Sociolinguistics

Taking a comparative and language-contact approach, this book traces the rise of two world languages, English and Spanish.

Explores the fascinating phenomenon of indirect speech acts, highlighting the situations they are used in, and how they are understood.

Explores the role of linguistics in promoting justice and equality with regard to ethnic minorities, legal matters and civil rights.

Explores contemporary US television dialogue - the on-screen language that viewers worldwide encounter as they watch popular television series.

An overview of language rights issues and language conflicts with detailed examination of many cases past and present around the world.

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.

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

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

An important study of how signs and sign relations create social and linguistic differences - and unities.

A new model of bilingualism unifying psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics that explains how multiple factors interact within and across bilingual minds.

New perspectives on how and why syntax varies between and within speakers, focusing on explaining theoretical backgrounds and methods.

Investigates how stories are shared in online contexts and provides a method for studying them.

With new case studies and fresh perspectives, this Handbook gives a complete overview of standardization, norms and standard languages.

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

Provides a study of the language of mediation, using excerpts from real-life mediation sessions to illustrate how mediation works.

The only book offering an overview of third-wave variation research and theory, which is an approach centered on social meaning.

A comprehensive linguistic analysis of Mexican American English, introducing a model of the language shift that results within immigrant groups.

Leading scholars in language policy examine the politics and policies of language in Canada and the United States.

A concise introduction to the languages of mainland Southeast Asia that provides a new look at this unique area.

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

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

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

Explores theoretical and typological issues surrounding the emergence of creole languages, using a cohesive approach that combines linguistics, legal history and colonial studies.

Written by leading international scholars and activists, this guidebook provides ideas and strategies to support language revitalization.

Explores theoretical and typological issues surrounding the emergence of creole languages, using a cohesive approach that combines linguistics, legal history and colonial studies.

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.