Routledge Studies in Sociolinguistics
About the Book Series
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.
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
April 13, 2025
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...
Yorkshire Dialect in the Nineteenth Century: Enregisterment, Authenticity, and Identity
1st Edition
By Paul Cooper
March 24, 2025
This book draws on a framework of enregisterment and indexicality to chart the ways in which the Yorkshire dialect came to be associated with particular linguistic repertoires and social stereotypes from the nineteenth century through to today. Cooper situates the work within a historical ...
BTS and Languages: K-pop Transcending Language and Communication
1st Edition
Edited
By Joowon Suh, Eun Sung Park
March 03, 2025
With the international rise of K-pop culture, this analysis of BTS and the languages surrounding and related to their music, fans, and media content provides a unique look into how languages are localized, hybridized, and utilized beyond popular entertainment. Drawing on a wide range of data, the ...
Critical Polyglot Studies
1st Edition
By Carlos Yebra López, Usman W. Chohan
January 16, 2025
This book offers a self-reflective, critical approach to the study of what is popularly known as polyglossia, charting the gradual but marked process of its commoditization over the last 20 years and offering a counterpoint to mainstream positivist treatment of serial language learning. First, from...
Migrant Workers’ Narratives of Return: Alienation and Identity Transformations
1st Edition
By Hans J. Ladegaard
December 18, 2024
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 ...
New Perspectives on Goffman in Language and Interaction: Body, Participation and the Self
1st Edition
Edited
By Lorenza Mondada, Anssi Peräkylä
December 18, 2024
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 ...
Power, Affect, and Identity in the Linguistic Landscape: Chinese Communities in Australia and Beyond
1st Edition
By Xiaofang Yao
December 13, 2024
Uncovering the complexity of linguistic diversity and semiotic creativity, this book examines the issues of power, affect, and identity in both physical and digital linguistic landscapes. Based on fieldwork with various Chinese communities in Australia, the book offers unique insights into the uses...
Language Attitudes and the Pursuit of Social Justice: Identity, Prejudice, and Education
1st Edition
Edited
By Mara R. Barbosa, Talia Bugel
November 28, 2024
Language Attitudes and the Pursuit of Social Justice explores the relationship between language attitudes and forms of inequality and oppression, fostering greater awareness of how linguistic choices become political ones and encouraging the search for practices that promote social justice. The ...
Social Identity and Discourses in Chinese Digital Communication
1st Edition
Edited
By Hongqiang Zhu, Debing Feng, Xinren Chen
November 14, 2024
Examining how diverse social identities are constructed in digital communication in China, this edited collection provides a multidimensional exploration of the diverse, discursive forms and practices used to construct and present the “self” online. Contributing authors provide analyses of China’s ...
All English Accents Matter: In Pursuit of Accent Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
1st Edition
By Pierre Orelus
October 09, 2024
Orelus' valuable study draws on the scholarly work of sociocultural and postcolonial theorists, as well as testimonies collected from study participants, to explore accentism, the systemic form of discrimination against speakers whose accents deviate from a socially constructed norm. Orelus ...
Beyond Borrowing: Lexical Interaction between Englishes and Asian Languages
1st Edition
By Hyejeong Ahn, Jieun Kiaer, Danica Salazar, Anna Bordilovskaya
October 08, 2024
In their book, the authors describe the usage of and attitudes towards English in Asia since the 19th century, as well as the creative and dynamic ways in which Asians of the 21st century continually reinvent the lexicon of English, and the lexicons of their native tongues. The current biggest ...
Advocating for Sociolinguistic Justice in the United States: Empowering Spanish-speaking Communities
1st Edition
Edited
By Michelle F. Ramos Pellicia, Patricia MacGregor-Mendoza, Mercedes Niño-Murcia
October 01, 2024
This collection focuses on social awareness and critical language awareness with the goal of enlightening and empowering multilingual and multicultural communities across the U.S. Each chapter brings to light the trauma, gaps in services and misguided societal perceptions that adversely impact ...