Languages
Language, Cognition and the Brain
Once signed languages are recognized as natural human languages, a world of exploration opens up.
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101 Languages of the World
Learning to speak another language has never been easier, quicker or more fun. Right from the start learners of any level"”even complete beginners"”can start using a foreign language with this unique learning system.
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Modality and Structure in Signed and Spoken Languages
Signed languages are the naturally-evolved visual-gestural languages of deaf communities.
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Language Change
This text uses data from English and other languages to introduce the concepts central to language change. It covers the most frequent types of change, and how languages are born and die. It also looks at other key areas, such as attitudes to language change, and the consequences.
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Disinventing and Reconstituting Languages
Looking at diverse contexts from sign languages in Indonesia to literacy practices in Brazil, the authors argue that unless we change and reconstitute the ways in which languages are taught and conceptualized, language studies will not be able to improve the social welfare of lan
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The Languages of the Andes
The Andean and Pacific regions of South America are home to a remarkable variety of languages and language families, with a range of typological differences.
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