"This collection of original papers by eminent phoneticians, linguists and sociologists offers the most recent findings on phonetic design in interactional discourse available in an edited collection. The chapters examine the organization of phonetic detail in relation to social…
This collection of original papers by eminent phoneticians, linguists and sociologists offers the most recent findings on phonetic design in interactional discourse available in an edited collection. The chapters examine the organization of phonetic detail in relation to social …
This is a theoretically oriented study of the pragmatics of Vietnamese person reference (kinship terms, personal pronouns, naming set and status terms). Drawing upon linguistic data from a radically different non-Western society and the seminal insights of Volosinov, Bakhtin, an…
Aimed at all language professionals, and those interested in how words are used, this reference work provides key information on how English is spoken and written today.
Aimed at all language professionals, and those interested in how words are used, this reference work provides key information on how English is spoken and written today.
'Cambridge Grammar of English' is a major new reference grammar from the world's leading grammar publisher. Written by highly respected experts in the field using extensive corpus research, it offers comprehensive coverage of spoken and written English based on real everyday usa…
