Sociolinguistics books

This book is about supporting students in Higher Education using language, and specifically using a combination...  Read More >>

How can we identify successful linguistic action in recordings of institutional conversations? The theoretical-methodological...  Read More >>

This Element focuses on three pragmatics issues – relational work, participation structure, and mediality. By reviewing...  Read More >>

This handbook, the first volume of its kind, showcases the multiple experimental methods that are used to explore...  Read More >>

Icelandic Heritage in North America offers an in-depth examination of Icelandic immigrant identity, linguistic evolution,...  Read More >>

This book provides analysis of the expressive aspects of slur-words and their impact in practices of linguistic...  Read More >>

This edited volume features chapters covering how teachers are negotiating the linguistic challenges posed by EMI;...  Read More >>

From television shows to the manosphere, and from alt-right communities to fatherhood forums, debates about masculinity...  Read More >>

This book offers an in-depth, cross-cultural and transdisciplinary discussion of the translatability of social emotions....  Read More >>

This Element outlines current issues in the study of the pragmatics of fiction. It starts from the premise that...  Read More >>

Illustrated with numerous case studies, this book provides the first comprehensive overview of toponymy and toponomastics...  Read More >>

This Element discusses the challenges that different types of corpora offer for the study of pragmatic phenomena....  Read More >>

Illustrated with numerous case studies, this book provides the first comprehensive overview of toponymy and toponomastics...  Read More >>

The goal of fostering positive intercultural relations has taken on increased importance in a wide range of societal,...  Read More >>

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Language, Society and Power provides an accessible introduction to the study of language in a variety of social...  Read More >>

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This volume comprises 16 chapters both research papers and theoretical contributions grouped in three thematic...  Read More >>

This book addresses the importance of language in matters of sustainability and incorporating such concerns in implementing...  Read More >>

Diese Monografie setzt sich neu mit Sprachanfragen auseinander. Mit einem kleinen, aber aussagekraftigen Korpus...  Read More >>

International trade demands translation of trade laws and business contracts, immigration leads to rise in court...  Read More >>

First published in 1991, An Uncommon Tongue explores the theme of usage in its widest sense: usage as what we say...  Read More >>

Critical Discourse Studies aims to enhance our understanding of how discourse figures in social processes, social...  Read More >>

Loanwords and Japanese Identity: Inundating or Absorbed? provides an in-depth examination of public discussions...  Read More >>

This book studies the use of an automated writing evaluation (AWE) systems in research paper revision for publication...  Read More >>