Breakthrough; essays and vignettes in honor of John A. Rassias.
9780820481906 Breakthrough; essays and vignettes in honor of John A. Rassias. Ed. by Mel B. Yoken. Peter Lang Publishing Inc 2007 279 pages $82.95 Hardcover PB35 Yoken (French, U. of Massachusetts,...

Style in fiction revisited: the beginning of great expectations.
1. Style in Fiction Revisited In the early 1980s, which saw the publication of SIF (our abbreviation for Style in Fiction: An Introduction to English Fictional Prose), the study of fictional prose style using the methods of linguistics was an immature field of research. In those days,...

Learning the arts of linguistic survival; languaging, tourism, life.
9781845410537 Learning the arts of linguistic survival; languaging, tourism, life. Phipps, Alison. Channel View Publications 2007 205 pages $44.95 Paperback Tourism and cultural change; 10 P51 Phipps (arts, humanities...

Marcom: New career option for GenX.
Byline: Sujata Dutta Sachdeva (##include msid=47949085,type=11 ##) NEW DELHI: A billion plus population, one national language, two business languages - English and Hindi - 18 official languages and 844 dialects. It can't get more challenging than this for a marketing and communications (Marcom) professional. ...

Marcom: The new career option.
Byline: Sujata Dutta Sachdeva NEW DELHI: A billion plus population, one national language, two business languages - English and Hindi - 18 official languages and 844 dialects. It can't get more challenging than this for a marketing and communications (Marcom) professional. With the demand for...

Languages are important: but that's not why I am studying one.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ABSTRACT This paper reports on the findings of a small-scale study carried out in Adelaide. We asked secondary students who had decided to continue or discontinue their language study once it was no longer compulsory what had prompted their decision. We also asked...

Grammatical borrowing in cross-linguistic perspective.
9783110196283 Grammatical borrowing in cross-linguistic perspective. Ed. by Yaron Matras and Jeanette Sakel. Mouton de Gruyter 2007 598 pages $189.00 Hardcover Empirical approaches to language typology; 38 P324 Twenty-nine...

Multilingualism in European bilingual contexts; language use and attitudes.
9781853599293 Multilingualism in European bilingual contexts; language use and attitudes. Ed. by David Lasagabaster and Angel Huguet. Multilingual Matters Ltd. 2007 251 pages $54.95 Paperback Multilingual matters; 135 P115 ...

The Carrier language will expand into B.C.
LAKE BABINE A recently signed agreement will allow the Carrier Language to be expanded in British Columbia. The College of New Caledonia and the University of Northern British Columbia will be working with the Lake Babine Nation to implement a Carrier language program this fall. ...

The role of the elementary science teacher and linguistic diversity.
Abstract This qualitative study looks at 23 elementary preservice teachers' roles as science teachers and the importance of understanding linguistic diversity for science instruction. Using individual and group reflection papers, two important points are made that reflect the importance of preparing preservice teachers in science. Explicit conversations...