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LSY volume 38 issue 1 Cover and Front matter

Language in Society, Volume 38, Issue 01, February 2009, pp f1-f2
doi:10.1017/S0047404509381014 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Mar 2009
 

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LSY volume 38 issue 1 Cover and Back matter

Language in Society, Volume 38, Issue 01, February 2009, pp b1-b7
doi:10.1017/S0047404509381026 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Mar 2009
 

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Speaking the gendered body: The performative construction of commercial femininities and masculinities via body-part vocabulary

HEIKO MOTSCHENBACHER

Language in Society, Volume 38, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 1-22
doi:10.1017/S0047404508090015 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Mar 2009
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Did you call in Mexican? The racial politics of Jay Leno immigrant jokes

OTTO SANTA ANA

Language in Society, Volume 38, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 23-45
doi:10.1017/S0047404508090027 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Mar 2009
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To tell it directly or not: Coding transparency and corruption in Malagasy political oratory

JENNIFER L. JACKSON

Language in Society, Volume 38, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 47-69
doi:10.1017/S0047404508090039 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Mar 2009
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“Normal” in Catalonia: Standard language, enregisterment and the imagination of a national public

SUSAN E. FREKKO

Language in Society, Volume 38, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 71-93
doi:10.1017/S0047404508090040 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Mar 2009
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Monica Heller (ed.), Bilingualism: A social approach. Houndsmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire & New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. Pp. 384. Pb $30.50

Todd Sandel

Language in Society, Volume 38, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 95-98
doi:10.1017/S0047404508090052 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Mar 2009
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Gabriella Gahlia Modan, Turf wars: Discourse, diversity, and the politics of place. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2007. Pp. x, 357. Pb. $31.95.

Greg Myers

Language in Society, Volume 38, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 98-101
doi:10.1017/S0047404508090064 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Mar 2009
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Vally Lytra, Play frames and social identities: Contact encounter in a Greek primary school. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2007. Pp. ix, 300. Hb $142.00.

Janet M. Fuller

Language in Society, Volume 38, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 101-104
doi:10.1017/S0047404508090076 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Mar 2009
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Alexandra Georgakopoulou, Small stories, interaction and identities. Amsterdam: Benjamins, 2007. Pp. xi, 185. Hb EUR 99.00.

Neal R. Norrick

Language in Society, Volume 38, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 104-108
doi:10.1017/S0047404508090088 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Mar 2009
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Joseph Errington, Linguistics in a colonial world: A story of language, meaning, and power. Malden, MA, Oxford, and Carleton, Victoria: Blackwell, 2008. Pp. x, 199. Pb $37.95.

Jane H. Hill

Language in Society, Volume 38, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 108-111
doi:10.1017/S004740450809009X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Mar 2009
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Miki Makihara & Bambi B. Schieffelin (eds.), Consequences of contact: Language ideologies and sociocultural transformations in Pacific societies. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. Pp. 234. Hb. $99.00, Pb. $29.95.

Webb Keane

Language in Society, Volume 38, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 111-114
doi:10.1017/S0047404508090106 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Mar 2009
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Philip Riley, Language, culture and identity. London: Continuum, 2007. Pp. ix, 265. Pb. $49.95.

Brook Hefright

Language in Society, Volume 38, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 115-119
doi:10.1017/S0047404508090118 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Mar 2009
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Nikolas Coupland, Style: Language variation and identity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Pp. 209. $85.00, Hb34.99 Pb.

Ronald Macaulay

Language in Society, Volume 38, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 119-122
doi:10.1017/S004740450809012X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Mar 2009
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Anna De Fina, Deborah Schiffrin & Michael Bamberg (eds.), Discourse and identity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Pp. x, 474. Pb $37.99.

Janet M. Fuller

Language in Society, Volume 38, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 123-124
doi:10.1017/S0047404508090131 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Mar 2009
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Ian Hutchby, The discourse of child counselling. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 2007. Pp. xii, 144. Pb $39.95.

Eric Hauser

Language in Society, Volume 38, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 124-125
doi:10.1017/S0047404508090143 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Mar 2009
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Douglas Matheson, Media discourses: Analysing media texts. Issues in Cultural and Media Studies. Maidenhead: Open University Press, 2005. Pp. x 206. Pb. £19.99.

Eirlys E. Davies and Abdelali Bentahila

Language in Society, Volume 38, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 125-126
doi:10.1017/S0047404508090155 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Mar 2009
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Martin Warren, Features of naturalness in conversation. Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 2006. Pp. 1, 271. Hb $138.

Alexandra (Ally) Burguieres

Language in Society, Volume 38, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 126-127
doi:10.1017/S0047404508090167 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Mar 2009
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Carmen Taleghani-Nikazm, Request sequences: The intersection of grammar, interaction and social context. Studies in Discourse and Grammar, 19. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 2006. Pp. viii, 125. Hb €90.00, $120.00.

Eirlys E. Davies

Language in Society, Volume 38, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 127-128
doi:10.1017/S0047404508090179 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Mar 2009
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Salla Kurilha, Second language interaction. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 2006. Pp. vii, 257. Hb US$ 149.00.

Keiko Ikeda

Language in Society, Volume 38, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 129-130
doi:10.1017/S0047404508090180 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Mar 2009
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David Block, Second language identities. New York: Continuum, 2007. Pp. iv, 230. Hb $160.00.

Stephanie Lo

Language in Society, Volume 38, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 130-131
doi:10.1017/S0047404508090192 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Mar 2009
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Rodica Albu, Using English(es): Introduction to the study of present-day English varieties & terminological glossary. Iaşi: Demiurg, 2005. Pp. xi, 234. Pb $39.99.

Miranda E. Wilkerson

Language in Society, Volume 38, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 131-132
doi:10.1017/S0047404508090209 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Mar 2009
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Shi-Xu (ed.), Discourse as cultural struggle. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2007. Pp. xiv, 200. Pb $27.95.

Chi-Yin Hong

Language in Society, Volume 38, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 132-134
doi:10.1017/S0047404508090210 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Mar 2009
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Joan C. Beal, Karen P. Corrigan, & Hermann L. Moisl (eds.), Creating and digitizing language corpora, volume 1: Synchronic databases. Hampshire & New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. Pp. 260. Hb $80.

Joan C. Beal, Karen P. Corrigan, & Hermann L. Moisl (eds.), Creating and digitizing language corpora, volume 2: Diachronic databases. Hampshire & New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. Pp. xix, 250. Hb $80.

Tyler Kendall

Language in Society, Volume 38, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 134-135
doi:10.1017/S0047404508090222 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Mar 2009
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Keith Allan & Kate Burridge, Forbidden words: Taboo and the censoring of language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Pp. ix, 303. Hb $75.00, Pb $29.99.

Karen Stollznow

Language in Society, Volume 38, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 135-136
doi:10.1017/S0047404508090234 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Mar 2009
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Joel Kuipers & Ray Mcdermott (eds.), Fine description: Ethnographic and linguistic essays by Harold C. Conklin. Yale University Southeast Asia Studies, 56. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007. Pp xviii, 511, Pb $37.00.

Francesco Arcidiacono

Language in Society, Volume 38, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 137-138
doi:10.1017/S0047404508090246 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Mar 2009
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Beatrice S. Reed, Prosodic orientation in English conversation. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. Pp. xiv, 231. Hb $80.

Patrick Callier

Language in Society, Volume 38, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 138-139
doi:10.1017/S0047404508090258 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Mar 2009
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Victor H. Yngve & Zdisław Wąsik (eds.), Hard-science linguistics. London & New York: Continuum, 2004. Pp. xiii, 382. Pb $60.

Marissa Fond

Language in Society, Volume 38, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 139-140
doi:10.1017/S004740450809026X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Mar 2009
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Martina Plümacher & Peter Holz (eds.), Speaking of colors and odors. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2007. Pp. vi, 244. Hb US$132.00.

James Stanlaw

Language in Society, Volume 38, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 140-141
doi:10.1017/S0047404508090271 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Mar 2009
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Alexa Hepburn & Sally Wiggins (eds.), Discursive research in practice: New approaches to psychology and interaction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Pp. ix, 322. Pb $39.99.

Justyna Ziółkowska

Language in Society, Volume 38, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 142-143
doi:10.1017/S0047404508090283 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Mar 2009
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Ann Weatherall, Bernadette M. Watson, & Cindy Gallois (eds.), Language, discourse and social psychology. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. Pp. xvii, 309. Hb $90.00, Pb $34.95.

Craig O. Stewart

Language in Society, Volume 38, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 143-144
doi:10.1017/S0047404508090295 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Mar 2009
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Language in Society, Volume 38, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 145-147
doi:10.1017/S0047404508090301 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Mar 2009
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