Sociolinguistics

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?

The definitive guide to demonstratives, which play a key role in language acquisition and use.

A revealing account of politeness in conversation, focusing on the vital role it plays in maintaining class differences.

The interrelationship between three major quantity changes in the history of the Germanic languages: gemination, lenition, and open syllable lengthening.

This edited volume provides the follow up to Erling et al.

A state-of-the-art survey of current key research in Korean linguistics, by a team of world-renowned experts in the field.

This book studies the role of youth movements in the Arab uprisings of 2010 and 2011, and the regime''s responses to these movements.

A state-of-the-art survey of current key research in Korean linguistics, by a team of world-renowned experts in the field.

This book studies the role of youth movements in the Arab uprisings of 2010 and 2011, and the regime''s responses to these movements.

An in-depth and far-reaching account of the study of ''African languages'' and ''language in Africa'' as an autonomous academic discipline.

A state-of-the-art survey of Arabic linguistics, covering both traditional and modern topics and pioneering studies of new Arabic media.

The first textbook dedicated to interactional linguistics, focusing on, and introducing, the linguistic analyses of conversational phenomena.

The first textbook dedicated to interactional linguistics, focusing on, and introducing, the linguistic analyses of conversational phenomena.

An in-depth and far-reaching account of the study of ''African languages'' and ''language in Africa'' as an autonomous academic discipline.

A state-of-the-art survey of Arabic linguistics, covering both traditional and modern topics and pioneering studies of new Arabic media.

This book examines a dramatic rise of nonviolent youth movements on the eve of national elections in Eastern Europe.

An intelligibility-based approach to teaching that presents pronunciation as critical, yet neglected, in communicative language teaching.

Explores the physical, psychological and social factors that shape the way in which people engage with embodied metaphor.

Explores how humor can be explained across the various sub-disciplines of linguistics, in order to aid communication.

This book examines a dramatic rise of nonviolent youth movements on the eve of national elections in Eastern Europe.

An intelligibility-based approach to teaching that presents pronunciation as critical, yet neglected, in communicative language teaching.

Explores the physical, psychological and social factors that shape the way in which people engage with embodied metaphor.