"What do all human languages have in common and in what ways are they different? How can language be used to trace different peoples and their past? Are certain languages similar because of common descent or language contact? Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics, this text…
"What do all human languages have in common and in what ways are they different? How can language be used to trace different peoples and their past? Are certain languages similar because of common descent or language contact? Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics, this text…
"Variedades del Español presents an overview of dialectal and sociolinguistic variation in the Spanish speaking world from one of the leading experts in the field. By the end of the course the reader will be familiar with the features distinguishing different Spanish dialects, w…
This monograph examines how modern dictionaries present diatopic variations in standard language. Using detailed analyses of dictionaries, it first presents the actual status of dictionary depictions of diatopic variations. The author then goes on to suggest opportunities for op…
"This volume offers comprehensive analyses of how we live continuously in a multiplicity and simultaneity of 'places'. It explores what it means to be in place, the variety of ways in which meanings of place are made and how relationships to others are mediated through the lingu…
