Language & Power Books

New and Published Books

1. Applied Linguists Needed

   Cross-disciplinary Networking in Endangered Language Contexts

   Edited by Lida Cope

   It is a fact that the world’s languages are dying at an alarming rate. This comprehensive volume aspires to raise awareness among applied linguists and language practitioners about the needs and concerns of endangered language communities. It suggests that the way forward lies in building language...

   Published January 26th 2012 by Routledge
2. Language in Public Spaces in Japan

   Edited by Nanette Gottlieb

   This book throws light on ideologies, practices and sociocultural developments currently shaping language use in Japan by departing from the more common investigation of language in private contexts and examining aspects of the language found in a range of significant public spaces, from the...

   Published June 15th 2011 by Routledge
3. Language, Society and Power

   An Introduction, 3rd Edition

   By Annabelle Mooney, Linda Thomas, Shân Wareing, Jean Stilwell Peccei, Suzanne LaBelle, Berit Engøy Henriksen, Eva Eppler, Anthea Irwin, Pia Pichler, Siân Preece, Satori Soden

   Language, Society and Power is the essential introductory text for students studying language in a variety of social contexts. This book examines the ways in which language functions, how it influences thought and how it varies according to age, ethnicity, class and gender. It seeks to answer such...

   Published December 9th 2010 by Routledge
4. Linguistic Imperialism Continued

   By Robert Phillipson

   This volume brings together key writings since the 1992 publication of Linguistic Imperialism – Robert Phillipson’s controversial benchmark volume, which triggered a major re-thinking of the English teaching profession by connecting the field to wider political and economic forces. Analyzing how...

   Published January 20th 2010 by Routledge
5. Official Portraits and Unofficial Counterportraits of At Risk Students

   Writing Spaces in Hard Times

   By Richard J. Meyer

   This book chronicles 5th and 6th grade writers - children of gang members, drug users, poor people, and non-documented and documented immigrants - in a rural school in the southwest US coming into their voices, cultivating those voices, and using those voices in a variety of venues, beginning with...

   Published October 29th 2009 by Routledge
6. Literacy and Power

   By Hilary Janks

   Series: Language, Culture, and Teaching Series

   Hilary Janks addresses key questions about literacy and power in this landmark text that is both engaging and accessible. Her central argument is that competing orientations to critical literacy education - domination (power), access, diversity, design - foreground one over the other, but are...

   Published October 1st 2009 by Routledge
7. Language and Power

   A Resource Book for Students

   By Paul Simpson, Andrea Mayr

   Series: Routledge English Language Introductions

   Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students. Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the series offer an accessible overview of the subject, with activities, study questions, sample analyses, commentaries and key readings – all...

   Published September 27th 2009 by Routledge
8. Analysing Political Discourse

   Theory and Practice

   By Paul Chilton

   This is an essential read for anyone interested in the way language is used in the world of politics. Based on Aristotle's premise that we are all political animals, able to use language to pursue our own ends, the book uses the theoretical framework of linguistics to explore the ways in which we...

   Published December 10th 2003 by Routledge