Sociolinguistics books

Leading scholars in the field examine the role played by the English language in contemporary Japanese society....  Read More >>

Taking examples from Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese and Singaporean Chinese, this book shows how politeness...  Read More >>

Leading scholars in the field examine the role played by the English language in contemporary Japanese society....  Read More >>

The book is an empirical study of naturally occurring talk between psychotherapist and clients.  Read More >>

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Teaching and Research: Language and Culture, offers a clear, comprehensive overview of two of the major areas in...  Read More >>

Variationist Sociolinguistics: Change, Observation, Interpretation presents a comprehensive, intermediate level...  Read More >>

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<p>In today's world where other cultures are being tapped to a greater extent than ever before, the processes of...  Read More >>

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The status of LSP (Languages for Specialised Purposes) in the contemporary socio-cultural context is an ongoing...  Read More >>

The loss of Negative Concord (NC) has long been attributed to external factors. This study readdresses this issue...  Read More >>

A collection of studies offering an up-to-date analysis of official policies to promote Catalan in a democratic...  Read More >>

This collection of essays brings together a decade of writings on translation by leading international translation...  Read More >>

An examination of the current status, history and principal features of Canadian English. The book includes a discussion...  Read More >>

Using an innovative blend of critical ethnography and social language methodologies, Paris offers the voices and...  Read More >>

A collection of essays by the Linguistic Politeness Research Group that presents the group's research, discussions,...  Read More >>

Explores the relationship between linguistic universals and language variation. This title intends to bridge the...  Read More >>

2011 Reprint of 1956 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software....  Read More >>

Provides a comprehensive overview of the foundations of pragmatics. This title covers the central theories as well...  Read More >>

This book throws light on ideologies, practices and sociocultural developments currently shaping language use in...  Read More >>

The Sino-Japonic manuscript Xue-guanhua/Gaku-kanwa (Learning Mandarin Chinese), compiled for students from the...  Read More >>

"This groundbreaking study clarifies the differences between British and American English and defines the distinguishing...  Read More >>