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Consequences of Contact
Oxford University Press, USA 2007; US$ 34.991. Cultural Processes and Linguistic Mediations: Pacific Explorations, Miki Makihara and Bambi B. Schieffelin. 2. Linguistic Paths to Urban Self in Post-Colonial Solomon Islands, Christine Jourdan. 3. Linguistic Purism in Rapa Nui Political Discourse, Miki Makihara. 4. To Tangle or Not to Tangle: Shifting Language Ideologies and the Socialization of... more...
Literacy and Literacies
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 38.00Literacy and Literacies is a new and engaging account of literacy and its relation to power. The book develops a new synthesis of literacy studies, moving beyond received categories, and exploring the domain of power through questions of colonialism, modern state formation, educational systems and official versus popular literacies. more...
Language Ideologies
Oxford University Press 1998; US$ 49.99"Language ideologies" refers to the representation (explicit or implicit) of the intersection of language and human beings in a social world. These essays examine definitions and conceptions of language focusing on how such activity organizes individuals, institutions and their interrelationships. more...
The Handbook of Language Socialization
Wiley 2011; US$ 183.50Documenting how in the course of acquiring language children become speakers and members of communities, The Handbook of Language Socialization is a unique reference work for an emerging and fast-moving field. Spans the fields of anthropology, education, applied linguistics, and human development Includes the latest developments in second and... more...
Voices of Modernity
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 39.00Argues that conscious development of new ways of thinking about language had a crucial role in modern history, particularly the discovery of how apparently objective differences between languages legitimated social inequalities. more...
Language, Culture, and Society
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 42.00How does language influence our perception of the world? How do children learn to use language appropriately? How far does language contribute to the formation of our personalities? In what ways does language make us human? This volume brings together a team of leading specialists to discuss these important questions. more...
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