Critical Applied Linguistics: A Critical Introduction by Alastair Pennycook

Minimalist Investigations in Linguistic Theory (Routledge Leading Linguists)

Professor Howard Lasnik is likely one of the world's prime theoretical linguists. He has produced influential and critical paintings in parts akin to syntactic concept, logical shape, and learnability. This choice of essays attracts jointly a few of his top paintings from his gigantic contribution to linguistic concept.

Language and Identity in the Balkans: Serbo-Croatian and Its Disintegration

Opposed to a backdrop of the ethnic strife within the Balkans and the cave in of Yugoslavia in 1991, Robert Greenberg describes how the languages of Croatia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Serbia, and Montenegro got here into being and indicates how their genesis displays ethnic, spiritual, and political id. His first-hand observations earlier than and after Communism provide insights into the character of language switch and the relation among language and identification.

Learning Languages, Learning Life Skills: Autobiographical Reflexive Approach to Teaching and Learning a Foreign Language: 8 (Educational Linguistics)

Studying Languages, studying lifestyles talents deals an autobiographical reflexive method of international language schooling. The orientation of the publication is functional, containing wealthy descriptions of language studying occasions together with real language use and scholar tales. instructing, together with making plans, tools, lecture room paintings and overview, and case stories of 'good' language studying and the way discussion according to reminiscing can be utilized to advertise scholars’ overall healthiness within the language lecture room are defined intimately.

The Welsh Language in the Digital Age (White Paper Series)

This white paper is a part of a chain that promotes wisdom approximately language know-how and its capability. It addresses educators, reporters, politicians, language groups and others. the provision and use of language know-how in Europe varies among languages. accordingly, the activities which are required to additional help study and improvement of language applied sciences additionally vary for every language.