Language and Linguistics in Context Readings and Applications for Teachers

Name: Language and Linguistics in Context Readings and Applications for Teachers
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ISBN: 9780805855005

ISBN-10: 0805855009

ISBN-13: 9780805855005

Edition: 2006

Authors: Harriet Luria, Deborah M. Seymour, Trudy Smoke, Chinua Achebe, Meena Alexander

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Taking a sociocultural and educational approach,Language and Linguistics in Context: Readings and Applications for Teachers: *introduces basic linguistic concepts and current perspectives on language acquisition; *considers the role of linguistic change (especially in English) in the politics of language; *acknowledges the role of linguists in current policies involving language; *offers insights into the relationship between the structure of language systems and first- and second-language acquisition; the study of language across culture, class, race, gender, and ethnicity; and between language study and literacy and education; and *provides readers with a basis for understanding current…

Book details

List price: $86.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 9/16/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 428
Size: 7.05" wide x 10.00" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English



Preface



What Is Language and How Is It Acquired?


Introduction to




Language and Its Acquisition















































Questions, Activities, and Resources



How Does Language Change?







The History of English and Language Change


Language Families



Where Did English Come From?



The Norman Conquest



People and Language



Queen's English



The New Linguistic Order



The African Writer and the English Language



Ebonic Need Not Be English



Language and Language Learning in the Face of World English



Gender Issues in Language Change



Homophobic Slang as Coercive Discourse Among College Students




Questions, Activities, and Resources



What Is Literacy?


Introduction to






Definitions of Literacy and Their Consequences



What Is Literacy?



The Politics of Teaching Literate Discourse



Literacy and Learning Out of School: A Review of Theory and Research



Understanding Critical Writing



Language, Literacy, and Culture: Intersections and Implications



Educational Policy for the Transnational Dominican Community



Italian Patterns in the American Collandia Ladies' Club: How Do Women Make Bella Figura?



Women and Empowerment Through Literacy



Confessions of an English Professor: Globalization and the Anxiety of the (Standard) English Practice



Class Talk




Questions, Activities, and Resources