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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.

70 Series Titles


Implicit and Explicit Language Attitudes Mapping Linguistic Prejudice and Attitude Change in England

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

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, ...

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, ...

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...

Family Language Policy in the Polish Diaspora A Focus on Australia

Family Language Policy in the Polish Diaspora: A Focus on Australia

1st Edition

By Piotr Romanowski
January 09, 2023

This book explores language practices, beliefs and management across a group of Polish immigrant families in Australia, drawing on these case studies as a lens through which to unpack dynamics of Family Language Policy (FLP) and their implications for future research on FLP. The volume begins by ...

The Communicative Linguistic Landscape Production Formats and Designed Environments

The Communicative Linguistic Landscape: Production Formats and Designed Environments

1st Edition

By Lionel Wee
September 26, 2022

How exactly do linguistic landscapes communicate and what theoretical significance might follow from such an inquiry? This book addresses these questions by taking as its starting point the insight that the individual or organisation that is responsible for the production of a sign may not be ...

Language, Nations, and Multilingualism Questioning the Herderian Ideal

Language, Nations, and Multilingualism: Questioning the Herderian Ideal

1st Edition

Edited By Ying-Ying Tan, Pritipuspa Mishra
August 01, 2022

Language, Nations, and Multilingualism explores the legacy of Herder’s ideas about the relationship between language and nationalism in the post-colonial world. Focusing on how anti-colonial and post-colonial nations reconcile their myriad multilingualisms with the Herderian model of one ...

Linguistic Variation and Social Practices of Normative Masculinity Authority and Multifunctional Humour in a Dublin Sports Club

Linguistic Variation and Social Practices of Normative Masculinity: Authority and Multifunctional Humour in a Dublin Sports Club

1st Edition

By Fergus O'Dwyer
June 13, 2022

This book explores the ways in which linguistic variation and complex social practices interact toward the formation of male interactional identities in a sports club in Dublin, illustrating the affordances of studying sporting contexts in contributing to advancing sociolinguistic theory.Adopting a...

A Sociolinguistic View of A Japanese Ethnic Church Community

A Sociolinguistic View of A Japanese Ethnic Church Community

1st Edition

By Tyler Barrett
May 06, 2022

Drawing on sociolinguistic approaches, this book presents unique insights into a Japanese ethnic church community in Canada and the ways in which churches mediate issues of linguistic, cultural, and religious hybridity in addressing the needs of their diverse populations. The book integrates ...

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