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Multilingual Matters is an international independent publishing house, with lists in the areas of bilingualism, second/foreign language learning, sociolinguistics, translation, interpreting and books for parents. We also publish a newsletter for parents, The Bilingual Family Newsletter. Our recent innovations include a new textbook series.

Channel View Publications publishes books on tourism and environmental studies. There are also four book series: Aspects of Tourism, Tourism and Cultural Change and Climate Change, Economies and Society and a newly launched textbook series.

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Latest Books

Implicit and Explicit Knowledge in Second Language Learning, Testing and Teaching
	Implicit/ explicit knowledge constitutes a key distinction in the study of second language acquisition. This book reports a project that investigated ways of measuring implicit/explicit L2 knowledge and the relationship between the two types of knowledge and language proficiency.

Author: Rod Ellis Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9781847691743 List Price: £29.95 Our Price: £23.96 US List Price: $49.95 Our Price: $39.96

Language Allegiances and Bilingualism in the US
	Explores the close association between use of a language and the sense of affiliation with the culture associated with it: an allegiance that seems to garner a type of loyalty and support that few other identities command.

Editor: M.Rafael Salaberry Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9781847691774 List Price: £24.95 Our Price: £19.96 US List Price: $39.95 Our Price: $31.96

An Introduction to Bilingual Development
	Increasingly, children grow up hearing two languages from birth. This book shows how children learn to understand and speak those languages against the backdrop of their language learning environments. It also describes how bilingually raised children learn to understand and use sounds, words and sentences in two languages.

Author: Annick De Houwer Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9781847691682 List Price: £14.95 Our Price: £11.96 US List Price: $24.95 Our Price: $19.96

Sustainable Tourism in Southern Africa Local Communities and Natural Resources in Transition
	Presents an examination of the complex connections between tourism and sustainability in southern African context. This book introduces relationships between tourism, sustainability and development with a range of case studies from the region.

Editor: Jarkko Saarinen (University of Oulu) Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9781845411084 List Price: £29.95 Our Price: £23.96 US List Price: $49.95 Our Price: $39.96

Crisis and Disaster Management for Tourism
	Presents a strategic approach to understanding the nature of tourism crises and disasters highlighting the need for integrated crisis and disaster planning, response and long term recovery strategies. This title is suitable for tourism academics and students as well as tourism managers.

Author: Brent W. Ritchie (University of Queensland) Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9781845411053 List Price: £29.95 Our Price: £23.96 US List Price: $54.95 Our Price: $43.96

Philosophical Issues in Tourism
	Discusses key philosophical questions in the field such as What is tourism? Who is a tourist? What is wisdom? What is it to know something? What is the nature of reality? Why are some destinations considered beautiful? Why is tourism desirable? What is good and bad tourism? And what are desirable ends?

Editor: John Tribe (University of Surrey) Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9781845410964 List Price: £24.95 Our Price: £19.96 US List Price: $49.95 Our Price: $39.96

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