In Articulate While Black, two renowned scholars of Black Language address language and racial politics in the U.S. through an insightful examination of President Barack Obama's language use-and America's response to it.

The classic work on semantics -- now fully revised and updated -- distills the relationship between language and those who use it.

The authors also review legal and ethical issues and show clinicians and caregivers how to mobilize community resources. The book concludes with 11 assessment guides and rating scales and an index.

" "The shifts of topic and register have given rise to doubts about the unity of the dialogue, doubts which are addressed in the introduction to this volume.

MacKinnon contends that pornography, racial and sexual harassment, and racial hate speech are acts of intimidation, subordination, terrorism, and discrimination, and should be legally treated as such.

Drawing on the Wari’ language of Brazil, Everett explains that speakers of all languages, in constructing their stories, omit things that all members of the culture understand.

A thorough review of the worldwide problem of language endangerment and death.

It is commonly agreed by linguists and anthropologists that the majority of languages spoken now around the globe will likely disappear within our lifetime. This text focuses on the question: what is lost when a language dies?

Phenomena related to the transition from a literacy-dominated civilization to one of various means of expression and communication are at the center of his book.

Words on the Move opens our eyes to the surprising backstories to the words and expressions we use every day. Did you know that silly once meant “blessed”? Or that ought was the original past tense of owe?