Language and Communication Books

New and Published Books

1. Working with Multimodality

   Rethinking Literacy in a Digital Age

   By Jennifer Rowsell

   In today’s digital world, we have multiple modes of meaning-making: sounds, images, hypertexts. Yet, within literacy education, even ‘new’ literacies, we know relatively little about how to work with and produce modally complex texts. In Working with Multimodality,...

   Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
2. Language and Intercultural Communication in the New Era

   Edited by Farzad Sharifian, Maryam Jamarani

   Series: Routledge Studies in Language and Intercultural Communication

   Studies of intercultural communication in applied linguistics initially focused on miscommunication, mainly between native and non-native speakers of English. The advent of the twenty-first century has witnessed, however, a revolution in the contexts and contents of intercultural...

   Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
3. Exploring Professional Communication

   Language in Action

   By Stephanie Schnurr

   Series: Routledge Introductions to Applied Linguistics

   Routledge Introductions to Applied Linguistics is a series of introductory level textbooks covering the core topics in Applied Linguistics, primarily designed for those beginning postgraduate studies, or taking an introductory MA course as well as advanced undergraduates. Titles in the series are...

   Published August 21st 2012 by Routledge
4. The Politics of English

   Conflict, Competition, Co-existence

   Edited by Ann Hewings, Caroline Tagg

   Series: Worlds of English

   The Politics of English: Conflict, Competition, Co-existence explores policies and practices that affect the use and position of English. The book discusses the ways in which people’s language choices relate to the history, politics, and economies of their local context. Throughout, the focus is...

   Published May 9th 2012 by Routledge
5. Communicating in English

   Talk, Text, Technology

   Edited by Daniel Allington, Barbara Mayor

   Series: Worlds of English

   Communicating in English: Talk, Text, Technology looks at how people use spoken and written English to communicate in their everyday lives. Exploring the complex relationship between communication, technology and the English language, this book offers the reader practical insights into the analysis...

   Published March 14th 2012 by Routledge
6. 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 March 13th 2012 by Routledge
7. The Written Language Bias in Linguistics

   Its Nature, Origins and Transformations

   By Per Linell

   Series: Routledge Advances in Communication and Linguistic Theory

   Linguists routinely emphasise the primacy of speech over writing. Yet, most linguists have analysed spoken language, as well as language in general, applying theories and methods that are best suited for written language. Accordingly, there is an extensive 'written language bias' in traditional and...

   Published November 28th 2011 by Routledge
8. Metaphor and Figurative Language

   Edited by Patrick Hanks, Rachel Giora

   Series: Critical Concepts in Linguistics

   With contributions from Aristotle to Lakoff and Johnson, and incorporating the work of philosophers, linguists, literary theorists, and cognitive psychologists, this wide-ranging and multidisciplinary six-volume collection on metaphor and figurative language is a new title from Routledge’s Critical...

   Published November 22nd 2011 by Routledge
9. Language and Citizenship in Japan

   Edited by Nanette Gottlieb

   Series: Routledge Studies in Sociolinguistics

   The relationship between language and citizenship in Japan has traditionally been regarded as a fixed tripartite: ‘Japanese citizenship’ means ‘Japanese ethnicity,’ which in turn means ‘Japanese as one’s first language.’ Historically, most non-Japanese who have chosen to take out citizenship have...

   Published November 17th 2011 by Routledge
10. Signs, Language and Communication

    By Professor Roy Harris, Roy Harris

    In Signs, Language and Communication readers familiar with the arguments of Professor Harris' previous work, including Signs of Writing, will find those ideas developed here to cover not just writing, but aspects of art, design and manufacture. Roy Harris proposes a new theory of communication. He...

    Published November 10th 2011 by Routledge