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Author Interview: John Russell Rickford on Speaking my Soul

In this series of short interviews, John Russell Rickford discusses his autobiography, Speaking my Soul. He explores the development of his interest in socioinguistics, and Black Talk in particiular, as well as his life and the development of his own identity. 
 

How Reading Will Help Your Writing and Add Pleasure to Your Life

Roslyn Petelin, author of How Writing Works, examines the connection between reading and the development of strong writing skills.
 

Discover Translation, Semiotics, and Feminism

Eva C. Karpinski and Elena Basile, authors of Translation, Semiotics, and Feminism introduce their new book in this short video.

Why Write Essays? Why Read Essays?

Why do people write essays? Why had essay writing become a key part of student assessment? In this blog, Johnny Rodger explores these questions and asks why the essay form is so important. 

Transcultural Communication: what it is and why we are all doing it

Will Baker, co-author of Trancultural Communication Through Global Englishes, examines the challenges and our understanding of intercultural communication.  

David Crystal's Introduction to Language: A Complete Course

Now available for the first time to licence for use as a digital resource for your courses, for online learning resources, or for part of a digital course pack. Routledge has a dedicated Global rights team with a wealth of experience in licensing rights worldwide and we welcome your licensing enquiries.

Routledge Translation Studies Portal

This portal provides researchers and students with a wealth of free resources, such as glossaries, reading lists, podcasts, and popular research from our journals.

The Routledge Language and Communication Portal

This portal provides practical resources, weblinks, and engaging reading materials within five distinct subject areas. This is the perfect place to find resources to support and enrich our latest publications.

What is Sociolinguistics? (Infographic)

Is Sociolinguistics about how individuals use language? How people use language differently in different regions? Or how a nation decides what languages will be recognised in courts or education? This infographic provides a brief introduction for your students.
 

Questions About Language: Is Talking Work Doing Work?

When exploring is talking work doing work? authors Jo Angouri and Ifigeneia Machili discuss one of the most common tasks in the workplace, the reaching of decisions.

Questions About Language: Why do People Swear?

The first article in our Questions About Language series challenges the popular view that swearing is a sign of verbal deficiency, and that people resort to cuss words when they have no others at their disposal. And yet, comments author Kate Burridge, there is no research that suggests this link, and nothing to support the branding of swearers as “ignorant”, “lazy” or “stupid”.