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Keep Your Word

Discussing Promises
By Samantha Beaver
Series: Idioms for Inclusivity
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Keep Your Word explores the cultural and linguistic significance of the idiom "keep your word" through the lens of inclusivity. Drawing on sociolinguistic research, it introduces frameworks like Speech Acts and Felicity Conditions to examine promises and their social impact. This illustrated book reveals how expectations around promises can exclude people and offers practical tips to foster inclusivity. Suitable for students aged 7-14, it complements lessons in Language Arts, Social Studies, and introduces basic linguistics concepts.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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Recommended for educators and students in primary and early secondary school interested in language arts, social studies, and diversity, equity, and inclusion topics. This book supports learners aged 7-14 seeking accessible entry points into sociolinguistics and inclusive language practices.

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Informed by sociolinguistic research, yet written accessibly, Keep Your Word challenges readers to investigate the act of promising as it relates to both language-use and inclusivity.

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To get the complete Idioms for Inclusivity experience, this book can be purchased alongside four others as a set, Idioms for Inclusivity: Fostering Belonging with Language, 978-1-032-28635-8.

Informed by sociolinguistic research, yet written accessibly, Keep Your Word challenges readers to investigate the act of promising as it relates to both language use and inclusivity.

This engaging and delightfully illustrated book invites students to engage with concepts such as:

  • The cultural meaning of the idiom "keep your word"
  • Speech Acts and Felicity Conditions, two frameworks that linguists use to research and understand promises
  • Why the expectation to "keep your word" can make someone feel excluded
  • And how understanding the way language works can help learn to be more inclusive

Featuring practical inclusivity tips related to promises, this enriching curriculum supplement can be used in a Language Arts setting to learn about figurative language; in a Social Studies setting to discuss diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging; or as an introduction to linguistics for students ages 7-14.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781032286372

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 February 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Illustration: 7 Halftones, black and white; 7 Illustrations, black and white

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 210.0mm

Height: 297.0mm

Weight: 131g

Pages: 30

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Children’s, Teenage and Educational Education & Reference Non-Fiction Samantha Beaver Series: Idioms for Inclusivity

About the Author

Samantha Beaver is a workplace communications analyst and linguist with over 8 years of language research and teaching/training experience. She is currently CEO & Founder of Memra Language Services.

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