Sociolinguistics

A multimodal approach to linguistic landscapes that analyses the affective regimes of different landscape categories.

Explores how suspect statements are elicited in police interrogations, written down and transformed into a document that is cited in court.

Provides a comprehensive overview of how variation in English world-wide is structured and the factors that motivate this structure.

An important new study of the social meaning of sociolinguistic variation.

A brand new edition of this flagship work, that provides detailed descriptions of important text varieties in English along with methodological techniques to carry out analyses.

From the Middle Ages up to the present day, this book traces politeness in the history of the English language.

The first volume to focus on the practices, processes, and uses of action ascription in social interaction in different languages.

From the Middle Ages up to the present day, this book traces politeness in the history of the English language.

With contributions from renowned scholars, this book explores what we can learn about linguistics from the study of Romance languages.

This introductory textbook summarises key topics from up-to-date workplace discourse research, with over 160 international examples.

An accessible and entertaining textbook that introduces students to sociolinguistics in a real-world context, with issues they care about.

A new study of the importance of language for sociocultural change in Africa, from postcolonial to globally competitive knowledge societies.

This book uncovers how women and men from around the world really speak English based on empirical evidence.

Demonstrates that language awareness and discourse consciousness are key for critical thinking and communication in professional contexts.

A lively and accessible introduction to world Englishes, setting a range of global varieties in their historical and social contexts.

History and current affairs show that words matter - and change - because they are woven into our socio-political lives.

Using evidence-based research, this book shows how to maximise the benefits of creative metaphor and metonymy in global advertising.

Presents an interdisciplinary study of literary dialect and an argument for a mixed-method approach to digital research.

Explores how UK wealth inequality is discussed in newspapers, with a particular focus on changes over the past forty-five years.

An incisive account of the relationship between language and identity, illuminating the role of language in racism, sexism, colonialism and similar social forces.

A pioneering study of heritage languages, from a leading scholar in this area of study world-wide.

A brilliant analysis of colloquial English, both its syntax and its variations, using novel data from live, unscripted radio and TV broadcasts and the internet.

Based on analysis of more than 1,000 languages, this volume reconstructs more than 500 processes of grammatical change in the languages of the world.

Bringing together multiple strands of linguistics, this book explores the impact of English as a lingua franca on language change.

Bringing together multiple strands of linguistics, this book explores the impact of English as a lingua franca on language change.

An accessible and entertaining textbook that introduces students to sociolinguistics in a real-world context, with issues they care about.

A new study of the importance of language for sociocultural change in Africa, from postcolonial to globally competitive knowledge societies.

This is a multi-disciplinary account of language repertoires of early multilingualism across continents, languages and contexts.

A comprehensive, state-of-the-art survey of research on World Englishes by a team of leading experts in the field.

An innovative and insightful exploration of varieties of English in contemporary South Africa.

A spirited and engaging linguistic and social re-imagination of the role and nature of clichés in communication and interaction.

Demonstrates that language awareness and discourse consciousness are key for critical thinking and communication in professional contexts.

A comprehensive overview of one of the most appliable linguistic theories available today: systemic-functional linguistics.

Demonstrates how data, methods and theories from sociolinguistics and creole studies synergize and mutually benefit each subfield.

Offers a linguistic window into contemporary hunter-gatherer societies, looking at how they survive and interface with agricultural and industrial societies.

Explores the evolution of emoji, how people use them, and what they tell us about the technology-enhanced state of modern society.

Explores the evolution of emoji, how people use them, and what they tell us about the technology-enhanced state of modern society.

Revised edition of a seminal introduction to language contact, providing an overview of the field and its most recent developments.

A multimodal approach to linguistic landscapes that analyses the affective regimes of different landscape categories.

Using evidence-based research, this book shows how to maximise the benefits of creative metaphor and metonymy in global advertising.

A brand new edition of this flagship work, that provides detailed descriptions of important text varieties in English along with methodological techniques to carry out analyses.

A comprehensive, state-of-the-art survey of research on World Englishes by a team of leading experts in the field.

A guide for treating trauma and bereavement that can be flexibly implemented in group and individual settings to empower adolescents.

A guide for treating trauma and bereavement that can be flexibly implemented in group and individual settings to empower adolescents.

This book proposes an integrated framework for investigating the ethics of language policy in liberal democracies in a global era.

Explores the complex relationship between language and immigration in the United States.

Explores the complex relationship between language and immigration in the United States.

This book proposes an integrated framework for investigating the ethics of language policy in liberal democracies in a global era.

Is British English becoming more like American English?

Is British English becoming more like American English?