Linguistics

Linguistics

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Inspired by the AILA annual conference in Beijing in August 2011, Wiley–Blackwell have put together a virtual issue on the conference theme of Harmony in Diversity: Language, Culture and Society. You can read these articles online now.

		Understanding the Perceptions of Arabic and Chinese Teachers Toward Transitioning into U.S. Schools Marjorie Hall Haley and Melissa S. Ferro

		Self-expression and the negotiation of identity in a foreign language Philip Riley

		Contact, the feature pool and the speech community: The emergence of Multicultural London English Jenny Cheshire, Paul Kerswill, Sue Fox and Eivind Torgersen

		Statistical Machine Translation: A Guide for Linguists and Translators Mary Hearne and Andy Way

		Sociolinguistic Variation in the Speech of Learners of Chinese as a Second Language Xiaoshi Li

		“I Had a Stereotype That American Were Fat”: Becoming a Speaker of Culture in a Second Language Hanh Thi Nguyen and Guy Kellogg

		Finiteness of Clauses and Raising of Arguments in Mandarin Chinese Tzong–Hong Jonah Lin

		Self–identity changes and English learning among Chinese undergraduates Gao Yihong, Cheng Ying, Zhao Yuan, Zhou Yan