Sociolinguistics

This book examines language and identity in modern Egypt using theories from discourse analysis and sociolinguistics. How is language used in Egypt...

Based on current data, the book provides a detailed sociolinguistic and structural description of Cameroon Creole English, with a special focus on ...

Social semiotics reveals languages social meaning – its structures, processes, conditions and effects – in all social contexts, across all media an...

Social semiotics reveals languages social meaning – its structures, processes, conditions and effects – in all social contexts, across all media an...

Pragmatic competence plays a key role in the era of globalization where communication across cultural boundaries is an everyday phenomenon. The abi...

Know someone with an antwacky stem-winder? Heard the Band of Hope Street? Ever been on a vinegar trip? Do you jangle? Ever met a Cunard yank in the...

English as a Lingua Franca, or ELF for short, is currently one of the most dynamic topics in the fields of applied and socio-linguistics and Englis...

This book explores the role of language academies in preserving and revitalizing minority or endangered languages. The author studies the controver...

Language is essential to human life, both as a basic social necessity and also as a powerful and complex social resource. For the Love of Language:...

This book is about categorization processes in native/non-native workplace interaction, within the context of internship interviews between Danish ...

This is the first ever volume to compile sociolinguistic and historical information on lesser-known, and relatively ignored, native varieties of En...

Imagine for a moment the only way to confirm a yes-no question was by saying Yeah. How different would this make our communication? Relying on a la...

This book looks at language in unexpected places. Drawing on a diversity of materials and contexts, including farewell addresses to British workers...

Language is a sensitive issue in the developing world, because language choice and behaviour are integral to the social, economic and political sta...

Negotiating Solidarity: A Social-Linguistic Approach to Job Interviews explores the linguistic co-construction of self-presentation in job intervie...