Books written by Florian Coulmas
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A Bibliography on Writing and Written Language
AMER Whorf, Benjamin Lee (1933) The phonetic value of certain characters in Maya writing. In: Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology (Cambridge, Mass.) 13/2. AMER LING Whorf, Benjamin Lee (1935) Maya writing ...
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Writing and Society: An Introduction
What impact does it have on social organisation and development? How do unwritten languages differ from those that have a written form and tradition? This book is a general account of the place of writing in society.
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An Introduction to Multilingualism: Language in a Changing World
This book offers an introduction to the many facets of multilingualism in a changing world, bringing in approaches from linguistics, sociology, history, political philosophy, and psychology.
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An Introduction to Multilingualism: Language in a Changing World
Mann, Michael. 2005. The Dark Side of Democracy. Explaining Ethnic Cleansing. Cambridge, New ... In: Sabiha Mansoor, Aliya Sikandar, Nasreen Hussain, and Nasreen M. Ahsan (eds), Emerging Issues in TEFL: Challenges for Asia.
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Blackwell Encyclopedia of Writing Systems
This is an encyclopedia of writing systems, scripts and orthographies of all the world's major languages, past and present.
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Language and Economy
Language and Economy
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Identity: A Very Short Introduction
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly.
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Language Adaptation
This wide-ranging collection of essays looks at this phenomenon from a variety of historical and synchronic perspectives, and brings together the work of a number of leading scholars in the field.
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Linguistic Minorities and Literacy: Language Policy Issues in Developing Countries
Keeping in view the distinction between major/minor languages (descrip. tive of the language itself) and ... The present typology suggests convincingly that the concept of linguistic minority in the multilingual setting of India is a ...
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Trilingual Glossary of Demographic Terminology: English - Japanese - German
theory of inheritance of acquired characteristics use-disuse theory ЁЖЁЁЁ [yö-fuyö setsu] Theorie der Vererbung ... [mikuro keizaz' riron] mikroökonomische Theorie gk in DHH \ ÉTÉ', time-dependent 297 third age senium ïîîlïfï, ...
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Conversational Routine: Explorations in Standardized Communication Situations and Prepatterned Speech
routine in conversation. Hence, we will not consider here each and every routinized way in which socially recognized functions are carried out, but only communicative functions. Secondly, as a direct consequence of the afore-mentioned ...
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The Handbook of Sociolinguistics
This invaluable work of reference, now available in paperback, identifies the most important issues of sociolinguistics, makes primary sources more accessible, and provides orientation for future research.
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Language Regimes in Transformation: Future Prospects for German and Japanese in Science, Economy, and Politics
Globalization has many faces. One of them is the transformation of language regimes. This book provides an in-depth account of how two second-tier languages, Japanese and German, are affected by this process.
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Guardians of Language: Twenty Voices Through History
This book provides an accessible account of the origins and conceptual foundations of language policy.
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Sociolinguistics: The Study of Speakers' Choices
This new and updated textbook gives students a coherent view of the complex interaction of language and society.
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The Demographic Challenge: A Handbook about Japan
Cummings, William K. (1976): The Problems and Prospects for Japanese Higher Education. ... Doyon, Paul (2001): A Review of Higher Education Reform in Modern Japan. ... McVeigh, Brian J. (2002): Japanese Higher Education as Myth.
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A Festschrift for Native Speaker
Linguistic reasoning based on structural comparison of linguistic facts, i.e., the structural (linguistic) method (in the broad sense). 2. I would agree that my discussion would ... Language in Focus: Foundations, Methods and Systems.
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An Introduction to Multilingualism: Language in a Changing World
This book offers an introduction to the many facets of multilingualism in a changing world.
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Writing Systems of the World
This book is an account of the writing systems of the world from earliest times to the present. Its aim is to explore the complex ways in which writing systems...
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Writing Systems: An Introduction to Their Linguistic Analysis
The book also provides a clear and engaging account of the history of writing and its consequences for human thought and literate society.