Sociolinguistics

Blogs and Wikis have not been with us for long, but have made a huge impact on society.

Anna Verschik offers a new perspective on how a previously monolingual community of Russian-speakers in Estonia is rapidly becoming bilingual after the end of the Soviet occupation in 1991.

Through an innovative and interdisciplinary approach that combines critical sociolinguistic ethnography, multi-modality, reflexivity, and discourse analysis, this groundbreaking book reveals the multiple (and sometimes simultaneous) ways in which individuals engage and invest in representations of languages and identities.

We live in a textually-mediated world where writing is central to society, its cultural practices and institutions.

The impact of globalization processes on language is an emergent field in sociolinguistics.

This book charts the connections between the language of journalism in England and its social impact on audiences and social and political debates from the first emergence of periodical publications in the seventeeth century to the present day.

This book examines the impact of globalization on languages in contact, including the study of linkages between the global and local, and transnational and situated communication.

This book examines the impact of globalization on languages in contact, including the study of linkages between the global and local, and transnational and situated communication.