Folklinguistics and social meaning in Australian English
Folklinguistics and Social Meaning in Australian English presents an original study of Australian English and, via this, insights into Australian society. Utilising folklinguistic accounts, it uncovers everyday understandings of contemporary Australian English through variations across linguistic systems (sounds, words, discourse and grammar).
Foundations of Mixed Methods Research_ Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches in the Social and Behavioral Sciences
The book is the first comprehensive textbook on using mixed methods in the social sciences, written by two leading names in the field. Mixed methodology (combining quantitative and qualitative approaches) has become an increasingly popular way of both researching and teaching methodology across the social sciences, and students across these fields are expected to be proficient in both quantitative and qualitative techniques. This text begins with an introduction to and overview of the development of mixed methodology, and then takes students through all aspects of working with mixed methods from research design and data collection through to analysis and conclusions.
Explores a new approach to studying language as a complex adaptive system, illustrating its commonalities across many areas of language researchBrings together a team of leading researchers in linguistics, psychology, and complex systems to discuss the groundbreaking significance of this perspective for their workIllustrates its application across a variety of subfields, including languages usage, language evolution, language structure, and first and second language acquisition.
Tripitaka, can you go to the west for me - and for Buddah?'When the holy woman Guanyin asks the young Chinese monk Tripitaka to bring some holy writings back from India, he says 'yes'. But how can he travel across rivers, and fight terrible monsters and demons, on his long journey?
Across Ukraine – це новий компонент навчально-методичного комплексу New Challenges, розроблений спеціально для України. Маловідомі факти про історію, географію, культуру та науку України Захоплюючі подорожі мальовничими куточками України Цікаві тексти про життя сучасної укрмолоді України Iсторії людей, якими пишається Україна та багато іншого.
