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Discourses in Place: Language in the Material World

Contributor(s): Scollon, Ron (Author), Wong Scollon, Suzie (Author)

ISBN: 9780415290487

Publisher: Routledge

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Pub Date: May 1, 2003

Dewey: 302.222

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Glossary, Index, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.68" H x 9.46" L x 6.12" W ( 1.25 lbs) 256 pages

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Description: This highly illustrated text develops the first systematic analysis of the ways we interpret language as it is materially placed in the world. This is essential reading for anyone with an interest in language and the way we communicate.

Review Quotes:

'This is an important and highly original book which is likely to initiate a whole new approach to teaching and researching language in social life.' - BAAL Book Prize Panel

'Discourses in Place is a pioneering study that establishes the field of
geosemiotics.' -
Linguist List

'This is a useful book for the study of semiotics, human geography and cultural anthropology ... Written in a reader-friendly style, gurus, undergraduates and laypeople will find it accessible and informative.' - Discourse Studies

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