Language & Literature Handbooks

New and Published Handbooks

1. The Routledge Handbook of Translation Studies

   Edited by Carmen Millán, Francesca Bartrina

   Series: Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics

   The Routledge Handbook of Translation Studies provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art account of the complex field of translation studies. Written by leading specialists from around the world, this volume brings together authoritative original articles on pressing issues including: the...

   Published December 6th 2012 by Routledge
2. Handbook of Vowels and Vowel Disorders

   Edited by Martin J. Ball, Fiona E. Gibbon

   Series: Language and Speech Disorders

   In the general study of speech and phonetics, vowels have stood in second place to consonants. But what vowels are, how they differ from one another, how they vary among speakers, and how they are subject to disorder, are questions that require a closer examination. This Handbook presents a...

   Published September 4th 2012 by Psychology Press
3. The Routledge Companion to Latino/a Literature

   Edited by Suzanne Bost, Frances Aparicio

   Series: Routledge Companions

   Latino/a literature is one of the fastest developing fields in the discipline of literary studies. It represents an identity that is characterized by fluidity and diversity, often explored through divisions formed by language, race, gender, sexuality, and immigration. The Routledge Companion to...

   Published August 29th 2012 by Routledge
4. The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Linguistics

   Edited by Anne O'Keeffe, Michael McCarthy

   Series: Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics

   The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Linguistics provides a timely overview of a dynamic and rapidly growing area with a widely applied methodology. Through the electronic analysis of large bodies of text, corpus linguistics demonstrates and supports linguistic statements and assumptions. In recent...

   Published August 16th 2012 by Routledge
5. The Routledge Handbook of World Englishes

   Edited by Andy Kirkpatrick

   Series: Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics

   The Routledge Handbook of World Englishes constitutes a comprehensive introduction to the study of World Englishes drawing on the expertise of leading authors within the field. The Handbook is structured in nine sections covering historical perspectives, core issues and topics and new debates...

   Published August 16th 2012 by Routledge
6. The Routledge Companion to Experimental Literature

   Edited by Joe Bray, Alison Gibbons, Brian McHale

   Series: Routledge Companions

   What is experimental literature? How has experimentation affected the course of literary history, and how is it shaping literary expression today? Literary experiment has always been diverse and challenging, but never more so than in our age of digital media and social networking, when the very...

   Published June 11th 2012 by Routledge
7. The Routledge Handbook of Multilingualism

   Edited by Marilyn Martin-Jones, Adrian Blackledge, Angela Creese

   Series: Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics

   The Routledge Handbook of Multilingualism provides a comprehensive survey of the field of multilingualism for a global readership, and an overview of the research which situates multilingualism in its social, cultural and political context. The handbook includes an introduction and five sections...

   Published May 30th 2012 by Routledge
8. The Routledge Companion to Literature and Science

   Edited by Bruce Clarke, Manuela Rossini

   Series: Routledge Companions

   With forty-four newly commissioned articles from an international cast of leading scholars, The Routledge Companion to Literature and Science traces the network of connections among literature, science, technology, mathematics, and medicine. Divided into three main sections, this volume: links...

   Published April 18th 2012 by Routledge
9. The Victorian World

   Edited by Martin Hewitt

   Series: Routledge Worlds

   With an interdisciplinary approach that encompasses political history, the history of ideas, cultural history and art history, The Victorian World offers a sweeping survey of the world in the nineteenth century. This volume offers a fresh evaluation of Britain and its global presence in the years...

   Published March 25th 2012 by Routledge
10. The Routledge Handbook of Language Testing

    Edited by Glenn Fulcher, Fred Davidson

    Series: Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics

    The Routledge Handbook of Language Testing offers a critical and comprehensive overview of language testing and assessment within the fields of applied linguistics and language study. An understanding of language testing is essential for applied linguistic research, language education, and a...

    Published March 12th 2012 by Routledge