Sociolinguistics

A Social History of English is the first history of the English language to utilize the techniques, insights and concerns of sociolinguistics.

A Social History of English is the first history of the English language to utilize the techniques, insights and concerns of sociolinguistics.

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This book provides a comprehensive overview of Hispanic applied linguistics, allowing students to understand the field from a variety of perspectives and offering insight into the ever-growing number of professional opportunies afforded to Spanish language program graduates.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of Hispanic applied linguistics, allowing students to understand the field from a variety of perspectives and offering insight into the ever-growing number of professional opportunies afforded to Spanish language program graduates.

This volume brings together scholars in sociolinguistics and the sociology of new media and mobile technologies who are working on different social and communicative aspects of the Latino diaspora.

This volume brings together scholars in sociolinguistics and the sociology of new media and mobile technologies who are working on different social and communicative aspects of the Latino diaspora.

Immigration, racism and nationalism have become hotly debated issues in the Western world.

Immigration, racism and nationalism have become hotly debated issues in the Western world.

Standard English draws together the leading international scholars in the field, who confront the debates surrounding 'Standard English', grammar and correctness head-on.

Standard English draws together the leading international scholars in the field, who confront the debates surrounding 'Standard English', grammar and correctness head-on.

The globalisation of the present day world economy means that more and more people are experiencing different cultures through their work.

The globalisation of the present day world economy means that more and more people are experiencing different cultures through their work.

In this highly engaging book, Antony Easthope examines 'Englishness' as a form and a series of shared discourses.

In this highly engaging book, Antony Easthope examines 'Englishness' as a form and a series of shared discourses.

This book explores the social, political, and historical forces that mediate language ideology and practices in post-colonial education and how such ideology and practices influence students' academic achievement.

This book explores the social, political, and historical forces that mediate language ideology and practices in post-colonial education and how such ideology and practices influence students' academic achievement.

Representing Rape is the first feminist analysis of the language of sexual assault trials from the perspective of linguists.

Representing Rape is the first feminist analysis of the language of sexual assault trials from the perspective of linguists.

This book opens up a new route to the study of knowledge dynamics and the sociology of knowledge.

This book opens up a new route to the study of knowledge dynamics and the sociology of knowledge.

Language and Social Change in China: Undoing Commonness through Cosmopolitan Mandarin offers an innovative and authoritative account of the crucial role of language in shaping the sociocultural landscape of contemporary China.

This is a book about the politics of New Labour that focuses on language.

This is a book about the politics of New Labour that focuses on language.

This unique work challenges the assumption that dictionaries act as objective records of our language, and instead argues that the English dictionary is a fundamentally ethnocentric work.

This unique work challenges the assumption that dictionaries act as objective records of our language, and instead argues that the English dictionary is a fundamentally ethnocentric work.

This groundbreaking collection explores the beliefs and approaches to the history of English that do not make it into standard textbooks.

This groundbreaking collection explores the beliefs and approaches to the history of English that do not make it into standard textbooks.

Language in Society introduces the study of the relationship between language and society, also known as sociolinguistics, without assuming any prior knowledge of linguistics.

Why are girls outperforming boys in literacy skills in the Western education system today?

Why are girls outperforming boys in literacy skills in the Western education system today?

This book considers the issues globalization raises for second language learning and teaching.

This book considers the issues globalization raises for second language learning and teaching.

Do you call it April Fools' Day, April Noddy Day or April Gowkin' Day?

Do you call it April Fools' Day, April Noddy Day or April Gowkin' Day?

This book examines the way in which a group of key Spanish and Latin American intellectuals of the nineteenth and twentieth-centuries discussed the concept of the Spanish language.

This book examines the way in which a group of key Spanish and Latin American intellectuals of the nineteenth and twentieth-centuries discussed the concept of the Spanish language.

Do men use bad language more than women?

Do men use bad language more than women?

This innovative study of language and identity in recent and contemporary cases of ethnic conflict in Europe and Eurasia sets out a response to the limitations in the fields of linguistics and political science.

This innovative study of language and identity in recent and contemporary cases of ethnic conflict in Europe and Eurasia sets out a response to the limitations in the fields of linguistics and political science.

Enslavement, forced migration, war and colonization have led to the global dispersal of Black communities and to the fragmentation of common experiences.

Enslavement, forced migration, war and colonization have led to the global dispersal of Black communities and to the fragmentation of common experiences.

English as a Lingua Franca: Theorizing and Teaching English examines the English used among non-native speakers around the world today and its relation to English as a native language, as well as the implications for English language teaching.

English as a Lingua Franca: Theorizing and Teaching English examines the English used among non-native speakers around the world today and its relation to English as a native language, as well as the implications for English language teaching.

African-American Literacies is a personal, public and political exploration of the problems faced by student writers from the African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) culture.

African-American Literacies is a personal, public and political exploration of the problems faced by student writers from the African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) culture.

This book examines the relationship between the White House, in the person of its press secretary, and the press corps through a linguistic analysis of the language used by both sides.

This book examines the relationship between the White House, in the person of its press secretary, and the press corps through a linguistic analysis of the language used by both sides.

This book explores gendered language and gender identities negotiated by seven tertiary students of Japanese as an additional language (JAL) in Australia.