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Chelsea Green Publishing
Language
English
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"[Lakoff is] the father of framing."—The New York Times
"An indispensable tool for progressives—packed with new thinking on framing issues that are hotly debated right now."—Jennifer M. Granholm, former governor of Michigan
Ten years after writing the definitive, international bestselling book on political debate and messaging, George Lakoff returns with new strategies about how
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Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"An American linguist teaching in England explores the sibling rivalry between British and American English. "If Shakespeare were alive today, he'd sound like an American." "English accents are the sexiest." "Americans have ruined the English language." "Technology means everyone will have to speak the same English." Such claims about the English language are often repeated but rarely examined. Professor Lynne Murphy is on the linguistic front line....
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"A powerful, timely memoir of a young Air Force linguist coming-of-age in a war that is lost"--Provided by the publisher.
When Ian Fritz joined the Air Force at eighteen, he did so out of necessity. He hadn't been accepted into college thanks to an indifferent high school career. He'd too often slept through his classes as he worked long hours at a Chinese restaurant to help pay the bills for his trailer-dwelling family in Lake City, Florida. But...
4) The United States of English: the American language from colonial times to the twenty-first century
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The United States of English tells the story of American speech from its earliest beginnings to its current state. Topics covered include the following: the foundations of American English, beginning with the earliest word adoptions; the origins of regional dialects; how the vocabulary developed; an exploration of American slang and language creation outside the mainstream, including internet-related; typical American grammatical structures and how...
Author
Publisher
She Writes Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"After both her parents die, Linda Murphy Marshall, a multi-linguist and professional translator, returns to her Midwestern childhood home, Ivy Lodge, to sort through a lifetime of belongings with her siblings. Room by room, she sifts through the objects in her parents’ house and uses her skills and perspective as a longtime professional translator to make sense of the events of her past--to “translate” her memories and her life. In the...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Everyone's worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there's a really easy way: Stop participating in it."- Noam Chomsky. Power and terror: Noam Chomsky in our times gives the public a rare opportunity to see and listen to one of the most articulate, committed and hard-working political dissidents of our time, MIT linguist and political philosopher Noam Chomsky. Chomsky has been called "the most important intellectual alive" by the New York Times,...
Publisher
Wiley Blackwell
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The definitive reference work on World Englishes-fully revised, expanded, and updated The Handbook of World Englishes is a collection of articles on the cross-cultural and transnational linguistic convergence and change of the English language. Now in its second edition, this Handbook brings together multiple theoretical, contextual, and ideological perspectives, and offers new interpretations of the changing identities of world Englishes (WE) speakers...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"An enlightening linguistic journey through a thousand years of feminist language - and what we can learn from the vivid vocabulary that English once had for women's bodies, experiences, and sexuality. So many of the words that we use to chronicle women's lives feel awkward or alien. Medical terms are scrupulously accurate but antiseptic. Slang and obscenities have shock value, yet they perpetuate taboos. Where are the plain, honest words for women's...
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Series
Raisa Susanto volume 1
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The double murder of a married couple in a small Washington town draws FBI forensic linguist Raisa Susanto into an investigation that mirrors a decades-old crime. Twenty-five years ago—to the day—Alex Parker murdered his parents, then took his own life, leaving behind a note admitting everything. Raisa, paired with forensic psychologist Callum Kilkenny, uses her skills to read between the lines. Especially now that paranoid postings on a conspiracy...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"One of the founders of U.S. cryptology who would eventually become one of the world's greatest code breakers, Elizebeth Smith Friedman (1892-1980) was a brilliant mind behind many important battles throughout the 20th century, saving many lives through her intelligence and heroism. Whip-smart and determined, Elizebeth displayed a remarkable aptitude for language and recognizing patterns from a young age. After getting her start by looking for linguistic...
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