Add to cartWill language as we know it cease to exist? What could this mean for the way we live our lives?
Shining a light on the technology currently being developed to revolutionise communication, The Future o- Author: Seargeant, Philip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1350278858
- Language: English
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Memory Speaks: On Losing and Reclaiming Language and Self
$18.95 Read more“At once an eloquent memoir, a wide-ranging commentary on cultural diversity, and an expert distillation of the research on language learning, loss, and recovery.”–The Economist
“Insightful and infor- Author: Sedivy, Julie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 22 2023
- ISBN10: 0674293932
- Language: English
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The Black Side of the River: Race, Language, and Belonging in Washington, DC
$29.95 Read moreIn The Black Side of the River, sociolinguist Jessi Grieser draws on ten years of interviews with dozens of residents of Anacostia-a historically Black neighborhood in Washington, DC-to explore the im
- Author: Grieser, Jessica A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: February 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1647121523
- Language: English
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Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World
$20.00 Add to cartBullshit isn’t what it used to be. Now, two science professors give us the tools to dismantle misinformation and think clearly in a world of fake news and bad data.
“A modern classic . . . a straight-- Author: Bergstrom, Carl T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 20 2021
- ISBN10: 0525509208
- Language: English
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For F*ck’s Sake: Why Swearing Is Shocking, Rude, and Fun
$22.99 Add to cartWhy do we love to swear so much? Why do we get so offended when others do it? With wit and insight, philosopher Rebecca Roache seeks answers to these and other puzzling questions about bad language.
W… [more below]- Author: Roache, Rebecca
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0190665068
- Language: English
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Whose Language Is English?
$28.00 Add to cartAn exhilarating new account of the English language, from British colonialism to the age of social media, emphasizing dynamism and democratization
Whose language is English? Although we often think o- Author: Kiaer, Jieun
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 0300264054
- Language: English
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The Queer Arab Glossary
$22.95 Add to cartA groundbreaking survey of the language used around queerness in the Arab world, with contributions by leading Arab queer writers, thinkers and activists, The Queer Arab Glossary is a first-of-its-kin… [more below]
- Author: Kaabour, Marwan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 086356092X
- Language: English
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The N Word: Who Can Say It, Who Shouldn’t, and Why
$17.95 Add to cartA renowned cultural critic untangles the twisted history and future of racism through its most volatile word.
The N Word reveals how the term “nigger” has both reflected and spread the scourge of bigo- Author: Asim, Jabari
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 13 2013
- ISBN10: 0547053495
- Language: English
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The Story of Yiddish: How a Mish-Mosh of Languages Saved the Jews
$17.99 Add to cartA delightfully unconventional tale of a people, their place in the world, and the fascinating language that held them together.
Yiddish is an unlikely survivor of the ages, much like the Jews themselve
- Author: Karlen, Neal
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 31 2009
- ISBN10: 0060837128
- Language: English
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Talking Back, Talking Black: Truths about America’s Lingua Franca
$17.99 Read more“Superb.” —Steven Pinker
“An explanation, a defense, and, most heartening, a celebration. . . . McWhorter demonstrates the ‘legitimacy’ of Black English by uncovering its complexity and sophistication… [more below]
- Author: McWhorter, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 11 2018
- ISBN10: 1942658583
- Language: English
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Louder Than Words: The New Science of How the Mind Makes Meaning
$32.00 Add to cartWhether it’s brusque, convincing, fraught with emotion, or dripping with innuendo, language is fundamentally a tool for conveying meaning — a uniquely human magic trick in which you vibrate your voca… [more below]
- Author: Bergen, Benjamin K.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: October 30 2012
- ISBN10: 0465028292
- Language: English
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Contact Languages and Music
$55.00 Add to cartLanguage and music are connected in many
ways. As social and cultural practices, they have been intertwined in
multiple ways. Musical and linguistic practices are often intertwined to
express distinct an… [more below]- Author: Hollington, Andrea
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 350
- Publish Date: December 20 2022
- ISBN10: 9766409234
- Language: English
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The Way We Talk Now: Commentaries on Language and Culture from Npr’s Fresh Air
$16.99 Add to cartThis engaging collection of National Public Radio broadcasts and magazine pieces by one of America’s best-known linguists covers the waterfront of contemporary culture by taking stock of its words and
- Author: Nunberg, Geoffrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 26 2012
- ISBN10: 0618116036
- Language: English
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Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir
$18.99 Add to cartFor anyone who enjoys reading memoirs–or is thinking about writing one–this collection offers a master class from nine distinguished authors, including Annie Dillard, Frank McCourt, and others.
The … [more below]
- Author: Baker, Russell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 20 1998
- ISBN10: 0395901502
- Language: English
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Bringing Our Languages Home: Language Revitalization for Families
$27.00 Add to cartThroughout the world individuals in the intimacy of their homes innovate, improvise, and struggle daily to pass on endangered languages to their children. Elaina Albers of Northern California holds a … [more below]
- Author: Hinton, Leanne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 01 2013
- ISBN10: 159714200X
- Language: English
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How Yiddish Changed America and How America Changed Yiddish
$29.99 Add to cartIs it possible to conceive of the American diet without bagels? Or Star Trek without Mr. Spock? Are the creatures in Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are based on Holocaust survivors? And how ha
- Author: Stavans, Ilan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: January 21 2020
- ISBN10: 1632062623
- Language: English
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Mwen Ka Alé: The French-lexicon Creole of Grenada: History, Language and Culture
$12.95 Add to cart“Mwen Ka Al ” presents the story of Grenada’s French-lexicon Creole in narrative and multimedia form. The voices of the aged keepers of this rich language bring its history to life, providing a bridge… [more below]
- Author: La Grenade-Lashley, Marise
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 154
- Publish Date: April 15 2016
- ISBN10: 1593309031
- Language: English
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Flutes of Fire: An Introduction to Native California Languages Revised and Updated
$26.00 Add to cartAn essential book on California’s Indigenous languages, updated for the first time in over 25 years.
Before outsiders arrived, about one hundred distinct Indigenous languages were spoken in California,
- Author: Hinton, Leanne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: July 26 2022
- ISBN10: 1597145661
- Language: English
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On Language: Chomsky’s Classic Works Language and Responsibility and Reflections on Language in One Volume
$39.67 Add to cartThe two most popular titles by the noted linguist and critic in one volume–an ideal introduction to his work.
On Language features some of Noam Chomsky’s most informal and highly accessible work. In- Author: Chomsky, Noam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 269
- Publish Date: November 01 1998
- ISBN10: 1565844750
- Language: English
