Language in the real world : an introduction to linguistics / [edited by] Susan J. Behrens and Judith A. Parker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Behrens, Susan J., 1959-

Parker, Judith A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Applied linguistics.

applied linguistics.

Physical Description:

xiii, 377 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, UK ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2010.

Summary:

"Companion @ website: Professors and students will benefit from the interactive companion website that includes a student section featuring comments and hints on the chapter exercises within the book, a series of flash cards to test knowledge, details of further reading, and links to key web resources. Material for professors includes multi-choice and essay style questions based on each chapter that can be used or adapted to test their students."--Back cover. http://www.routledge.com/textbooks/languagerealworld

Contents:

Section I: Language, education, and cultural change: 1. Language variation: students and teachers reflect on accents and dialects / Susan J. Behrens and Rebecca L. Sperling

2. Speech communities: language as a mediator of messages and perceptions / Miriam Eisenstein Ebsworth

3. Teaching pronunciation: using phonology in the ESL and foreign language classroom / Joanna Labov

Section II: Literature, translation, and computers: 4. Lexicography: what dictionaries reveal about language and dictionary makers / Paul D. Fallon

5. Text translation: approaching otherness / Mary Boldt and Esperanza Roncero

6. Machine translation: the challenge of ambiguity / Nan Decker

7. The n-word, the f-word, and and all that jazz: race, sex, and transgressive language in contemporary American literature and popular culture / Carmen Gillespie

Section III: Language, power, and identity: 8. Language, power, and sexual assault: women's voices on rape and social change / Judith A. Parker and Deborah Mahlstedt

9. Gender, language, and power: surname or sirname? / Diana Boxer

10. Linguistics as a forensic science: the case of author identification / Carole E. Chaski

Section IV: Forms of language and communication: 11. First language acquisition: developing native linguistic competence / Janine Graziano-King and Helen Smith Cairns

12. ASL: a visual language / Miako Villanueva, Deanna Twain, and Laura Leigh Wood

13. Animal communication: the "language" of honey bees / Wyatt A. Mangum

Section V: Language and communication science: 14. Communication disorders: a personal perspective / Ann D. Jablon

15. Analyzing narratives: an example of cross-cultural research methods / Cecile L. Stein

16. Neurolinguistics and psycholinguistics: contributions to understanding healthy aging and dementia / Yael Neumann, Linda Carozza, and Anastasia Georgiou

17. Language of children with autism: the two worlds underlying verbal communication / Marion Blank and Mary Beth Cull.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415774673

0415774675

9780415774680

0415774683

OCLC:

428926510