Sociolinguistics books

Over the past decades functionalism has gained more ground, and we now have a substantial body of literature from...  Read More >>

This volume deals with several types of contact languages: pidgins, creoles, mixed languages, and multi-ethnolects....  Read More >>

This collection of essays presents various perspectives on practices of linguistic construction of gender identity....  Read More >>

This book introduces the reader to the current findings on linguistic relativity, and in so doing helps to answer...  Read More >>

Tra le più note realtà linguistiche italiane all’estero spicca quella italoamericana, risultato dell’emigrazione...  Read More >>

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Showcasing innovative research at the interface of religion and multilingualism, this volume offers an analytical...  Read More >>

Using the metaphor of the Hydra monster from ancient Greek mythology, this book explores how the English language...  Read More >>

Including the very best contemporary scholarship as well as key foundational research, this four volume collection...  Read More >>

Using extensive, spoken vernacular data collected by youth from youth, Tagliamonte argues that teen language is...  Read More >>

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The volume is concerned with sociolinguistic issues of language endangerment and globalization. In the light of...  Read More >>

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Presents case material and expands on the author's claim that the 'chunks' of genre-based analysis need to be supplemented...  Read More >>

This book offers new insights on how senior business women in Middle Eastern and Western companies use language...  Read More >>

This edited volume brings together the work of a number of researchers working in the framework of Processability...  Read More >>

Exploring Language Aggression against Women presents a collection of systematic studies that delve into the critical...  Read More >>

This book explores how linguistic diversity mediates social justice in liberal democracies undergoing rapid change...  Read More >>

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This book examines the discourse of judges and attorneys, and legislators and citizens as they debated whether same-sex...  Read More >>