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Academic discussions and public debates frequently focus on the importance of defending languages against various kinds of dangers. This book argues that the discussions in question are not about language itself, but rather ideological struggles which are about the position of nation states and of minorities in the globalized world order.

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In this volume, concrete evidence is brought to bear in resolving long-standing questions such as "Is there one English language or many Englishes" and "Do different social groups use characteristically elaborated or restricted language codes"

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Gives an introduction to culturally determined aspects of communicating in British, Australian, Canadian, New Zealand and American societies. This book focuses on effective communication with members of these societies, especially on correcting false stereotypes which may cause misunderstandings.

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Gives an introduction to culturally determined aspects of communicating in British, Australian, Canadian, New Zealand and American societies. This book focuses on effective communication with members of these societies, especially on correcting false stereotypes which may cause misunderstandings.

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Through an approach informed by language ecology and linguistic ethnography, this book examines Hawaii as a complex multilingual society. Focusing on situated language usage as well as underlying ideological beliefs, the book offers analyses of Hawaiian, Pidgin, Japanese, the languages of Micronesia, and the phenomenon of language mixing.

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This book investigates how intricately language, food, and culture interact in Japanese society and culture. Natsuko Tsujimura approaches the language of food in Japanese as a vital component of communication by examining intrinsic mechanisms of the language and the broader social meaning it brings to society.

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French Immersion Ideologies in Canada looks at discourses that capture ideologies in the context of French immersion in Alberta, Canada, from a sociolinguistics for change lens.

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Presents cross-cultural research on gender as it is lexically and socially categorized in electronic media. The authors have compiled a corpus of gender terms from online thesauruses to show how technologies interact with gender categorizations in different languages, and how these are related to their respective culture and society.

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Presents cross-cultural research on gender as it is lexically and socially categorized in electronic media. The authors have compiled a corpus of gender terms from online thesauruses to show how new technologies interact with gender categorizations in different languages, and how these are related to their respective culture and society.

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A study of linkages between the global and local, demonstrating opportunities and challenges for contemporary sociolinguistics. It examines the impact of globalization on languages in contact. It engages with social theory and social processes while grappling with questions of language analysis raised by globalized language contact.

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An excellent study of linkages between the global and local, demonstrating opportunities and challenges for contemporary sociolinguistics.

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A comprehensive and diverse examination of the effects of globalization on languages in Africa, suitable for students and researchers interested in language endangerment and change. It discusses the effects of globalization on languages in Africa.

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A comprehensive and diverse examination of the effects of globalization on languages in Africa, suitable for students and researchers interested in language endangerment and change. It discusses the effects of globalization on languages in Africa.

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An exploration of the impact of globalization on diverse cultures and how this effects the dominant languages across Asian civilisations.

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Offers an exploration of the impact of globalization on diverse cultures and how this effects the dominant languages across Asian civilisations. This book is suitable for researchers and postgraduate students in all fields of sociolinguistic enquiry.

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A new approach to ecolinguistics inspired by the integration of Chinese culture with modern theories of language and suitable for the analysis of Chinese discourses.