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    Japanese Propriety, Past and Present

    Florian Coulmas

    This book explores the stereotype that Japan is the world's most polite country, examining how proper conduct is acquired and expressed, and how the apparent conflict with some of the…

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    A Festschrift for Native Speaker

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    Direct and Indirect Speech

    TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks…

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    Linguistic Minorities and Literacy: Language Policy Issues in Developing Countries

    Most of the papers are based on presentations given at a workshop held under the auspices of the United Nations University in Tokyo, Sept. 4-5, 1982.

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    Conversational Routine: Explorations in Standardized Communication Situations and Prepatterned Speech

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    Language Regimes in Transformation: Future Prospects for German and Japanese in Science, Economy, and Politics

    Globalization has many faces. One of them is the transformation of language regimes caused by the spread of English. This book provides an account of how two highly developed all-purpose…

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    Population Decline and Ageing in Japan - The Social Consequences

    Florian Coulmas

    This book presents a comprehensive analysis of one of the most pressing challenges facing Japan today: population decline and ageing.

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    Population Decline and Ageing in Japan - The Social Consequences

    Florian Coulmas

    This book presents a comprehensive analysis of one of the most pressing challenges facing Japan today: population decline and ageing.

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    Sprache und Staat: Studien zur Sprachplanung und Sprachpolitik

    Florian Coulmas

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    A Language Policy for the European Community: Prospects and Quandaries

    CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE brings to students, researchers and practitioners in all of the social and language-related sciences carefully selected book-length publications dealing with sociolinguistic theory, methods, findings…

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    Japanese Propriety, Past and Present

    Florian Coulmas

    This book explores the stereotype that Japan is the world's most polite country, examining how proper conduct is acquired and expressed, and how the apparent conflict with some of the…

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    Writing and Society: An Introduction

    Florian Coulmas

    Drawing on contemporary and historical examples, from clay tablets to touchscreen displays, this book is a general account of the place of writing in society. It explores the functions of…

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    Writing and Society: An Introduction

    Florian Coulmas

    Drawing on contemporary and historical examples, from clay tablets to touchscreen displays, this book is a general account of the place of writing in society. It explores the functions of…

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    Sociolinguistics: The Study of Speakers’ Choices

    Florian Coulmas

    Why do we speak the way we do? What social factors influence our choices of expression? This best-selling introduction to the study of language and society encourages students to ask…

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    Language Adaptation

    Language Adaptation examines the process by which a speech community is forced to adopt an active role in making its language suitable for changing functional requirements. This wide-ranging collection of…

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    Sociolinguistics: The Study of Speakers’ Choices

    Florian Coulmas

    Why do we speak the way we do? What social factors influence our choices of expression? This best-selling introduction to the study of language and society encourages students to ask…

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    The Writing Systems of the World

    Florian Coulmas

    This book is an account of the writing systems of the world from earliest times to the present. Its aim is to explore the complex ways in which writing systems…

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    The Handbook of Sociolinguistics

    A 28-chapter up-to-date overview of sociolinguistics. Reflecting the main division within the discipline, the two key sections of the text deal with the social dimensions of language and the linguistic…

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    The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Writing Systems

    Florian Coulmas

    This encyclopaedia of writing systems, scripts and orthographies of all the world’s major languages, past and present, provides both a fully illustrated description of over 400 writing systems and an…

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    Das Zeitalter Der Identitat: Zur Kritik Eines Schlusselbegriffs Unserer Zeit

    Florian Coulmas

    Identitat ist etwas, das der Erklarung bedarf und das zur Erklarung herangezogen wird. Diejenigen, die den Begriff verwenden, scheinen zu wissen, was sie damit meinen, sind sich aber sicher nicht…

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    Gardantoj de lingvo. Dudek voĉoj tra la historio

    Florian Coulmas

    Coulmas diskutas la influon de dudek intelektuloj sur lingvo: sur giaj uzo, evoluo kaj politika potencialo. Al tiuj gardantoj de lingvo apartenas famuloj kiel Danto, Katerino la Granda, Gandhi kaj…

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    Immigration and Quality of Life in Ageing Societies

    Considering the situation in Japan and Germany, this book analyses the needs of host countries from a demographic standpoint, the desires of migrants in terms of education, training, and labour…

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    Ostasienwissenschaften: Meyer-Struckmann-Preis 2016: Florian Coulmas

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    Writing Systems: An Introduction to Their Linguistic Analysis

    Florian Coulmas (Deutches Institut fur Japanstudien, Tokyo)

    This richly illustrated textbook introduces the major writing systems of the world - from cuneiform to English spelling - explaining their structural makeup and how they work. It also includes…

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    Writing Systems: An Introduction to Their Linguistic Analysis

    Florian Coulmas (Deutches Institut fur Japanstudien, Tokyo)

    This richly illustrated textbook introduces the major writing systems of the world - from cuneiform to English spelling - explaining their structural makeup and how they work. It also includes…

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    Writing in Focus

    The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience…

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    Imploding Populations in Japan and Germany: A Comparison

    Japan and Germany are at the vanguard of a new population dynamics in developed countries: population decline in the absence of war, famine and pandemics. This book presents an in-depth…

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    An Introduction to Multilingualism: Language in a Changing World

    Florian Coulmas (Senior Professor, IN-EAST Institute, Senior Professor, IN-EAST Institute, University of Duisberg-Essen)

    This book offers an introduction to the many facets of multilingualism in a changing world, bringing in approaches from linguistics, sociology, history, political philosophy, and psychology. It provides the basic…

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    An Introduction to Multilingualism: Language in a Changing World

    Florian Coulmas (Senior Professor, IN-EAST Institute, Senior Professor, IN-EAST Institute, University of Duisberg-Essen)

    This book offers an introduction to the many facets of multilingualism in a changing world, bringing in approaches from linguistics, sociology, history, political philosophy, and psychology. It provides the basic…

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    Trilingual Glossary of Demographic Terminology: English - Japanese - German

    This glossary is an up-to-date research tool for the study of population. Based on the technical literature in the three languages listed, it comprises more than 7500 technical terms accessible…

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    Identity: A Very Short Introduction

    Florian Coulmas (Professor of Japanese Society and Sociolinguistics, IN-EAST, Duisburg-Essen University, Duisburg, Germany)

    ‘Identity’ as a concept has many faces, and its very versatility in different contexts can make it hard to define. Florian Coulmas discusses the many meanings of this slippery concept…

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    Language, Writing, and Mobility: A Sociological Perspective

    Florian Coulmas (Senior Professor for Japanese Society and Sociolinguistics, Senior Professor for Japanese Society and Sociolinguistics, University of Duisburg-Essen)

    This book explores the interaction between three key aspects of everyday life-language, writing, and mobility-with particular focus on their effects on language contact. Florian Coulmas demonstrates the importance of writing…

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    Guardians of Language: Twenty Voices Through History

    Florian Coulmas (Senior Professor in the Institute of East Asian Studies, Senior Professor in the Institute of East Asian Studies, Duisberg-Essen University)

    This book provides an accessible account of the origins and conceptual foundations of language policy. Florian Coulmas discusses the influence of twenty intellectuals from medieval to modern times, and from…

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    The Demographic Challenge: A Handbook about Japan

    This Handbook explores the challenges population change poses to today’s Japan. Bringing together a roster of internationally renowned scholars, it is the first publication in English that deals with Japan’s…

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    A Bibliography on Writing and Written Language

    The bibliography offers information on research about writing and written language over the past 50 years. The bibliography is organized in such a way as to provide the specialist as…

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    Einfuhrung in Die Modallogik

    Emeritus Professor Philosophy G E Hughes (Victoria University of Wellington),Max J Cresswell

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