Sociolinguistics books

This edited book focuses on speech etiquette, examining the rules that govern communication in various online communities:...  Read More >>

This Element explores the transformation of the functions of the inherited forms invariant be and zero during the...  Read More >>

Offers global perspectives on language and literacy from international experts working with both children and educators....  Read More >>

This lively anthropological memoir captures a pivotal moment in the history of Ireland and the revitalization of...  Read More >>

Exploring narratives produced by different groups of MENA and SSA migrants or refugees, this book focuses on the...  Read More >>

Examines language in its core universal rationality whilst, at the same time, language as external, socio-culturally...  Read More >>

The book offers an in-depth analysis of English loanword adaptation process in Russian. It is based on a rich body...  Read More >>

This book explores the extent to which self-praise is acceptable in both offline and online contexts, across different...  Read More >>

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This book brings together an interdisciplinary group of academic researchers in order to examine how and to what...  Read More >>

The book takes as its point of departure the notion that similarity and contiguity are fundamental to meaning. It...  Read More >>

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This collection charts the evolution of grammatical variation in Englishes from the Late Middle English to the present,...  Read More >>

This book takes a people-centred approach to the ever-fluid and rapidly-transforming professional world of public...  Read More >>

This edited volume brings together ten compelling ethnographic case studies from a range of global settings to explore...  Read More >>

The monograph Temonit is the outcome of many years of Ori Shachmon's linguistic fieldwork among Jews who emigrated...  Read More >>

Uneasy Translations: Self, Experience and Indian Literature interweaves the personal journey of an academic into...  Read More >>

This is the story of Dr. Geneva Smitherman, aka Dr. G, the pioneering linguist often referred to as the Queen...  Read More >>

This is the story of Dr. Geneva Smitherman, aka Dr. G, the pioneering linguist often referred to as the Queen...  Read More >>

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This volume discusses and explores Chinese identity through the lens of both the Chinese and the English languages....  Read More >>

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