Sociolinguistics books

The contributors present a coherent collection of work on the functioning of metaphor in public discourse and related...  Read More >>

What makes someone willing to die, not for a nation, but for a language? In the 1950s and 1960s, southern India...  Read More >>

The book outlines the evolution and role of minority languages locally and nationally; it investigates current educational...  Read More >>

What makes someone willing to die, not for a nation, but for a language? In the 1950s and 1960s, southern India...  Read More >>

Contains statistics of notification of congenital anomalies for England and Wales in the reference year. Data are...  Read More >>

Covers media content analysis in the English language print media in South Asia, with reference to contemporary...  Read More >>

Assuming no prior knowledge, this title offers an accessible overview of English dialects, with activities, study...  Read More >>

Assuming no prior knowledge, this title offers an accessible overview of English dialects, with activities, study...  Read More >>

The more than two dozen Rai languages in eastern Nepal, which make up the larger part of the Kiranti language family,...  Read More >>

Offers the linguistic history of South Carolina. Examining how South Carolinians spoke in public and private, this...  Read More >>

This volume was originally printed in 1973 and represents a significant contribution not only to the study of the...  Read More >>

The papers in this volume show the origin and development of Bernstein's theoretical studies into the relationships...  Read More >>

Fully updated and expanded for the second edition, this core textbook provides rigorous coverage of the key themes...  Read More >>

This indispensable volume complements the original Sociolinguistics Reader and brings together many of the discipline's...  Read More >>

"For sale in all countries except Japan. For customers in Japan: please contact Yushodo Co. In this new edition...  Read More >>

Living Memory investigates the complex question of language and its place at the heart of Bergamasco culture in...  Read More >>

Examines the social consequences of courtroom talk through detailed investigation of the cross-examination of three...  Read More >>

Drawing on a unique corpus of data gathered in a multilingual immigration office in Spain, this book will be welcomed...  Read More >>

Der Sammelband enthält die Beiträge zahlreicher Wissenschaftler zum Internationalen Symposium Humor in der arabischen...  Read More >>

This book is a compilation of previously published studies on the role of culture and language in political violence...  Read More >>

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Language policy is all about choices. If you are bilingual or plurilingual, you have to choose which language to...  Read More >>

This diverse collection of gender research with an exclusive focus on spoken interaction explores how gender is...  Read More >>

The author presents a new approach to the study of language policy, by focusing on language policy formation and...  Read More >>