Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

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Barrett, Brian, Basil Bernstein: Code Theory and Beyond. (SpringerBriefs in Education) 120 pp. 2024:2 (Springer, GW) <720-775>
ISBN 978-3-031-50743-4 paper ¥10,936.- (税込) EUR 44.99

This book provides an accessible way into the ideas of Basil Bernstein. It introduces, explains and exemplifies key conceptual landmarks in the development of his theory, from his sociolinguistics in the 1960s through analyses of classrooms and the construction of curriculum in the 1970s and 1980s, to studies of intellectual fields of research through the 1990s. The book introduces how these ideas can and have been used in empirical research over the past fifty years, and how they are being built on by scholars in the twenty-first century to create a cumulative approach to understanding education, knowledge and society that is alive and growing today. ?

Louloudi, Eleni, Investigating Teachers' Perspectives of Critical Literacies: A Comparison of Case Studies in Canada and in Europe. (Literatur-, Kultur- und Sprachvermittlung: LiKuS) 362 pp. 2024:2 (J. B. Metzler, GW) <720-939>
ISBN 978-3-662-68547-1 paper ¥20,660.- (税込) EUR 84.99

This book focuses on exploring and reconstructing teachers' perspectives of critical literacies comparatively. More specifically, the book highlights similarities and differences in the way teachers from Canada, Scotland and Finland think of the definition and implementation of critical literacies in their own situated, sociocultural and socio-educational contexts. The study is based on theory-generating expert interviews and a comparative case study design, and the analysis of the data follows a grounded theory framework. The main results show a considerable convergence in perspectives; while Canadian teachers explored connections of critical literacies with social justice education, Scottish teachers underlined their connection to reader identity development and Finnish teachers rather highlighted ideas of information management and multiliteracies. Nevertheless, there were noticeable connections among these perceptions which are integral in not only understanding the field, but also building towards a global, transnational lens of critical literacy practice.

Nuyts, Jan, Modality in Mind. 2024:8 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <720-1100>
ISBN 978-1-00-944722-5 hard ¥27,379.- (税込) GB￡ 95.00

Chuanyou, Yuan / Youping, Xu / Nan, Lu, Forensic Linguistics in China: Origins, Progress, and Prospects. (Elements in Forensic Linguistics) 75 pp. 2024:5 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <720-1096>
ISBN 978-1-00-947853-3 hard ¥14,406.- (税込) GB￡ 49.99 *

This Element offers a comprehensive examination of forensic linguistics in China. It traces the origins of the field in the 1980s and 1990s, and highlights the progress made in the 2000s, with a focus on the work of influential scholars such as Pan Qingyun, Wang Jie, Du Jinbang, Liao Meizhen, Yuan Chuanyou, and Wang Zhenhua. It discusses the development of Discourse Information Theory, the Principle of Goal, Functional Forensic Discourse Analysis, and Legal Discourse as a Social Process. It also analyses studies on language evidence and explores legal translation. It discusses emerging research areas, including cyberbullying language research, internet court discourse analysis, authorship analysis, expert assistance systems, and speaker identification and evidence of forensic phonetics. This Element provides valuable insights into the growth and potential of forensic linguistics in China, serving as a comprehensive resource for scholars, researchers, and practitioners interested in the intersection of language and law.

Hu, Fumao, An MT-Oriented Study of Corresponding Lexical Chunks in Business Correspondences from English to Chinese. 157 pp. 2024:2 (Springer, GW) <720-1097>
ISBN 978-981-9949-76-2 hard ¥43,754.- (税込) EUR 179.99

This book sheds new light on chunk in business correspondence in order to promote the advancement of machine translation. By presenting a bilingual chunk table for correspondence and providing basic theoretical and empirical data on the construction of an MT-based English-Chinese chunk bank for business correspondence, it seeks to improve the accuracy of machine translation systems in a new way. It mainly addresses two questions: (1) How can business English correspondence chunks be defined in machine translation? (2) What are the correspondences between English-Chinese business letter chunks for machine translation? With the aid of a parallel corpus, qualitative and quantitative research methods, and the construction grammar theory, the book puts forward a theoretical model of chunk composition analysis. Further, the findings presented here can be used for the machine translation of English-Chinese business letters, helping to break down communication barriers and promote international business and exchanges.

Meihami, Hussein / Esfandiari, Rajab (eds.), A Scientometrics Research Perspective in Applied Linguistics. 241 pp. 2024:2 (Springer, GW) <720-1099>
ISBN 978-3-031-51725-9 hard ¥34,030.- (税込) EUR 139.99

This volume explains how scientometrics can be used in understanding the research studies in applied linguistics and will assist applied linguists to examine different aspects of the research performed in their field. The book covers a diachronic and synchronic empirical analysis of research practices, concepts, and phenomena in applied linguistics. It builds upon the ideas and experience of international researchers and provides the reader with creative methods to apply the scientometric principles in their applied research. Aimed at emerging applied linguistics researchers, researcher-practitioners, and MA and PhD students, this book provides a wealth of research ideas for further analysis, to strengthen the knowledge of the field, and to help digest research practices, research publications, research trends, research policies, and research methods. The book will also be useful for the well-established applied linguistics researchers who are interested in a reconceptualization of the field.