Language & Literature Books

New and Published Books

1. Markets of English

   Linguistic Capital and Language Policy in a Globalizing World

   By Joseph Sung-Yul Park, Lionel Wee

   Series: Routledge Studies in Sociolinguistics

   The global spread of English both reproduces and reinforces oppressive structures of inequality. But such structures can no longer be seen as imposed from an imperial center, as English is now actively adopted and appropriated in local contexts around the world. This book argues that such...

   Published May 28th 2012 by Routledge
2. Wallace Stevens, New York, and Modernism

   Edited by Lisa Goldfarb, Bart Eeckhout

   Series: Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature

   This unique essay collection considers the impact of New York on the life and works of Wallace Stevens. Stevens lived in New York from 1900 to 1916, working briefly as a journalist, going to law school, laboriously starting up a career as a lawyer, getting engaged and married, gradually mixing with...

   Published May 28th 2012 by Routledge
3. Asian American Literature

   Edited by David Leiwei Li

   Co-published by Routledge and Edition SynapseAmerican writers whose provenance lies in Asia have been producing and publishing work of interest and distinction for well over a century. However, in recent decades there has been an exponential growth in their output, and much Asian-American...

   Published May 24th 2012 by Routledge
4. Evaluation in Translation

   Critical points of translator decision-making

   By Jeremy Munday

   In this book, Jeremy Munday presents advances towards a general theory of evaluation in translator decision-making that will be of high importance to translator and interpreter training and to descriptive translation analysis. By ‘evaluation’ the author refers to how a translator’s...

   Published May 23rd 2012 by Routledge
5. Colloquial Gujarati

   2nd Edition

   By Jagdish Dave

   Series: Colloquial Series

   Colloquial Gujarati is easy to use with step by step instruction. Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study or class use, the course offers you a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Gujarati. No prior knowledge of the language is required. What makes Colloquial Gujarati your...

   Published May 23rd 2012 by Routledge
6. The Translation Studies Reader

   3rd Edition

   Edited by Lawrence Venuti

   The Translation Studies Reader provides a definitive survey of the most important and influential developments in translation theory and research, with an emphasis on twentieth-century developments. With introductory essays prefacing each section, the book places a wide range of seminal and...

   Published May 23rd 2012 by Routledge
7. The Battle over Spanish between 1800 and 2000

   Language & Ideologies and Hispanic Intellectuals

   Edited by Luis Gabriel-Stheeman, José del Valle

   Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Linguistics

   This book examines the way in which a group of key Spanish and Latin American intellectuals of the nineteenth and twentieth-centuries discussed the concept of the Spanish language. The contributors analyse the ways in which these discussions related to the construction of national identities and...

   Published May 23rd 2012 by Routledge
8. Ambiguities and Tensions in English Language Teaching

   Portraits of EFL Teachers as Legitimate Speakers

   By Peter Sayer

   Series: ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series

   The central theme of this book is the ambiguities and tensions teachers face as they attempt to position themselves in ways that legitimize them as language teachers, and as English speakers. Focusing on three EFL teachers and their schools in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, it...

   Published May 22nd 2012 by Routledge
9. Shakespeare: The Basics

   3rd Edition

   By Sean McEvoy

   Series: The Basics

   Now in its third edition Shakespeare: The Basics is an insightful and informative introduction to the work of William Shakespeare. Exploring all aspects of Shakespeare’s plays including the language, cultural contexts, and modern interpretations, this text looks at how a range of plays from across...

   Published May 21st 2012 by Routledge
10. Bilingual Pre-Teens

    Competing Ideologies and Multiple Identities in the U.S. and Germany

    By Janet M. Fuller

    Series: Routledge Studies in Sociolinguistics

    This volume examines the connection between socio-economic class and bilingual practices, a previously under-researched area, through looking at differences in bilingual settings that are classified as "immigrant" or "elite" and are thus linked to socio-economic class categories. Fuller chooses for...

    Published May 21st 2012 by Routledge