Sociolinguistics books

This book explores the relationship between conversation analysis and applied linguistics, demonstrating how the...  Read More >>

Shi-xu critiques universalism in discourse studies in terms of the cultural consequences of its current white, western...  Read More >>

Multilingual Living presents speakers' own accounts of the challenges and advantages of living in several languages...  Read More >>

Multilingual Living presents speakers' own accounts of the challenges and advantages of living in several languages...  Read More >>

Police interviewing is a critical part of the justice process, and more attention is now being paid to training...  Read More >>

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The author explores the role of advertising language in this new globalized environment, from a communicative theory...  Read More >>

The author explores the role of advertising language in this new globalized environment, from a communicative theory...  Read More >>

This volume inserts the place of the local in theorizing about language policies and practices in applied linguistics....  Read More >>

This book analyzes the rhetoric of speeches by major British or American politicians and shows how metaphor is used...  Read More >>

This book analyzes the rhetoric of speeches by major British or American politicians and shows how metaphor is used...  Read More >>

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Language as Cultural Practice: Mexicanos en el Norte offers a vivid ethnographic account of language socialization...  Read More >>

The volume comprises 27 papers dealing with 23 languages, national varieties and minority languages in 20 countries/regions...  Read More >>

This book argues that language in Jewish societies can be understood as following from certain specific principles....  Read More >>

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This volume--along with its companion Ethnolinguistic Chicago: Language and Literacy in the City's Neighborhoods...  Read More >>

Dialect, Culture and Society in Eastern Arabia is a three-volume study of the Arabic dialects spoken in Bahrain...  Read More >>

Communication Theory argues that the different kinds of communication dynamics found in cyberspace demand a reassessment...  Read More >>

This book is the first full-length study in English to examine the use of discriminatory language in Japan. As in...  Read More >>

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This new study is a major contribution to sign language study and to literature generally, looking at the complex...  Read More >>

This new study is a major contribution to sign language study and to literature generally, looking at the complex...  Read More >>

Men and the Language of Emotions challenges the commonly held association of rationality with masculinity, involving...  Read More >>