Language Matters

  • Language Matters: Reflections on Educational Linguistics
    By Timothy Reagan

    Ferguson, C., & Heath, S. (Eds.). (1981). Language in the USA. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Ferguson, G. (2006). Language planning and education. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Fettes, M. (1992).

  • Language Matters: A Guide to Everyday Questions about Language
    By Donna Jo Napoli

    Is Ebonics really a dialect or simply bad English?

  • Language Matters: A Guide to Everyday Questions About Language
    By Donna Jo Napoli, Vera Lee-Schoenfeld

    Do women and men speak differently? Will computers ever really learn human language? Does offensive language harm children? These are only a few of the issues surrounding language that crop up every day.

  • Language Matters
    By Paul Warren, Laurie Bauer, Janet Holmes

    What's the matter ? C One of the authors was born in Liverpool and during her childhood and teenage years she spoke the Liverpool dialect , known locally as ' Scouse ' . Scouse has many distinguishing features , including lexical items ...

  • Language Matters: Essays on Language, Literature, and Translation
    By K. V. Tirumalesh

    The Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages , Hyderabad has been an academic centre specialising in language matters , both English and foreign languages , for nearly half a century now . The present volume contains thirteen ...

  • Language Matters: A Guide to Everyday Questions About Language
    By Donna Jo Napoli

    When I respond to reporters' questions, sometimes my knowledge of particular languages and of the formal nature of linguistic principles helps me. This is particularly true if their questions are about how language is produced and ...