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Languages of Scandinavia Seven Sisters of the North

Sanders Ruth H.

ISBN: PB: 9780226759753, ISBN: HB: 9780226493893, University of Chicago Press, December 2020
224 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 6 halftones, 3 line drawings, 4 tables

From fjords to mountains, schools of herring to herds of reindeer, Scandinavia is rich in astonishing natural beauty. Less well known, however, is that it is also rich in languages. Home to seven languages, Scandinavia has traditionally been understo...

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That's the Ticket for Soup! Victorian Views on Vocabulary as Told in the Pages of "Punch"

Crystal David

ISBN: HB: 9781851245529, Bodleian Library Publishing, November 2020
120 pp., 21x16.1 cm, 34 black&white illus.

The vocabulary of past times, no longer used in English, is always fascinating, especially when we see how it was pilloried by the satirists of the day. Here we have Victorian high and low society, with its fashionable and unfashionable slang, its c...

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Linguistics

Lexical and Semantic Aspects of Proverbs

Cermak Frantisek

ISBN: PB: 9788024643588, University of Chicago Press, Center for the Study of Language and Information, September 2020
243 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

This book is linguistic in nature, offering a number of aspects of contemporary languages and their proverbs. Focusing mostly on lexical, semantic and pragmatic aspects, the book also explores language corpora findings. Apart from collecting data on...

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Sign Language

American Sign Language Handshape Dictionary Second Edition

Tennant Richard A., Gluszak Brown Marianne

ISBN: PB: 9781944838782, Gallaudet University Press, September 2020
462 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm

This unique reference can help users locate a sign whose meaning they have forgotten, or help them find the meaning of a new sign they have just seen for the first time. It organizes more than 1,900 ASL signs by 40 basic handshapes and includes detai...

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Linguistics

Education

Perspectives on Teaching Language and Content

Katz Bourns Stacey, Krueger Cheryl, Mills Nicole

ISBN: PB: 9780300223293, Yale University Press, August 2020
352 pp., 23.4x15.2 cm, 9 black&white illus.

A contemporary guide to foreign language education, this book presents the latest developments and issues in the field of applied linguistics. It leads instructors to make vital connections between theory and practice and to develop innovative lesson...

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Japanese

Japanese/Korean Linguistics Volume 27

Barrie Michael

ISBN: PB: 9781684000685, University of Chicago Press, Tenov Books, August 2020
429 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

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Japanese

Japanese/Korean Linguistics, Vol. 26

Iwasaki Shoichi, Strauss Susan, Fukuda Shin, Jun Sun-Ah

ISBN: PB: 9781684000654, University of Chicago Press, Center for the Study of Language and Information, July 2020
435 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

Japanese and Korean are typologically similar, with linguistic phenomena in one often having counterparts in the other. The Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference provides a forum for research, particularly through comparative study, of both language...

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Sign Language

Hearing Happiness Deafness Cures in History

Virdi Jaipreet

ISBN: HB: 9780226690612, University of Chicago Press, May 2020
328 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 40 halftones

At the age of four, Jaipreet Virdi's world went silent. A severe case of meningitis left her alive but deaf, suddenly treated differently by everyone. Her deafness downplayed by society and doctors, she struggled to "pass" as hearing for most of her...

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Four Words for Friend Why Using More Than One Language Matters Now More Than Ever

Kohn Marek

ISBN: PB: 9780300251517, Yale University Press, March 2020
264 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm

In a world that has English as its global language and rapidly advancing translation technology, it's easy to assume that the need to use more than one language will diminish – but Marek Kohn argues that plural language use is more important than eve...

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Europe

Elements of French Deaf Heritage

Hedberg Ulf, Lane Harlan

ISBN: PB: 9781944838560, Gallaudet University Press, March 2020
312 pp., 25.4x17.7 cm, 8 tables, 2 figures, 46 photos

French Deaf culture is regarded as a major influence on the formation of other Deaf cultures around the world, notably American Deaf culture. In "Elements of French Deaf Heritage", Ulf Hedberg and Harlan Lane document the development of Deaf culture...

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