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Routledge Studies in Sociolinguistics


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This series is our home for innovative research in the field of sociolinguistics. It includes monographs and targeted edited collections that provide new insights into this important and evolving subject area.

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Multilingualism in Southern Africa Issues and Perspectives

Multilingualism in Southern Africa: Issues and Perspectives

1st Edition

Forthcoming

Edited By Wellman Kondowe, Chimwemwe M.M. Kamanga, Precious Madula
July 31, 2024

This collection showcases perspectives from established and emerging scholars on the contemporary landscape of multilingualism in Southern Africa. The book explores the broader impact of colonialism and neocolonialism on language policies and practices, drawing on case studies from such countries ...

Evaluative Language in Sports Crowds, Coaches and Commentators

Evaluative Language in Sports: Crowds, Coaches and Commentators

1st Edition

Forthcoming

By John Walsh, David Caldwell, Jon Jureidini
May 29, 2024

Walsh, Caldwell and Jureidini offer an expansive linguistic perspective on the evaluative language prevalent in the world of professional sports. This book presents a close linguistic analysis of evaluative language in sport. Drawing on appraisal theory and data from three distinct sporting ...

Space-Time (Dis)continuities in the Linguistic Landscape Studies in the Symbolic (Re-)appropriation of Public Space

Space-Time (Dis)continuities in the Linguistic Landscape: Studies in the Symbolic (Re-)appropriation of Public Space

1st Edition

Forthcoming

Edited By Isabelle Buchstaller, Małgorzata Fabiszak, Melody Ann Ross
April 04, 2024

This collection spotlights the diachronic dimensions of the linguistic landscape, the importance of exploring temporal dissonances in historical events in order to better understand semiotic, political, and social transformations across different communities over the last century. The volume seeks ...

Linguistic Landscapes in South-East Asia The Politics of Language and Public Signage

Linguistic Landscapes in South-East Asia: The Politics of Language and Public Signage

1st Edition

Edited By Seyed Hadi Mirvahedi
January 29, 2024

Anchored within current issues and debates in the field of Linguistic Landscape (LL) scholarship, this edited volume is concerned with politics of language and the semiotic construction of space in multilingual and multi-ethnic Asian countries. Spanning Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia, the...

Negotiating Linguistic and Religious Diversity A Tamil Hindu Temple in Australia

Negotiating Linguistic and Religious Diversity: A Tamil Hindu Temple in Australia

1st Edition

By Nirukshi Perera
January 29, 2024

Diversity is a buzzword of our times and yet the extent of religious diversity in Western societies is generally misconceived. This ground-breaking research draws attention to the journey of one migrant religious institution in an era of religious superdiversity. Based on a sociolinguistic ...

The Coherence of Linguistic Communities Orderly Heterogeneity and Social Meaning

The Coherence of Linguistic Communities: Orderly Heterogeneity and Social Meaning

1st Edition

Edited By Karen V. Beaman, Gregory R. Guy
January 29, 2024

This innovative collection brings together a range of perspectives on the notions of "orderly heterogeneity" and "social meaning", shedding light on how structured variation and indexicalities of social meaning "cohere" within linguistic communities. This book fills a gap in research on language ...

The Sociolinguistics of Global Asias

The Sociolinguistics of Global Asias

1st Edition

Edited By Jerry Won Lee
January 29, 2024

The volume explores the social, cultural, and historical forms of “language” that have come to be associated with “Asia” as a global phenomenon and their implications for better understanding the contemporary linguistic and political landscape in Asias. The book examines the flows of migration, ...

Language in Society in Bangladesh and Beyond Voices of the Unheard in the Global South

Language in Society in Bangladesh and Beyond: Voices of the Unheard in the Global South

1st Edition

Edited By Shaila Sultana, Mian Md. Naushaad Kabir, Md. Zulfeqar Haider, Mohammod Moninoor Roshid, M. Obaidul Hamid
November 29, 2023

This collection presents a holistic picture of the sociolinguistic landscape in Bangladesh, offering a critical understanding of language ideologies and social inequalities in the country, as they connect more widely to dynamics in the Global South. The book seeks to untangle the voices embedded in...

New Perspectives on Goffman in Language and Interaction Body, Participation and the Self

New Perspectives on Goffman in Language and Interaction: Body, Participation and the Self

1st Edition

Edited By Lorenza Mondada, Anssi Peräkylä
September 27, 2023

This collection highlights new perspectives on the work of Erving Goffman, revisiting his place in contemporary social theory and interactional linguistics research and its impact in surfacing new insights in conversation analysis and our understanding of Goffman’s legacy. The volume outlines the ...

Exploring Identity Across Language and Culture The Psychological, Emotional, Linguistic, and Cultural Changes Following Migration

Exploring Identity Across Language and Culture: The Psychological, Emotional, Linguistic, and Cultural Changes Following Migration

1st Edition

By Alex Panicacci
September 25, 2023

This book explores the ways in which migrants’ experience in today’s multilingual and multicultural society informs language use and processing, behavioural patterns, and perceptions of self-identity. Drawing on survey data from hundreds of Italian migrants living in English- speaking countries, ...

Migrant Workers’ Narratives of Return Alienation and Identity Transformations

Migrant Workers’ Narratives of Return: Alienation and Identity Transformations

1st Edition

By Hans J. Ladegaard
August 23, 2023

Drawing on a corpus of 113 narratives told by migrant workers who have returned to their home country, Ladegaard details Indonesian and Filipina (domestic) migrant workers’ experiences of homecoming after years of work abroad, separated from their loved ones. The narratives deal with two major ...

Expanding the Landscapes of Irish English Research Papers in Honour of Dr Jeffrey L. Kallen

Expanding the Landscapes of Irish English Research: Papers in Honour of Dr Jeffrey L. Kallen

1st Edition

Edited By Stephen Lucek, Carolina P. Amador-Moreno
May 31, 2023

This collection brings together work from scholars across sociolinguistics, World Englishes and linguistic landscapes to reflect on developments and future directions in Irish English, building on the ground-breaking contributions of Jeffrey Kallen to the discipline. Taking their cue from Kallen’s...

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