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.
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 Wilbert 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 ...
Automation in Communication: The Ideological Implications of Language Machines
1st Edition
By Lionel Wee
September 19, 2024
By drawing on multiple examples from healthcare, religion, service encounters and poetry, Lionel Wee presents rich insights into the use of automation in communication through a posthumanist lens. As communication becomes increasingly automated, the use of automation creates significant conceptual...
Social and Regional Variation in World Englishes: Local and Global Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Paula Rautionaho, Hanna Parviainen, Mark Kaunisto, Arja Nurmi
August 26, 2024
This collection charts the evolution of grammatical variation in Englishes from Late Middle English to the present, using corpus linguistic tools to address divergence and convergence in local and global perspectives. The book considers both diachronic and synchronic perspectives in grammatical ...
Multilingualism in Southern Africa: Issues and Perspectives
1st Edition
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
1st Edition
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 ...
Everyday Multilingualism: Linguistic Landscapes as Practice and Pedagogy
1st Edition
By Anikó Hatoss
May 27, 2024
Hatoss explores multilingualism in diverse suburbs of Sydney through the oral and written narratives of student ethnographers. Her research is based on visual ethnography, interviews with local residents, and classroom discussions of the fieldwork. The findings of this book contribute to the ...
Implicit and Explicit Language Attitudes: Mapping Linguistic Prejudice and Attitude Change in England
1st Edition
By Robert M. McKenzie, Andrew McNeill
May 27, 2024
This timely volume constitutes the first book-length account of implicit as well as explicit language attitudes. It details the findings of a large-scale study, incorporating cutting-edge implicit and self-report instruments adapted from social psychology, investigating the evaluations of over 300 ...
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
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 ...