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The social construction of the meanings of price (2012)
Thesis
Sparke, S. The social construction of the meanings of price. (Thesis). University of Bath. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/947917

The activity of translating something into a monetary amount - the price - is central to markets. Yet we know remarkably little about the practice of pricing beyond theories of economic rationale or market positioning and, as a construct, price has r... Read More about The social construction of the meanings of price.

"I'm a Greek Kiwi": Constructing Greekness in Discourse (2012)
Journal Article
Angouri, J. (2012). "I'm a Greek Kiwi": Constructing Greekness in Discourse. Journal of Language, Identity and Education, 11(2), 96-108. https://doi.org/10.1080/15348458.2012.667303

The article reports on the preliminary findings of a project on the constructions of Greekness in modern diasporas. The discussion draws on data from the self-identified Greek community of Wellington, New Zealand. Interview data, ethnographic diaries... Read More about "I'm a Greek Kiwi": Constructing Greekness in Discourse.

Freedom of expression and hatred of religion (2012)
Journal Article
Thompson, S. (2012). Freedom of expression and hatred of religion. Ethnicities, 12(2), 215-232. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468796811431298

The UK's Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006 makes it an offence to deliberately stir up hatred against people on religious grounds. For its supporters, the Act offers necessary protection to a range of groups that are vulnerable to the harmful effe... Read More about Freedom of expression and hatred of religion.

Transfer and language contact: The case of Pirahã (2012)
Journal Article
Sakel, J. (2012). Transfer and language contact: The case of Pirahã. International Journal of Bilingualism, 16(1), 37-52. https://doi.org/10.1177/1367006911403212

In this article the author argues that the language contact situation between Pirahã (Muran) and Portuguese can best be explained in a framework combining the theoretical approaches to language contact and transfer. In this contact situation, Portugu... Read More about Transfer and language contact: The case of Pirahã.

Grammatical collocations and verb-particle constructions in Brussels French: A corpus-linguistic approach to transfer (2012)
Journal Article
Treffers-Daller, J. (2012). Grammatical collocations and verb-particle constructions in Brussels French: A corpus-linguistic approach to transfer. International Journal of Bilingualism, 16(1), 53-82. https://doi.org/10.1177/1367006911403213

This article shows how a corpus-linguistic approach to transfer based on Jarvis (2000), Jarvis and Pavlenko (2008) and Mougeon, Nadasdi, and Rehner (2005) can help to disentangle internal and external explanations in language variation and change. Th... Read More about Grammatical collocations and verb-particle constructions in Brussels French: A corpus-linguistic approach to transfer.