Language in the real world
By: [edited by] Susan J. Behrens and Judith A. Parker.
Contributors: Behrens, Susan J., 1959-; Parker, Judith A.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415774673; 9780415774680
Subjects: Applied linguistics
Table of contents: title: 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; title: 2. Speech Communities: Language as a mediator of messages and perceptions / Miriam Eisenstein Ebsworth; title: 3. Teaching Pronunciation: Using phonology in the ESL and foreign language classroom / Joanna Labov; title: Section II: Literature, Translation and Computers: 4. Lexicography: What dictionaries reveal about language and dictionary makers / Paul D. Fallon; title: 5. Text Translation: Approaching otherness / Mary Boldt and Esperanza Roncero; title: 6. Machine Translation: The challenge of ambiguity / Nan Decker; title: 7. Transgressive Language: The 'n- word' and the 'f- word' in popular culture and all that Jazz / Carmen Gillespie; title: Section III: Language and Identity: 8. Language, Sexual Assault and Social Change / Judith A. Parker and Deborah Mahlstedt; title: 9. Gender, Language and Power: Surname or sirname? / Diana Boxer; title: 10. Linguistics as a Forensic Science: the case of author identification / Carole E. Chaski; title: Section IV: Forms of Language and Communication: 11. First Language Acquisition: Developing native linguistic competence / Janine Graziano-King and Helen Smith Cairns; title: 12. ASL: A visual language / Miako Villanueva, Deanna Twain, and Laura Leigh Wood; title: 13. Animal Communication: The "language" of honey bees / Wyatt A. Mangum; title: Section V: Language and Communication Science: 14. Communication Disorders: A personal perspective / Ann D. Jablon; title: 15. Analyzing Narratives: An example of cross cultural research methods / Cecile L. Stein; title: 16. Neurolinguistics and Psycholinguistics: Contributions to understanding healthy aging and dementia / Yael Neumann, Linda Carozza, and Anastasia Georgiou; title: 17. Autism and Language: The two worlds underlying verbal communication / Marion Blank and Mary Beth Cull.