Learning to Listen with practical TOEIC and TOEFL-style test practice

Learning to Listen
with practical TOEIC and TOEFL-style test practice
Lin Loughee

Language and Social Relations

Asif Agha “Language and Social Relations"
Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (December 25, 2006) | ISBN: 0521576857 | PDF | 446 pages | 2,3 Mb

Language is closely linked to our social relationships and is the medium through which we participate in a variety of social activities. This original study explores the important role of language in various aspects of our social life, such as identity, gender relations, class, kinship, status, and hierarchies. Drawing on data from over thirty different languages and societies, it shows how language is more than simply a form of social action; it is also an effective tool with which we formulate models of social life and conduct. These models - or particular forms of social behaviour - are linked to the classification of 'types' of action or actor, and are passed 'reflexively' from person to person, and from generation to generation. Providing a novel and unified way of accounting for a variety of social phenomena, this book will be welcomed by all those interested in the interaction between language, culture, and society.

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An Introduction to Syntax PDF

Jr, Robert D. van Valin “An Introduction to Syntax"
Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (May 14, 2001) | ISBN: 0521635667 | PDF | 256 pages | 5,1 Mb

Clearly organized and accessible, this comprehensive new textbook provides students with a thorough grounding in the analysis of syntactic structure using data from a typologically wide variety of languages. The book guides students through the basic concepts involved in syntactic analysis and goes on to prepare them for further work in any syntactic theory, using examples from a range of phenomena in human languages. It also includes a chapter on theories of syntax. Each chapter includes generous exercises and recommendations for further study.


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