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Sociolinguistics - interdisciplinary perspectives
This book gives an interdisciplinary perspective on how the language use is shaped by and evolves with human society and how in turn social activities are constructed by the way how language is organized and communicated. With a contribution from multiple neighboring scientific disciplines, this book characterizes fundamental mechanisms, represents wide applications, and introduces state-of-the…
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- 9789535147640
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- 148 p.; 23 cm.
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- 306.44 SOC s
Sign language research, uses and practices. Crossing views on theoretical and…
The uses and practices of sign languages are strongly related to scientific research on sign languages and vice versa. Conversely, sign linguistics cannot be separated from Deaf community practices, including practices in education and interpretation. Therefore, the current volume brings together work on sign language interpreting, the use of spoken and sign language with deaf children with coc…
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- 9781614511472
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- ix, 174 p.; 22 cm.
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- Sign Languages and Deaf Communities [SLDC]; Volume 1
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- 418 SIG s
Social Inequality, Childhood and the Media : A Longitudinal Study of the Medi…
This open access book presents a qualitative longitudinal panel-study on child and adolescent socialisation in socially disadvantaged families. The study traces how children and their parents make sense of media within the context of their everyday life over twelve years (from 2005 to 2017) and provides a unique perspective on the role of different socialisation contexts, drawing on rich data f…
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- 9783030026530
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- Transforming Communications – Studies in Cross-Media Research
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- 303.32 PAU s
Conceptualizing Environmental Citizenship for 21st Century Education
This open access book is about the development of a common understanding of environmental citizenship. It conceptualizes and frames environmental citizenship taking an educational perspective. Organized in four complementary parts, the book first explains the political, economic and societal dimensions of the concept. Next, it examines environmental citizenship as a psychological concept with a…
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- 9783030202491
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- XIII, 261 p.
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- Environmental Discourses in Science Education
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- 370 CON c
The Education of d/deaf and hard of hearing children perspectives on language…
A significant number of d/Deaf and hard of hearing (d/Dhh) children and adolescents experience challenges in acquiring a functional level of English language and literacy skills in the United States (and elsewhere). To provide an understanding of this issue, this book explores the theoretical underpinnings and synthesizes major research findings. It also covers critical controversial areas such…
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- 9783039281251
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- 200 p.; 22 cm.
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- 418.7 EDU e
The crisis for young people : generational inequalities in education, work, h…
This book provides an original and challenging analysis of one of the most pressing social issues of our times: intergenerational inequality. Based on recent mixed-method research, it explores the extent and scope of generational divides through an up-to-date analysis of the changing opportunities for young people in Britain across different life domains. A central question addressed is whether…
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- 9783319585475
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- XIII, 161
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- 305.2420941 GRE t
Formal and methodological approaches to applied linguistics
The goal of this Special Issue is to bring together state-of-the art articles on applied linguistics which reflect investigation carried out by researchers from different parts of the world. By bringing together papers from different perspectives, we hope to be able to gain a better understanding of the field. Hence, this Special Issue intends to address the study of language in its different d…
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- 9783039283231
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- 144 p.; 23 cm.
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- 427 FOR f
Building the foundation: whole numbers in the primary grades
This twenty-third ICMI Study addresses for the first time mathematics teaching and learning in the primary school (and pre-school) setting, while also taking international perspectives, socio-cultural diversity and institutional constraints into account. One of the main challenges of designing the first ICMI primary school study of this kind is the complex nature of mathematics at the early…
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- 9783319635552
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- XXXI, 536 p.
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- New ICMI Study Series
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- 370 BUL b
Originality, imitation, and plagiarism : teaching writing in the digital age
A timely intervention in national debates about what constitutes original or plagiarized writing
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- 9780472070343
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- 269p. : ill.
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- 808 ORI o
Children's exploration and cultural formation
This open access book examines the educational conditions that support cultures of exploration in kindergartens. It conceptualises cultures of exploration, whether those cultures are created through children’s own engagement or are demanded of them through undertaking specific tasks within different institutional settings. It shows how the conditions for children’s exploration form a web of…
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- 9783030362713
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- VIII, 187 p.
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- International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education and Development
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- 374 CHI c
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