Sociolinguistics books

A full update of the standard introduction to the syntax, semantics, phonology, and sociolinguistics of German....  Read More >>

This is the first ever book-length study for the nature and significance of the linguistic contact between speakers...  Read More >>

This volume brings together scholars from around the world to juxtapose the voices of classroom participants alongside...  Read More >>

This volume brings together scholars from around the world to juxtapose the voices of classroom participants alongside...  Read More >>

Native English-speakers have become overly dependent on the language skills of others. And this dependence costs...  Read More >>

Opponents of speech codes often argue that liberal academics use the codes to advance an agenda of political correctness....  Read More >>

Opponents of speech codes often argue that liberal academics use the codes to advance an agenda of political correctness....  Read More >>

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This book aims to appraise sociolinguistic work devoted to the form and function of storytelling and to examine...  Read More >>

This volume covers the language situation in Hungary, Finland, and Sweden explaining the linguistic diversity, the...  Read More >>

The volume comprises a selection of contributions to the international conference Choice and Difference in Translation...  Read More >>

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Language, Nation and Power provides students with a discussion of the ways in which language has been (and is being)...  Read More >>

In this book, Irit Kupferberg and David Green – a discourse analyst and a clinical psychologist– host 21 troubled...  Read More >>

In this book, Irit Kupferberg and David Green – a discourse analyst and a clinical psychologist– host 21 troubled...  Read More >>

The ""Fresh Air"" commentator and New York Times contributor artfully shows how our use of language reveals the...  Read More >>

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The aim of this book is to examine the nature and extent of the problem of language decline and death in Africa....  Read More >>

Casual Lex holds the hidden pleasures found in our usage of words. This fresh edition of the classic Why You Say...  Read More >>

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Languages of Instruction for African Emancipation is a collection of case studies from seven African countries poses...  Read More >>

The contributions to this volume together confirm that though context and culture are complex and difficult notions,...  Read More >>

In this edition, Stewart and Milton J. Bennett have greatly expanded the analysis of American cultural patterns...  Read More >>

This book investigates Italian foreign cultural policy from the 1947 Constitution to the present.  Read More >>