Language in the real world : an introduction to linguistics - Behrens, Susan J., 1959-; Parker, Judith A. (Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge)
Section I: Language, education, and cultural change: 1. Language var iation: students and teachers reflect on accents and dialects / Susan J . Behrens and Rebecca L. Sperling -- 2. Speech communities: language as a mediator of messages and perceptions / Miriam Eisenstein Ebsworth -- 3. Teaching pronunciation: using phonology in the ESL and foreign lang uage classroom / Joanna Labov -- Section II: Literature, translation, a nd computers: 4. Lexicography: what dictionaries reveal about language and dictionary makers / Paul D. Fallon -- 5. Text translation: approach ing otherness / Mary Boldt and Esperanza Roncero -- 6. Machine translat ion: the challenge of ambiguity / Nan Decker -- 7. The n-word, the f-wo rd, and and all that jazz: race, sex, and transgressive language in con temporary American literature and popular culture / Carmen Gillespie -- Section III: Language, power, and identity: 8. Language, power, and se xual assault: women's voices on rape and social change / Judith A. Park er and Deborah Mahlstedt -- 9. Gender, language, and power: surname or sirname? / Diana Boxer -- 10. Linguistics as a forensic science: the ca se of author identification / Carole E. Chaski -- Section IV: Forms of language and communication: 11. First language acquisition: developing native linguistic competence / Janine Graziano-King and Helen Smith Cai rns -- 12. ASL: a visual language / Miako Villanueva, Deanna Twain, and Laura Leigh Wood -- 13. Animal communication: the "language" of honey bees / Wyatt A. Mangum -- Section V: Language and communication science : 14. Communication disorders: a personal perspective / Ann D. Jablon - - 15. Analyzing narratives: an example of cross-cultural research metho ds / Cecile L. Stein -- 16. Neurolinguistics and psycholinguistics: con tributions to understanding healthy aging and dementia / Yael Neumann, Linda Carozza, and Anastasia Georgiou -- 17. Language of children with autism: the two worlds underlying verbal communication / Marion Blank a nd Mary Beth Cull.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Applied linguistics