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1. Intelligibility in World Englishes

   By Cecil L. Nelson

   Intelligibility is the term most generally used to address the complex of criteria that describe, broadly, how useful someone’s English is when talking or writing to someone else. This much-debated concern touches not only sociolinguistic theory but all aspects of English language teaching, second...

   July 2011 | 978-0-415-87182-2 | Paperback (Routledge)

2. Language Mixing and Code-Switching in Writing: Approaches to Mixed-Language Written Discourse

   Edited by Mark Sebba, Shahrzad Mahootian, Carla Jonsson

   After many years in which interest in language alternation has focussed almost entirely on spoken code-switching, recently there has been renewed interest in written mixed-language texts. However, at the moment there is no general agreement on what constitutes the subject area and there is no...

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-87946-0 | Hardback (Routledge)

3. Alternative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition

   Edited by Dwight Atkinson

   This volume presents seven alternative approaches to studying second language acquisition – 'alternative' in the sense that they contrast with and/or complement the cognitivism pervading the field. All seven approaches – sociocultural, complexity theory, conversation analysis, identity, language...

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-54925-7 | Paperback (Routledge)

4. The Routledge Handbook of Multilingualism

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

   The Routledge Handbook of Mulitlingualism 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...

   April 2011 | 978-0-415-49647-6 | Hardback (Routledge)

5. The Language , Society and Power Reader

   Edited by Annabelle Mooney, Jean Stilwell Peccei, Suzanne LaBelle, Berit Engøy Henriksen, Eva Eppler, Satori Soden, Pia Pichler, Anthea Irwin

   March 2011 | 978-0-415-43083-8 | Paperback (Routledge)

6. Language, Gender and Feminism: Theory and Methodology

   By Sara Mills, Louise Mullany

   Language, Gender and Feminism introduces students to key theoretical perspectives, methodology and analytical frameworks in the field of feminist linguistic analysis, providing readers with a comprehensive survey of the current state of the field. The title is split into three parts, designed...

   March 2011 | 978-0-415-48596-8 | Paperback (Routledge)

7. The Applied Linguistics Reader

   Edited by Wei Li

   The Routledge Applied Linguistics Reader is an essential collection of readings for students of Applied Linguistics. Featuring 25 carefully selected readings, the Reader focuses on the topics and issues to which Applied Linguistics research has made a significant contribution, in particular:...

   March 2011 | 978-0-415-56620-9 | Paperback (Routledge)

8. Understanding Russianness

   Edited by Risto Alapuro, Arto Mustajoki, Pekka Pesonen

   Understanding Russianness will provide a fresh and provocative approach to a variety of interrelated fields in Russian studies. The three-part structure linguistics cultural studies and social sciences approach will be particularly effective in overcoming compartmentalism that still predominates in...

   March 2011 | 978-0-415-60415-4 | Hardback (Routledge)

9. Multilingualism, Discourse, and Ethnography

   Edited by Marilyn Martin-Jones, Sheena Gardner

   The last two decades have seen a rapidly growing interest, internationally, in multilingualism and multilingual literacy and in the ways in which multilingualism is represented in the media and in public discourse. This is largely due to the significant linguistic, cultural and demographic changes...

   March 2011 | 978-0-415-87494-6 | Hardback (Routledge)

10. Introducing Sociolinguistics, 2nd Edition

    By Miriam Meyerhoff

    'Here is a welcome introduction to sociolinguistics by a leading researcher in the field. Users will be inspired by the breadth and sweep of Meyerhoff's treatment.' – William Labov, University of Pennsylvania, USA 'Miriam Meyerhoff’s entertaining volume revels in the diversity that is the...

    February 2011 | 978-0-415-55006-2 | Paperback (Routledge)