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L I N G U I S T I C S - Applied Linguistics / ELTEmploying LinguisticsThinking and Talking About Careers forLinguistsAnna Marie Trester, Career Linguist, USAUsing insights drawn from the experiences ofprofessional linguists working in a range ofdomains, this book helps you recognize the value ofyour skills as a linguist in the job market. No matterwhere you are in your career – just starting a first job or reflectingback on 30 years – this book provides an interpretive frame forthinking and catalyzing momentum about what comes next. Featuringactivities, exercises and a review of career literature, it details theways in which the powerful analytical skills cultivated by a backgroundin linguistics can be employed in professional workspaces.UK June 2021 US June 2021 192 pagesPB 9781350137967 19.99 / 26.95 HB 9781350137950 65.00 / 90.00ePub 9781350137974 17.99 / 22.16ePdf 9781350137981 17.99 / 22.16Bloomsbury AcademicDigital Games and LanguageLearningTheory, Development andImplementationEdited by Mark Peterson, Kyoto University,Japan, Kasumi Yamazaki, University of Toledo,USA & Michael Thomas, University of CentralLancashire, UKBringing together innovative research from an international team ofcontributors, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the useof digital games in computer-assisted language learning (CALL). Thebook outlines various rationales for using digital games, incorporatingcontemporary theories of second language acquisition. Chaptersthen draw on case studies from Europe and Japan to analyse in-gameinteraction, attitudes and participation in both institutional and outof-classroom settings. Combining theory with practical application,this is a valuable resource for instructors, researchers and practitionerswho are designing games or using them in their classrooms.UK April 2021 US April 2021 256 pagesHB 9781350133006 95.00 / 130.00ePub 9781350133020 85.50 / 105.94ePdf 9781350133013 85.50 / 105.94Series: Advances in Digital Language Learning and Teaching Bloomsbury AcademicSocial Networks in LanguageLearning and Language TeachingEdited by Avary Carhill-Poza, University ofMassachusetts Boston, USA & Naomi Kurata,Monash University, AustraliaPresenting cutting-edge research on socialnetworks and their applications in languageteaching and language learning, this book exploresthe relationships that mediate language learning in and out ofclassrooms. Chapters engage social network analysis to understandthe role of instructional practices, socialization, motivation, languagestatus, affinity, mobile communications technology, and languagepolicies in the development of social resources for language learning.UK January 2021 US January 2021 272 pagesHB 9781350114258 95.00 / 130.00ePub 9781350114272 85.50 / 105.94ePdf 9781350114265 85.50 / 105.94Bloomsbury AcademicTeaching Pragmatics andInstructed Second LanguageLearningStudy Abroad and Technology-EnhancedTeachingNicola Halenko, University of Central Lancashire,UKThis book explores second language pragmatic development with aspecific focus on two areas: classroom-based pragmatic instructionin the study abroad context, and using technology for developingand assessing pragmatic competence. It directly compares theeffects of technology platforms and traditional paper-based taskswithin the second language environment for developing pragmaticcompetence.UK January 2021 US January 2021 240 pagesHB 9781350097148 95.00 / 130.00ePub 9781350097162 85.50 / 105.94ePdf 9781350097155 85.50 / 105.94Series: Advances in Instructed Second Language Acquisition Research BloomsburyAcademicStudy Abroad and the SecondLanguage Learner4Expectations, Experiences andDevelopmentThe Production-ComprehensionInterface in Second LanguageAcquisitionEdited by Martin Howard, University CollegeCork, IrelandAnke Lenzing, Paderborn University, GermanyAn Integrated Encoding-Decoding ModelOffering a timely update on approaches toand emerging issues in contemporary study abroad and secondlanguage acquisition (SLA) research, this book explores the linguisticdevelopment of language learners studying abroad. It investigateslearner beliefs about study abroad, their experiences in relationto individual, cultural and social factors, and the nature of learnerdevelopment while abroad on an intercultural and personal level.Chapters include various first and second language combinations indifferent geographical contexts, incorporating quantitative, qualitativeand mixed-method approaches.This book explores the relation between secondlanguage (L2) production and comprehension atthe level of processing. Proposing an ‘Integrated Encoding-DecodingModel’ of SLA, Anke Lenzing presents the results of a comprehensiveempirical study to demonstrate the extent to which the twomodalities rely on shared representations and/or shared processes.Through this detailed analysis, she sheds new light on the cognitivearchitecture of human language processing and offers a deeperunderstanding of the mechanisms at work in the L2 acquisitionprocess.UK January 2021 US January 2021 304 pagesHB 9781350104198 95.00 / 130.00ePub 9781350104211 85.50 / 105.94ePdf 9781350104204 85.50 / 105.94Bloomsbury AcademicUK January 2021 US January 2021 288 pagesHB 9781350148734 95.00 / 130.00ePub 9781350148758 85.50 / 105.94ePdf 9781350148741 85.50 / 105.94Bloomsbury Academicwww.bloomsbury.com UK, Europe, ROW 44 (0)1256 302692 orders@macmillan.co.uk

Sabina Perrino, Binghamton University, USA and Paul Manning, Trent University, Canada. Founding Series Editor: Jim Wilce, NorthernArizona University, USARemaking KichwaLanguage and Indigenous Pluralism inAmazonian EcuadorMichael Wroblewski, Grand Valley StateUniversity, USAInvestigating the efforts of the Kichwa of Tena,Ecuador to reverse language shift to Spanish,this book examines the ways in which indigenouslanguage can be revitalized and how creative bilingual forms ofdiscourse can reshape the identities and futures of local populations.Based on deep ethnographic fieldwork among urban, periurban, andrural Kichwa communities, Michael Wroblewski explores adaptationsto culture contact, language revitalization, and political mobilizationthrough discourse to move the study of indigenous language into theglobalized era and offer innovative reconsiderations of indigeneity,discourse, and identity.UK February 2021 US February 2021 224 pagesHB 9781350115552 85.00 / 115.00ePub 9781350115576 76.50 / 94.85ePdf 9781350115569 76.50 / 94.85Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Linguistic Anthropology Bloomsbury AcademicMultilingual Environments in theGreat WarEdited by Julian Walker, University CollegeLondon, UK & Christophe Declercq, UniversityCollege London, UKGraphic Politics in Eastern IndiaScript and the Quest for AutonomyNishaant Choksi, Indian Institute of TechnologyGandhinagar, IndiaCombining semiotic theory with ethnographicallygrounded investigation, Nishaant Choksi highlightsthe centrality of script for Santali speakers’claims for indigenous autonomy in West Bengal,India. Based on extensive fieldwork in Jhilimili, Choksi exploresthe deployment of Santali scripts, including a newly created scriptcalled Ol Chiki, in village markets, the education system and in thecirculation of print media. He shows how manipulating the linguisticlandscape enables Santali speakers to scale their language on local,regional and national levels and in doing so, to contest Bengalispeaking upper castes’ hegemony over public spaces.UK March 2021 US March 2021 224 pages 40 bw illusHB 9781350159587 85.00 / 115.00ePub 9781350159600 76.50 / 94.85ePdf 9781350159594 76.50 / 94.85Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Linguistic Anthropology Bloomsbury AcademicMultilingualism in the Public SpaceEmpowering and Transforming CommunitiesEdited by Robert Blackwood, University ofLiverpool, UK & Deirdre Dunlevy, Queen'sUniversity Belfast, UKExploring the differing ways in which language hasbeen used to try to make sense of the First WorldWar, this book develops a transnational viewpointof the experience of war. Taking the study of the First World War farbeyond the Western Front, chapters examine experiences in Africa,Armenia, post-war Australia, Russia and Estonia, and in a varietyof contexts, from prisoner-of-war and internment camps to foodqueues and post-war barracks. The book brings together languageexperiences of conflict from both combatants and the home front,connecting language and literature with linguistic analysis of theimmediacy of communication.Bringing together researchers from across Europe,this book explores sociolinguistic perspectiveson multilingualism. With specific emphasis onidentity, diversity, and social cohesion, chapters focus explicitly onthe potential of this phenomenon to empower individuals, groups,and communities. Understanding ‘public space' in broad terms,the book investigates domains such as education, online, and thelinguistic landscape. In so doing, it explores how multilingualismcan empower people from a range of perspectives, includingmemorialisation, onomastics, direct action, linguistic rights,migration, and educational play.UK April 2021 US April 2021 288 pagesHB 9781350141346 95.00 / 130.00ePub 9781350141360 85.50 / 105.94ePdf 9781350141353 85.50 / 105.94Bloomsbury AcademicUK May 2021 US May 2021 288 pages 10 bw illusHB 9781350186590 95.00 / 130.00ePub 9781350186613 85.50 / 105.94ePdf 9781350186606 85.50 / 105.94Bloomsbury AcademicMulti-Dimensional AnalysisTransgender Identities in thePressResearch Methods and Current IssuesA Corpus-based Discourse AnalysisEdited by Tony Berber Sardinha, São PauloCatholic University, Brazil & Marcia VeiranoPinto, São Paulo Catholic University, BrazilAngela Zottola, Aston University, UKExploring both quantitative and qualitativeapproaches, this book provides a comprehensiveguide to the statistical methods in Multidimensional Analysis (MDA) and its key elements, such as corpusbuilding, tagging, and tools. The major goal is to explain the stepsinvolved in the method so that readers may better understand thiscomplex research framework and conduct MD research on their own.UK September 2020 US September 2020 278 pages 120 bw illusPB 9781350190405 28.99 / 39.95Previously published in HB 9781350023826ePub 9781350023840 85.50 / 105.94ePdf 9781350023833 85.50 / 105.94Bloomsbury AcademicL I N G U I S T I C S - Linguistic Anthropology / Corpus LinguisticsBloomsbury Studies in Linguistic AnthropologyAnalysing a corpus of articles collected fromEnglish-language newspapers in the UK andCanada, this book critically explores the linguisticcues and patterns used by the print media in their representationof trans people. Zottola focuses on the semantic categories ofrepresentation associated with transgender identities, using CriticalDiscourse Analysis to investigate how the way the press representsthis topic influences readers and their understanding of the majordebates. Using a mixture of quantitative and qualitative methods, thebook casts light on the complex picture of press language during aperiod of social change and increasing awareness.UK February 2021 US February 2021 240 pagesHB 9781350097544 95.00 / 130.00ePub 9781350097568 85.50 / 105.94ePdf 9781350097551 85.50 / 105.94Bloomsbury Academicwww.bloomsbury.com USA, Canada, Latin America 888-330-8477 customerservice@mpsvirginia.com5

L I N G U I S T I C S - Semiotics / M A J O R R E F E R E N C E W O R K SWho Understands Comics?Questioning the Universality of VisualLanguage ComprehensionNeil Cohn, Tilburg University, The NetherlandsCombining recent advances from linguistics,cognitive science, and clinical psychology, thisbook argues that visual narratives involve greatercomplexity and require a lot more decoding thanwidely thought. Although increasingly used beyond the sphereof entertainment as materials in humanitarian, educational, andexperimental contexts, Neil Cohn demonstrates that their universalcomprehension cannot be assumed. Bringing together a rich butscattered literature on how people comprehend, and learn tocomprehend, a sequence of images, this book coalesces researchfrom a diverse range of fields into a broader interdisciplinary view ofvisual narrative to ask: Who Understands Comics?UK November 2020 US November 2020 256 pages 40 bw illusPB 9781350156043 24.99 / 34.95 HB 9781350156036 75.00 / 100.00ePub 9781350156050 22.49 / 28.32ePdf 9781350156067 22.49 / 28.32Bloomsbury AcademicComputational SemioticsJean-Guy Meunier, University of Quebec inMontreal, CanadaCan semiotics and computers be compatible?Can computation advance semiotics by giving thetheory of signs a more scientific basis? This booktackles these questions head on and shows howsemiotics can build the same type of conceptual,formal, and computational models as other scientific projects,opening up a rich domain of inquiry toward the formal understandingof semiotic artifacts and processes. Examining how pairing semioticswith computation can bring more methodological rigor and logicalconsistency to the epistemic quest for the forms and functions ofmeaning, this book offers a new cutting-edge, model-driven theory tothe field.UK April 2021 US April 2021 240 pages 20 bw illusHB 9781350166615 95.00 / 130.00ePub 9781350166639 85.50 / 105.94ePdf 9781350166622 85.50 / 105.94Series: Bloomsbury Advances in Semiotics Bloomsbury AcademicThe End of the CircusEvolutionary Semiotics and CulturalResiliencePaul Bouissac, University of Toronto, CanadaThis book analyses two features of the traditionalcircus that have come under increasing attacksince the mid-20th century: the use of wildanimals in performance and the act of clowning.Positioning this socio-cultural change within the broader perspectiveof evolutionary semiotics, renowned circus expert Paul Bouissacexamines the decline of the traditional circus and its transformationinto a purely acrobatic spectacle, brought into the fold of mainstreampopular entertainment. Questioning the survival of this new circusand the likely resurgence of its traditional forms, this bookmarks theculmination of Bouissac’s ground-breaking work on the circus.UK June 2021 US June 2021 256 pages 40 b/w illusHB 9781350166493 95.00 / 130.00ePub 9781350166516 85.50 / 105.94ePdf 9781350166509 85.50 / 105.94Bloomsbury AcademicBloomsbury World Englishes3-Volume SetEdited by Mario Saraceni, University of Portsmouth, UKBloomsbury World Englishes is an essential three-volume reference resource which presentsa modern variationist approach to research in Englishes across the globe. With volumesdedicated to research paradigms, language ideologies, and pedagogies, this collection movesthe focus from traditional descriptive research on formal nation state varieties to recognizethe breadth of variation within any community of speech. International experts cover a diverserange of varieties and contexts, offering a more accurate understanding of English around theworld.Special introductory offer (valid up to three months after publication): 420.00 / 570.00UK June 2021 US June 2021 3 vols c. 1,104 pagesHB Pack 9781350072022 465.00 / 635.0040 b/w imagesBloomsbury Academic6www.bloomsbury.com UK, Europe, ROW 44 (0)1256 302692 orders@macmillan.co.uk

Research and Indigenous PeoplesLinda Tuhiwai Smith, University of Waikato, New ZealandTo the colonized, the term 'research' is conflated with Europeancolonialism; the ways in which academic research has been implicatedin the throes of imperialism remains a painful memory.This updated essential volume explores intersections of imperialismand research - specifically, the ways in which imperialism is embeddedin disciplines of knowledge and tradition as 'regimes of truth.'Concepts such as 'discovery' and 'claiming' are discussed and anargument presented that the decolonization of research methods willhelp to reclaim control over indigenous ways of knowing and being.Includes a new chapter on indigenous movements since the 19991st edition and a collection of indigenous poetry.UK May 2021 US May 2021 256 pagesPB 9781786998132 21.99 / 29.95 HB 9781786998125 65.00 / 90.00ePub 9781786998163 19.79 / 24.63ePdf 9781786998149 19.79 / 24.63Zed BooksBLOOMSBURYRESEARCH METHODSA NEWLOOKRESEARCH METHODS & STUDY SKILLSDecolonizing MethodologiesLaunching December 2020Refresh your research: Bloomsbury.com/research-and-study9781474282949 Oct 2017 24.999781350046948 May 2019 21.999781849669733 Nov 2014 19.999781350085237 Aug 2020 19.99www.bloomsbury.com USA, Canada, Latin America 888-330-8477 customerservice@mpsvirginia.com7

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