Language & Linguistics 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. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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
7. Perspectives from the European Language Portfolio

   Learner autonomy and self-assessment

   Edited by Bärbel Kühn, María Luisa Pérez Cavana

   Using constructivist principles and autonomous learning techniques the ELP has pioneered innovative and cutting edge approaches to learning languages that can be applied to learning across the spectrum. Although articles on the success of the ELP project have appeared in some academic journals,...

   Published May 20th 2012 by Routledge
8. Language Planning in Primary Schools in Asia

   Edited by Richard Baldauf, Robert Kaplan, Knonko Kamwangamalu, Pauline Bryant

   In foreign language education, decisions must be taken on what languages to teach, who will teach them, in which schools (i.e. all, only urban, only rural), in which grades, the number of hours a week, and the cost involved. This book explores the answers to these questions across a number of Asian...

   Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge
9. The Languages of Japan and Korea

   Edited by Nicolas Tranter

   Series: Routledge Language Family Series

   The Languages of Japan and Korea provides detailed descriptions of the major varieties of languages in the region, both modern and pre-modern, within a common format, producing a long-needed introductory reference source. Korean, Japanese, Ainu, and representative members of the main groupings of...

   Published May 15th 2012 by Routledge
10. Analyzing Public Discourse

    Discourse Analysis in the Making of Public Policy

    By Ron Scollon

    Analyzing Public Discourse demonstrates the use of discourse analysis to provide testimony in public policy consultations: from environmental impact statements to changes in laws and policies. Scollon asserts that it is in the best interest of democratic public discourse for all participants in the...

    Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge