As a tool for promoting greater physical and emotional well being and alleviating all sorts of ailments, massage also boosts the circulation, rejuvenates a sluggish system, recharges flagging energy levels, helps to maintain good mobility and flexibility and rehabilitates poor joint and muscle condi[...]

An accessible overview of five major issues in sociolinguistics and the relationship between language and power.This book analyzes the key ways in which language constitutes and conveys power and social relationships in modern society. It offers selected readings that illustrate the thematic introdu[...]