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.
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 ...
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 ...
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
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
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
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
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
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 ...