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Hartmann, R. R. K. – 1980
This volume is one in a series of studies in linguistics that is intended to supplement the "International Review of Applied Linguistics." Discourse analysis, or looking at language as text in context, is presented in the first chapter. This is correlated with what is known about the differences between languages in a second chapter on contrastive…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Context Clues
Gibbs, Donna, Ed.; Krause, Kerri-Lee, Ed. – 2000
This book analyzes the distinctive language and culture of the Internet. It offers a study of the fusion of linguistic, visual, and technological dimensions which characterize the World Wide Web. Recognizing that Internet language is being created at a prodigious rate, the authors set out to equip teachers and educators with a key to understanding…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Dialect Studies, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries

Lawrence, Erma, Comp. – 1977
This Haida-English dictionary introduces the Alaskan Haida alphabet and gives Haida words with English translation and the English equivalent pronunciation. The first half of the dictionary is an introduction to the sound system and grammar of Haida. Short discussions of the following topics are included: vowels; consonants; semivowels; rounded…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Languages, Athapascan Languages, Consonants