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Language and Social Justice in Context Hawaiʻi as a Case Study / by Saft, Scott

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The Linguistic Injustices of Colonialism -- Chapter 3: The Revitalization of the Hawaiian Language and Why It Can’t Stop Now -- Chapter 4: Pidgin and the Creation of Community -- Chapter 5: Heteroglossic Language Usage and the “Problem” of Translanguaging -- Chapter 6: The Languages of Micronesia and the Periphery of Society -- Chapter 7: Linguistic Programs for Social Justice -- Chapter 8: Conclusion.…”
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Chinua Achebe and the Politics of Narration Envisioning Language / by Lynn, Thomas Jay

Table of Contents: “…Language and the Power of Subordination: Achebe’s Integration of Nigerian Pidgin -- 6. Beyond Black and White: British Identity in Achebe’s Fiction.- 7. …”
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Lingua Franca and Français Tirailleur From Sea Jargon to Military Order? / by Nolan, Joanna

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Johannes Gutenberg and the Shadow of Bi Sheng How Language Developed. Why Writing Developed in China – and Printing in Europe. And Whether That Can Tell Us Anything for the Future.... by Giessen, Hans

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Children from the wild, children without language -- Pidgin and Creole -- Preconditions and Self Organization -- I, Robot -- To Hear and to Speak -- To Speak and to Think -- Hunters and Gatherers -- The Languages of Hunter-Gatherers -- The Neolithic Revolution -- Hierarchies -- Pictography -- The Rebus Principle -- Syllabary -- Finally: the Alphabet -- Where printing was invented -- The Shadow of Bi Sheng: Seal, Paper, Ink – and the Press -- Johannes Gutenberg -- Current Developments -- A final thought -- References -- Figures.…”
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The Handbook of Persian Dialects and Dialectology

Table of Contents: “…Historical Dialectology of Persian and the Dialects of the Fārs Province -- 4. A Persian-lexified pidgin recorded in 18th-century Japan -- 5. Outstanding problems in Persian historical phonology: toward a quantitative solution -- 6. …”
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Strategies for Knowledge Elicitation The Experience of the Russian School of Field Linguistics /

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Language in Educational and Cultural Perspectives

Table of Contents: “…Cognitive semantics against creole exceptionalism: On the scope of metonymy in the lexicon of Nigerian Pidgin English -- Chapter 12. The linguistic journey of words on the example of selected words referring to mental (dis)abilities -- Chapter 13. …”
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Italianness and Migration from the Risorgimento to the 1960s

Table of Contents: “…Italianità under Influence: Filippo Manetta - A Mazzinian Exile in America, a Confederate Agent in Italy; Bénédicte Deschamps -- 13. The Writing and Pidgin of Miners Native to Emilia Working in Pennsylvania and Illinois, 1898-1914; Marco Fincardi -- 14. …”
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English – One Tongue, Many Voices by Svartvik, Jan, Leech, Geoffrey

Table of Contents: “…. -6 English transplanted -- 7 English varieties in the British Isles -- 8 American and British English -- 9 English, pidgins and creoles -- PART III: A changing language in changing times -- 10 The standard language today -- 11 Linguistic change in progress: Back to the Inner Circle -- 2 Electronic English -- 13 English into the future -- Notes: Comments and References -- References -- Index of people -- Index of topics -- Pronunciation. .…”
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