Routledge Introductions to Applied Linguistics consists of introductory level textbooks covering the core topics in Applied Linguistics, designed for those entering postgraduate studies and language professionals returning to academic study. The books take an innovative "practice to theory" approach, with a ' back to front' structure which takes the reader from real life problems and issues in the field, then enters into a discussion of intervention and how to engage with these concerns. The final section concludes by tying the... Titel: Exploring world Englishes : language in a global context Forfatter: Philip Seargeant Genre: Linguistics Sammendrag: In this book, Philip Seargeant surveys varieties of English existing within the world today and the debates and controversies surrounding its present forms, functions and status in diverse world contexts. It examines how English has evolved
Mark Abley har på sin rejse verden rundt mødt folk, der taler sprog, der er på vej til at forsvinde, men også folk, der kæmper for at bevare deres sprog Titel: Spoken here : travels among threatened languages Genre: Faglitteratur Sammendrag: Mark Abley's journeys among the speakers of languages at the brink take him to aboriginal Australia, to American Indian reservations and to elderly Canadian speakers of Yiddish, as well as to places where the languages are fighting back: Wales, the Faeroe Islands, the Isle of Man. He examines the forces - from pop culture to creoles to globalisation - that threaten to wipe out 90 per cent of languages by the end of this century. And he pays tribute to such unfamiliar tongues as the Amazonian language last spoken by a parrot, the Caucasian language with no vowels, and the South Asian language whose innumerable verbs include gobray (to fall in a well u
Language atrocities infest modern-day English. To survey the damage, the author has subjected himself to a barrage of mindless jargon, euphemisms, and weasel words, cataloging for inspection and ridicule monstrosities such as "impactful" and "smartize," empty rhetoric such as "quality of life" and "revolutionary in nature," and broad swaths of modern-day grammatical humbug such as Artificial Vocabulary, Parasitic Intensifiers, Useless Cabooses, and Hyphen-Monsters. Titel: Junk English Forfatter: Ken Smith Forlag: Blast Books Udgivelsesår: 2001 Sider: 142 Sprog: Engelsk
This new edition of The Study of Language incorporates many changes that reflect developments in language study over the past decade. Forlag: Cambridge University Press Udgivelsesår: 1996 Sider: 294 Sprog: Engelsk
Summary: The endangerment and death of minority languages across the world is a matter of widespread concern. A leading commentator on language issues, David Crystal asks the question, 'Why is language death so important?', reviews the reasons for the current crisis, and investigates what is being done to reduce its impact Titel: Language death Genre: Faglitteratur Sammendrag: The rapid endangerment and death of many minority languages across the world is a matter of widespread concern, not only among linguists and anthropologists but among all concerned with issues of cultural identity in an increasingly globalized culture. A leading commentator and popular writer on language issues, David Crystal asks the fundamental question, 'Why is language death so important?', reviews the reasons for the current crisis and investigates what is being done to reduce its impact. Type: Hardcover
Om de drivkræfter, der har medvirket til at verden er blevet flad, i den forstand, at der er skabt en virtuel global digital arbejdsplatform. Fra Berlinmurens fald til de nyeste tendenser inden for teknologi og livsstil The beginning of the twenty-first century will be remembered, Friedman argues, not for military conflicts or political events, but for a whole new age of globalization – a ‘flattening’ of the world. The explosion of advanced technologies now means that suddenly knowledge pools and resources have connected all over the planet, levelling the playing field as never before, so that each of us is potentially an equal – and competitor – of the other. The rules of the game have changed forever – but does this ‘death of distance’, which requires us all to run faster in order to stay in the same place, mean the world has got too small and too flat too fast for us to adjust? Friedm
VERDEN SKRUMPER. Billige flybilletter, nye kommunikationsteknologier og flere engelske ord giver os oplevelsen af, at fjerne egne og kulturer rykker tættere på. Fænomenet kalder vi globalisering – men hvad er det egentlig, der gør verden mindre, og hvem står bag denne proces? Alt for ofte glemmer vi, at globaliseringen har et menneskeligt ansigt, og at vi rent faktisk har indflydelse på udviklingen. Danske forbrugere, forretningsfolk og virksomheder udgør hver især en brik i skabelsen af en ny og mindre verden... Type: Paperback
