Sociolinguistics Books

Book SynopsisSign languages are non-written languages. Given that the use of digital media and video recordings in documenting sign languages started only some 30 years ago, the life stories of Deaf elderly signers born in the 1930s-1940s have – except for a few scattered fragments in film – not been documented and are therefore under serious threat of being lost.The chapters compiled in this volume document important aspects of past and present experiences of elderly Deaf signers across Europe, as well as in Israel and the United States. Issues addressed include (i) historical events and how they were experienced by Deaf people, (ii) issues of identity and independence, (iii) aspects of language change, (iv) experiences of suppression and discrimination. The stories shared by elderly signers reveal intriguing, yet hidden, aspects of Deaf life. On the negative side, these include experiences of the Deaf in Nazi Germany and occupied countries and harsh practices in educational settings, to name a few. On the positive side, there are stories of resilience and vivid memories of school years and social and professional life.In this way, the volume contributes in a significant way to the preservation of the cultural and linguistic heritage of Deaf communities and sheds light on lesser known aspects against an otherwise familiar background. This publication has been made possible within the SIGN-HUB project, which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.

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Book SynopsisThere is, at present, no book introducing the general issue of why language is specific to human beings, how it works, why language is not communication and communication is not language, why languages vary and how they evolved.Based on the most recent works in linguistics and pragmatics, Why Language? addresses many questions that everyone has about language. Starting from false claims about language and languages, showing that language is not communication and communication is not language, the first part (Language and Communication) ends by proposing a difference between linguistic rules and communicative principles. The second part (Language, Society, Discourse) includes domains of language and language uses which are generally taken as extrinsic to language, such as language variety, discourse and non-ordinary (literary) usages. Special attention is given to figures of discourse (metaphor, metonymy, irony) and literary usages such as narration and free indirect style. The reader, either specialist or amateur in language science, will find a first and unique synthesis about what we know today about language and what we have yet to learn, sketching what could be the future of linguistics in the next decades.

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Book Synopsis Cognitive Sociolinguistics draws on the rich theoretical framework of Cognitive Linguistics and focuses on the social factors that underlie the variability of meaning and conceptualization. In the last decade, the field has expanded in various way. The current volume takes stock of current and emerging advances in the field in short academic contributions. The studies collected in this book have a usage-based approach to language variation and change, drawing on the theoretical framework of Cognitive Linguistics and are sensitive to social variation, be it cross-linguistic or language-internal. Three types of contributions are collected in this book. First, it contains theoretical overview papers on the domains that have witnessed expansion in recent years. Second, it presents novel research ideas in proof-of-concept contributions, aimed at blue-sky research and out-of-the-box linguistic analyses. Third, it showcases recent empirical studies within the field. By combining these three types of contributions, the book provides an encompassing overview of novel developments in the field of Cognitive Sociolinguistics.

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Book SynopsisWhile "economic forces" are often cited as being a key cause of language loss, there is very little research that explores this link in detail. This work, based on policy analysis and ethnographic data, addresses this deficit. It examines how neoliberalism, the dominant economic orthodoxy of recent decades, has impacted the vitality of Irish in the Republic of Ireland since 2008. Drawing on concepts well established in public policy studies, but not prominent in the subfield of language policy, the neoliberalisation of Irish-language support measures is charted, including the disproportionately severe budget cuts they received. It is argued that neoliberalism’s antipathy towards social planning and redistributive economic policies meant that supports for Irish were inevitably hit especially hard in an era of austerity. Ethnographic data from Irish-speaking communities reinforce this point and illustrate how macro-level economic disruptions can affect language use at the micro-level. Labour market transformations, emigration and the dismantling of community institutions are documented, along with many related developments, thereby highlighting an issue of relevance to communities around the world, the fundamental tension between neoliberalism and language revitalisation efforts.

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Book SynopsisThis is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license. It is free to read at Oxford Academic and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Inclusion in Linguistics, the companion volume to Decolonizing Linguistics, aims to reinvent linguistics as a space of belonging across race, gender, class, disability, geographic region, and more. Taken together, the two volumes are the first comprehensive, action-oriented, book-length discussions of how to advance social justice in all aspects of the discipline. The volume''s introduction theorizes inclusion as fundamental to social justice and describes the extensive dialogic and collaborative process through which the volume was developed. Contributors discuss intersectional forms of exclusion in linguistics: researchers'' anti-autistic ableism; the exclusion of Deaf Global South researchers of color; the marginalization of Filipino American students and scholars; disc

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Book SynopsisWhy are girls outperforming boys in literacy skills in the Western education system today? To date, there have been few attempts to answer this question. Literacy and Gender sets out to redress this state of affairs by re-examining the social organization of literacy in primary schools. In studying schooling as a social process, this book focuses on the links between literacy, gender and attainment, the role school plays in producing social difference and the changing pattern of interest in this topic both within the feminist community and beyond. Gemma Moss argues that the reason for girlsâ relative success in literacy lies in the structure of schooling and in particular the role the reading curriculum plays in constructing a hierarchy of learners in class. Using fine-grained ethnographic analysis of reading in context, this book outlines methods for researching literacy as a social practice and understanding how different versions of what counts as literacy can be created in the same site.Table of ContentsLiteracy, Gender and Attainment: Introduction 1. Literacy, Gender and the Politics of School Achievement: Explaining Educational Failure and Success 2. Studying Literacy with More than Gender in Mind 3. Literacy Events in the Context of the School: Re-Thinking How Literacy, Gender and Attainment Intertwine 4. Texts in their Context of Use: Non-Fiction Text Design and the Social Regulation of Reading in Class 5. Readers in Context Text Choice as Situated Practice 6. Gender, Literacy and Attainment: Taking Things Forward

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Book SynopsisContact has always been a normal part of the development of languages, from those of ancient empires, those of colonial expansion, and to those of our globalizing planet today. Pidgin and creole studies have merged with the study of other language contact phenomena (adult second-language acquisition, bilingualism, bilingual mixed languages, language shift, partially restructured languages, language attrition, etc.) to form the flourishing field of contact linguistics.This new Routledge Major Work brings together the most important contributions advancing our understanding of language contact phenomena. Beginning fitfully in the mid-nineteenth century and then gathering momentum after 1960, the field of pidgin and creole linguistics has developed from a marginal field associated with the stigma of the languages it studied to a subfield which is now at the centre of linguistic enquiry. As it became clear that contact, far from being bizarre, has always been a normal part of the development of languages, from those of ancient empires to those of colonial expansion to those of our globalising planet today, pidgin and creole studies have merged with the study of other language contact phenomena (adult second language acquisition, bilingualism, bilingual mixed languages, language shift, partially restructured languages, language attrition, etc) to form the new field of contact linguistics. This selection of the most important contributions advancing our understanding of language contact phenomena covers almost two hundred years of scholarship and will provide students with an overview of how insights about the new languages that emerged as a result of European expansion to Africa, Asia, the New World and the Pacific have led to a clearer view of what language is.Articles are arranged chronologically; unusually for a Critical Concepts collection, each individual article is preceded by a short introduction making clear the intellectual context in which it was written, its thematic connection to earlier work, and why it is an important contribution to the field. As well as articles from scholarly journals, there are also some chapters from major books in the field. The collection is indexed for theme and language.

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Book SynopsisThis book is written for applied linguists and students on applied linguistics courses, who are familiar with recent developments in the field of SLA.Trade ReviewMakes an outstanding contribution to the field of Second Language Acquisition Research, as it not only provides an informed, critical overview of developments since the early beginnings of this area, but it also lucidly and convincingly argues for the need for SLA researchers to widen the accepted agenda for research in this field by adopting a more multi-disciplinary and socially informed perspective. Baal News This book goes to the very heart of what SLA is ... The value of this book is its contribution to the debate about the objectives of SLA research. If the aim of those working within SLA is to better understand communicative competence it can surely only be a good thing as Block proposes to keep the interdisciplinary barriers down. Language Issues Makes an outstanding contribution to the field of Second Language Acquisition Research, as it not only provides an informed, critical overview of developments since the early beginnings of this area, but it also lucidly and convincingly argues for the need for SLA researchers to widen the accepted agenda for research in this field by adopting a more multi-disciplinary and socially informed perspective. This book goes to the very heart of what SLA is ... The value of this book is its contribution to the debate about the objectives of SLA research. If the aim of those working within SLA is to better understand communicative competence it can surely only be a good thing as Block proposes to keep the interdisciplinary barriers down.

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Book SynopsisThis is a comprehensive introduction to the study of older and present-day Scots language.Trade ReviewThis gaitherin o essays is a gey uissfu beuk for fowk mintin ti ken mair aboot the backgrun til Scots. A fine presentation of a matter of geolinguistic importance and especially the connection between identity politics and language Covers a number of topics with considerable depth and clarity A very lucid and accessible summary of the present state of knowledge and of the characteristics of this 'illustrious and malleable tongue' as R. L. Stevenson described it. This gaitherin o essays is a gey uissfu beuk for fowk mintin ti ken mair aboot the backgrun til Scots. A fine presentation of a matter of geolinguistic importance and especially the connection between identity politics and language Covers a number of topics with considerable depth and clarity A very lucid and accessible summary of the present state of knowledge and of the characteristics of this 'illustrious and malleable tongue' as R. L. Stevenson described it.Table of Contents1. A Brief History of Scots; John Corbett, J Derrick McClure, Jane Stuart-Smith; 2. Scottish Place-names; Margaret Scott; 3. Scottish Surnames; Carole Hough; 4. Studying Scots Vocabulary; Caroline Macafee; 5. Syntax and Discourse in Modern Scots; Jim Miller; 6. The Phonology of Modern Urban Scots; Jane Stuart-Smith; 7. The Phonology of Older Scots; Caroline Macafee, incorporating material from the late A.J. Aitken; 8. Corpus-based Study of Older Scots Grammar and Lexis; Anneli Meurman-Solin; 9. The Language of Older Scots Poetry; Jeremy J Smith; 10. The Language of Modern Scots Poetry; J. Derrick McClure; 11. The Scots Language Abroad; Michael Montgomery; 12. Language Planning and Modern Scots; John Corbett.

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Book SynopsisThe first truly multidisciplinary text of its kind, this book offers an original analysis of the current state of linguistic pragmatics.Trade ReviewThe strength of this book is in the systematic discussion of a new approach to pragmatics and assumptions concerning interrelations between neighbouring areas of inquiry. Multilingua Throughout this work, Cummings makes a strong, indeed persuasive, case for the reciprocal relationship between pragmatics and a number of other diverse disciplines, inculding artificial intelligence, cognitive science, linguistics, and philosophy! For all scholars working in pragmatics or interested in its influences, Cumming's text provides a rich addition to the field. The Modern Language Journal The relationships of pragmatics with other disciplines involving the study of language and cognition should become more widely understood. Cummings's book is an important effort toward accomplishing that objective. Cognitive Systems Research The volume will be a useful resource for anyone with an interest in pragmatics, its issues and related disciplines, from a general undergraduate audience to someone with specific scholarly interests. It serves to advance the status of linguistic pragmatics leading to real multidisciplinary prospects. Discourse Studies Pragmatics is complex and riven with fierce controversy - not so much a field as a minefield. In this excellent book, Louise Cummings provides a lucid guide to many of these disagreements. ! This is an outstanding book that will challenge students in exactly the right way. Times Higher Education Supplement Advancing several interesting arguments, Cumming's book offers fascinating reading for scholars of pragmatics Year's Work in English Studies The book makes a strong case for investigating pragmatics from a multidisciplinary perspective. Well written and insightful, it constitutes a valuable addition to the existing pragmatics literature The Asian EFL Quarterly One must mention the remarkable richness of the multidisciplinary material included in this book. It draws on wide-ranging data and insights from relevant fields that can inform and be informed by a theory of linguistic pragmatics... The book, however, is an essential reference for graduate studetns as well as scholars working in linguistic pragmatics and other related disciplines. -- Mohammed Farghal, Kuwait University Critical Enquiry in Language Studies An important contribution to reconsidering the current status of pragmatics. -- Aleksandar Carapic, General Limguistics, University of Belgrade Discourse Studies It functions like Levinson's seminal survey in contrasting and tying together historical strands of thought, examining explanations for how meaning interpretation works. This book, however, also suggests many new paths whereby pragmatic fields of investigation can be applied to other areas, such as exploring the ability of patients with neurological damage and schizophrenia to use implicature, or discussing how inferences are exploited in scientific reporting. The tone is serious and the base of scholarly research is evident throughout! an excellent choice for readers who want both more historical depth as well as a guide to the current breadth of scholarly work in pragmatics. -- Laurel Smith Stvan, University of Texas at Arlington Cognitive Linguistics The strength of this book is in the systematic discussion of a new approach to pragmatics and assumptions concerning interrelations between neighbouring areas of inquiry. Throughout this work, Cummings makes a strong, indeed persuasive, case for the reciprocal relationship between pragmatics and a number of other diverse disciplines, inculding artificial intelligence, cognitive science, linguistics, and philosophy! For all scholars working in pragmatics or interested in its influences, Cumming's text provides a rich addition to the field. The relationships of pragmatics with other disciplines involving the study of language and cognition should become more widely understood. Cummings's book is an important effort toward accomplishing that objective. The volume will be a useful resource for anyone with an interest in pragmatics, its issues and related disciplines, from a general undergraduate audience to someone with specific scholarly interests. It serves to advance the status of linguistic pragmatics leading to real multidisciplinary prospects. Pragmatics is complex and riven with fierce controversy - not so much a field as a minefield. In this excellent book, Louise Cummings provides a lucid guide to many of these disagreements. ! This is an outstanding book that will challenge students in exactly the right way. Advancing several interesting arguments, Cumming's book offers fascinating reading for scholars of pragmatics The book makes a strong case for investigating pragmatics from a multidisciplinary perspective. Well written and insightful, it constitutes a valuable addition to the existing pragmatics literature One must mention the remarkable richness of the multidisciplinary material included in this book. It draws on wide-ranging data and insights from relevant fields that can inform and be informed by a theory of linguistic pragmatics... The book, however, is an essential reference for graduate studetns as well as scholars working in linguistic pragmatics and other related disciplines. An important contribution to reconsidering the current status of pragmatics. It functions like Levinson's seminal survey in contrasting and tying together historical strands of thought, examining explanations for how meaning interpretation works. This book, however, also suggests many new paths whereby pragmatic fields of investigation can be applied to other areas, such as exploring the ability of patients with neurological damage and schizophrenia to use implicature, or discussing how inferences are exploited in scientific reporting. The tone is serious and the base of scholarly research is evident throughout! an excellent choice for readers who want both more historical depth as well as a guide to the current breadth of scholarly work in pragmatics.Table of Contents1. The Multidisciplinary Nature of Pragmatics; 2. Theories of Meaning; 3. Inferences; 4. Relevance Theory; 5. Pragmatics and Mind; 6. Argumentation and Fallacies of Reasoning; 7. Habermas and Pragmatics; 8. Artificial Intelligence and Pragmatics; 9. Language Pathology and Pragmatics; 10. Beyond Disciplines.

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Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive dictionary of the field of sociolinguistics, this is a valuable reference book for students and teachers of sociolinguistics, others concerned with the socially-oriented study of language and those with a professional interest in language.

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Book SynopsisThis textbook provides an introduction to a range of sociolinguistic theories and the insights they provide for a greater understanding of varieties of English, past and present.Table of Contents1. Do you speak English?; 2. English-speaking communities; 3. English as an act of identity; 4. Regional and social variation in English; 5. Change in English; 6. Contact; 7. English historical sociolinguistics; 8. Sociolinguistics and the structure of English.

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Book SynopsisBrings the study of writing to the heart of sociolinguistic inquiryThis book puts writing at the centre of sociolinguistic inquiry drawing on a range of academic fields including New Literacy Studies, semiotics, genre studies, stylistics and new rhetoric. The key question the book explores is- what do we mean by ''writing'' in the 21 century?Using examples from across a range of contexts the book argues that writing, involving both old and new technologies, is a pervasive and complex communicative feature of contemporary life.The book is organised around the following areas: The multimodal nature of writing The verbal dimension to writing. Writing as everyday practice. Writing as a differentiated semiotic and social resource. Writing as the inscription of identity A range of analytic tools for analysing writing as text and practice are illustrated including genre, register, discourse and metaphor, as well as notions which emphasise the mobile potential of writing such as genre chains, networks, literacy brokers and text trajectories. This book seeks to redress the neglect of writing in the field of sociolinguistics by introducing readers to the nature and consequences of what it means to do writing in a globalised world.Table of Contents1. Introduction: exploring writing; 2. Written texts - a question of mode?; 3. Inside written texts; 4. Writing as situated practice (1): Identity and performance; 5. Writing as situated practice (2): Participation, networks and resources; 6. What writing does for sociolinguistics; 7. Researching written texts and practices.

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Book SynopsisHave wireless mobile communication technologies changed the way people talk to one another? This volume takes a global perspective and provides readers with a nuanced, ethnographically-informed understanding of mobile communication and sociolinguistics. It contains a glossary of relevant terms.

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Book SynopsisThe book offers a close examination of cognition-in-interaction in three distinctive aspects: learning to teach, novice and expert teachers cognition, and interactive decision making. Book views cognition as a socially constructed and contextual process, and treats interaction as a framework that deals with psychological matters and visible way.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Chapter 1 Language teacher cognition: An overview; Chapter 2 Approaches to the study of teacher cognition; Chapter 3 Teacher cognition and Interaction; Chapter 4 Learning to teach and pre-service teacher cognition; Chapter 5 Developing expertise and in-service teacher cognition; Chapter 6 Interactive decision-making; Chapter 7 Understanding pedagogy; Chapter 8 Language teacher education.

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Book SynopsisA case study on Tanzania highlighting the theoretical and methodological approaches in sociolinguistics. It focuses on the influence of Ujamaa ideology on Swahili's formation, treatment, and implementation. It features updates to the discussions of code-switching and language policies and ideologies.

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Book SynopsisForegrounds the practical usefulness of bilingualism, with specific reference to talk organisation Research on bilingualism and on code-switching in particular has traditionally been geared towards rehabilitating bilingualism and bilingual language use. From being seen as a sign of lack of competence, code-switching is now seen as a sign of high competence in the languages involved. However, this rehabilitation of bilingualism raises an entirely new problem: Where to from here? How can the study of bilingualism continue to be interesting and relevant? In order to overcome the challenges the discipline faces as a result of its own success, here Joseph Gafaranga argues, the notion of bilingualism itself must be redefined. Bilingualism must be seen as consisting of diverse interactional practices and investigated as such. This book details the rehabilitation effort which has been undertaken to get us where we are today, proposes a methodology which can be used in moving forward and illustrates it with three case studies, all the while inviting other researchers to contribute to this new research direction. Key Features Demonstrates empirically how bilingualism can be thought of as a resource, drawing on data from a variety of sociolinguistic contexts Examines specific aspects of conversational organisation (such as turn-taking, sequence organisation, repair organisation) where language choice is used as a resource Investigates the role of language choice in bilingual conversation against the backdrop of clearly set out theoretical backgrounds

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Book SynopsisReviews and debates the theoretical approaches to evaluative morphology. This book maps the theoretical achievements in the field and offers innovative approaches to the major questions. Its discusses the scope of evaluative morphology, its formal, semantic, pragmatic, sociolinguistic and word formation issues and more.

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Book SynopsisOver the last half century many scholars have recorded, analysed and theorised language death. This book presents a theoretical and methodological analysis of whether language death and dialect death can be considered aspects of the same phenomenon.

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Book SynopsisThis is the first of two companion volumes which examine language use and language attitudes in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Russia, focusing on the transitional period from the Enlightenment to the age of Pushkin. Set against the background of the rapid transformation of Russia into a major European power, the two volumes of French and Russian in Imperial Russia consider the functions of multilingualism and the use of French as a prestige language among the elite, as well as the benefits of Franco-Russian bilingualism and the anxieties to which it gave rise. This first volume provides insight into the development of the practice of speaking and writing French at the Russian court and among the Russian nobility from the mid-eighteenth century to the mid-nineteenth century. It examines linguistic practice, the use of French in Russia in various spheres, domains and genres, as well as the interplay between the two languages. Including examples of French lexical influence on Russian, this volume takes a sociolinguistic interest in language choice, code-switching and the degree to which the language community being observed was bilingual or diglossic.A comprehensive and original contribution to the multidisciplinary study of language, the two volumes address, from a historical viewpoint, subjects of relevance to sociolinguists (especially bilingualism and multilingualism), social and cultural historians (social and national identity, linguistic and cultural borrowing), Slavists (the relationship of Russian and western culture) and students of the European Enlightenment, Neo-Classicism, Romanticism and cultural nationalism.

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Book SynopsisThis is the first of two companion volumes which examine language use and language attitudes in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Russia, focusing on the transitional period from the Enlightenment to the age of Pushkin. Set against the background of the rapid transformation of Russia into a major European power, the two volumes of French and Russian in Imperial Russia consider the functions of multilingualism and the use of French as a prestige language among the elite, as well as the benefits of Franco-Russian bilingualism and the anxieties to which it gave rise. This first volume, Language Use among the Russian Elite, provides insight into the development of the practice of speaking and writing French at the Russian court and among the Russian nobility from the mid-eighteenth century to the mid-nineteenth century. It examines linguistic practice, the use of French in Russia in various spheres, domains and genres, as well as the interplay between the two languages. Including examples of French lexical influence on Russian, this volume takes a sociolinguistic interest in language choice, code-switching and the degree to which the language community being observed was bilingual or diglossic. A comprehensive and original contribution to the multidisciplinary study of language, the two volumes address, from a historical viewpoint, subjects of relevance to sociolinguists (especially bilingualism and multilingualism), social and cultural historians (social and national identity, linguistic and cultural borrowing), Slavists (the relationship of Russian and western culture) and students of the European Enlightenment, Neo-Classicism, Romanticism and cultural nationalism.

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Book SynopsisThis project is the culmination of 7 years of research into Russian-speaking identities in Latvia. Covering a period up to and including the Ukrainian crises of 2014, the research examines the complex relationships between diverse groups of Russian speakers, the Latvian state, the Russian Federation, and Latvia's political and cultural spaces.

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Book Synopsis10 years after the eruption of the Arab revolutions, El Mustapha Lahlali explores the dialectical relationship between discourse and social change during and post the conflict. In particular, the book examines how Arabic public and political discourse shapes and is shaped by the wider social, cultural and political environment. Analysing the dialogue of various actors, Islamic parties and stakeholder ? as well as marginalised voices ? Arabic Political Discourse in Transition identifies the key linguistic strategies and features used to frame, represent and position oneself at times of conflict.

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Book SynopsisExamines language and identity in Egypt using theories from discourse analysis and sociolinguistics. This book offers a study of identity in modern Egyptian public discourse. It helps us to decode and understand the messages put forward by the competing factions in Egyptian politics.

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Book SynopsisOffers students with an overview of the field of institutional discourse, introducing the key theorists including Foucault, Habermas, Weber, Giddens, Althusser and Gramsci, among others. This book covers a range of institutional contexts including the workplace, the media, prison, courtroom and academia.Trade ReviewStudents of CDA with an interest in multimodal analysis will find this book specially useful. Its broad treatment of discourse to include all aspects of semiotic activity, from the use of photos in news stories to the visual design of war monuments, provides concrete case studies that help introduce key concepts in the study of language and power. -- Adam Hodges, Department of Linguistics, University of Colorado, USALanguage and Power offers an innovative and intriguing blend of socio-historical criticism and textual analysis. Applying critical discourse analysis to a range of discourse types the authors display its potential to the full with a series of thought-provoking and illuminating readings. All serious students of institutional discourse will want to engage with this book. -- Dr Martin Montgomery, Department of English Studies, University of Strathclyde, UKMention -Book News, February 2009Briefly reviewed in the Year's work in English Studies journal, vol 89, No. 1Language and Power is a collection of case studies investigating language and power in four institutional settings in "new capitalism": the university, the prison, the media and the military... The book achieves its aim of providing a "readable and comprehensive introduction to language and power in institutions"... It touches on novel institutional contexts, introduces a broad set of analytical tools and is sure to stimulate controversial discussions and interesting student research if used as seminar reading. -- Felicitas Macgilchrist, Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research * Journal of Language and Politics *Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Institutional Discourse / Approaches to the analysis of institutional discourse; 3. University Discourse; 4. Prison Discourse; 5. News as Institutional Discourse: Commercialization in the Press; 6. Multiculturalism in the Regional Press through the Language of Capitalism; 7. War memorials; 8. Defense Speeches; 9. How to Analyse Institutional Discourse.

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Book SynopsisWhat terms are currently up for debate in Indian society? How have their meanings changed over time? This book highlights key words for modern India in everyday usage as well as in scholarly contexts. Encompassing over 250 key words across a wide range of topics, including aesthetics and ceremony, gender, technology and economics, past memories and future imaginaries, these entries introduce some of the basic concepts that inform the ''cultural unconscious'' of the Indian subcontinent in order to translate them into critical tools for literary, political, cultural and cognitive studies. Inspired by Raymond Williams'' pioneering exploration of English culture and society through the study of keywords, Keywords for India brings together more than 200 leading sub-continental scholars to form a polyphonic collective. Their sustained engagement with an incredibly diverse set of words enables a fearless interrogation of the panoply, the multitude, the shape-shifter that is ''India''.Trade ReviewThis book delineates concepts that dive into the depths of realism, imagery, life experiences, and the ever-evolving cognition that is both conscious and unconscious in the Indian thought process and psyche. Keywords for India introduces the finer nuances of India to the world. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty. * CHOICE *Trying to capture the soul of a country in key words, particularly if that country is as immense and ancient as India, is a daring task. The extraordinary fact is that the authors of Keywords for India accomplish it brilliantly. This is an exciting tour guided by the most knowledgeable guides into a fascinating country in which the monuments and landscapes are words. A truly unique book. * Boaventura de Sousa Santos, Professor of Sociology, University of Coimbra, Portugal and Distinguished Legal Scholar, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA *At last, a book that examines keywords in everyday use in contemporary India in all their complexity and depth. This is not only a magnificent linguistic atlas. It provides an enormously rich constellation of essays exploring the new imaginative connotations, febrile controversies and critical self-reflections with which India takes part in the global communications revolution of the 21st century. A landmark study, extraordinarily useful for a wide range of disciplines as well as to the general reading public. * Caroline Humphrey, Emeritus Sigrid Rausing Professor of Anthropology, University of Cambridge, UK *I am in awe of Keywords for India. Its brilliant editors, Rukmini Bhaya Nair and Peter Ronald deSouza, and its over 200 contributors are indispensable guides to one of the world's most historic and crucial cultures. This book is a gift from that culture. * Catharine R. Stimpson, University Professor and Dean Emerita, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, New York University, USA *Table of Contents1. Acronyms 2. Affect Terms/Rasa 3. Arts and Aesthetics 4. Culture Words 5. Economic Mantras 6. Everyday Objects and Material Culture 7. Festivals and Ceremonial Occasions 8. Food and Beverage 9. Gender 10. Gods, Saints and Others 11. Group Identities 12. Iconic Proper Names and Honorifics 13. Boundaries: Geographical, Kinship and Taboo Words 14. Language Descriptions 15. New Vocabularies and Borrowings 16. Politics/Rajniti 17. Post-Independence Social Movements 18. Tech Terms

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Book SynopsisBritta Schneider is Junior Professor of Language Use and Migration at Europa-Universität Viadrina, Germany.Theresa Heyd is Chair of English Linguistics at Universität Greifswald, Germany.General Editor: Mario SaraceniTrade ReviewBloomsbury World Englishes provides a modern variationist approach to research in Englishes that shifts from traditional descriptive research on formal nation state varieties and recognizes the breadth of variation within any community of speech. It celebrates variation and offers a more accurate understanding of these ever-changing languages that serves distinct and overlapping communities. * Elizabeth Winkler, Professor of Linguistics, Western Kentucky University, USA *Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors Introduction, Britta Schneider (Europa-Universität Viadrina, Germany) and Theresa Heyd (Universität Greifswald, Germany) Part 1: Reflecting Research Paradigms of World Englishes 1. World Englishes: Approaches, Models and Methodology, Kingsley Bolton (Stockholm University, Sweden) 2. World Englishes: From Methodological Nationalism to a Global Perspective, Christian Mair (University of Freiburg) 3. The Role of Gender in the Study of World Englishes, Tamara M. Valentine (University of Nevada, Reno, USA) 4. The Role of Corpora in World Englishes Research, Claudia Lange (Technische Universität Dresden, Germany) 5. Register in World Englishes Research, Axel Bohmann (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany) Part 2: Postnational Framings, Discourses and Perspectives 6. Translingualism and World Englishes, Suresh Canagarajah (Pennsylvania State University, USA) and Jerry Won Lee(University of California, Irvine) 7. English-Speaking Diasporas, Susanne Mühleisen (University of Bayreuth, Germany) 8. English and Social Media: Translingual Englishes, Identities and Linguascapes, Sender Dovchin (Curtin University, Australia) and Rhonda Oliver (Curtin University, Australia) 9. Neoliberalism and the Global Spread of English: A Korean Case, Jinhyun Cho (Macquarie University, Australia) Part 3: Empirical Cases: Transnational Ties and New Localizations 10. Ship English of the Early Colonial Atlantic, Sally J. Delgado (University of Puerto Rico at Cayey, Puerto Rico) 11. Jewish Englishes in the United States and Beyond: An Ethnolinguistic Repertoire Approach, Sarah Bunin Benor (Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion, USA) 12. English in Global Pop Music, Michael Westphal (Kiel University, Germany) and Lisa Jansen (University of Münster, Germany) 13. Non-Postcolonial Englishes in East Asia: Focus on Korean Popular Music, Sofia Rüdiger (University of Bayreuth, Germany) 14. Digital Englishes and Transcultural Flows, Jennifer Dailey-O’Cain (University of Alberta, Canada) 15. Diasporic Englishes in the United States: The Case of Nigerian Digital Communication, Mirka Honkanen (University of Freiburg, Germany) 16. English in the Maghreb, Camille Jacob (University of Portsmouth, UK) 17. When Africans Meet Chinese: Is Calculator Communication a Form of World Englishes, Dewei Che (University of Vienna, Austria) and Adams Bodomo (University of Vienna, Austria) Index

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Book SynopsisYasemin Bayyurt is Professor of Applied Linguistics at Bogaziçi University, Turkey.General Editor: Mario SaraceniTrade ReviewBloomsbury World Englishes provides a modern variationist approach to research in Englishes that shifts from traditional descriptive research on formal nation state varieties and recognizes the breadth of variation within any community of speech. It celebrates variation and offers a more accurate understanding of these ever-changing languages that serves distinct and overlapping communities. * Elizabeth Winkler, Professor of Linguistics, Western Kentucky University, USA *Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors Prologue, Jennifer Jenkins (University of Southampton, UK) and Lucilla Lopriore (Roma Tre University, Italy) Introduction, Yasemin Bayyurt (Bogaziçi University, Turkey) Part 1: General Principles 1. Incorporating Ontological Reflection into Teacher Education about English for Global Learners: A Rationale and some Guiding Principles, Chris Hall (York St John University, UK) 2. English Language Development in the Global Classroom: Revisiting Key Constructs of Second Language Acquisition Theory, Dustin Crowther (University of Hawai’i at Manoa, USA) 3. Moving from Conceptualizations to Implementation of a Global Englishes Perspective in ELT: Critical Issues in Pedagogy, Seran Dogançay-Aktuna (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, USA) and Joel Hardman (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, USA) 4. World Englishes, English as a Lingua Franca and ELT Materials: A Critical Perspective, Paola Vettorel (University of Verona, Italy) 5. Materials and Activities in Teaching English as a Global Language: Using Online Resources to Stimulate Innovation, Mona Syrbe (Rikkyo University, Japan) and Heath Rose (University of Oxford, UK) Part 2: Native Speakerism 6. Negotiating Nativespeakerism in TESOL Curriculum Innovation, Nicola Galloway (University of Glasgow, UK) 7. Beyond ‘Native’ and ‘Non-Native’ English-Speaking Teachers: Teacher Identity and the Knowledge Base of Global Englishes Language Teachers, Ali Fuad Selvi (METU Northern Cyprus Campus, Cyprus) and Bedrettin Yazan (University of Texas, San Antonio, USA) 8. Re-Conceptualizing (Non-)Native English Speakers within the Paradigm of Teaching English as an International Language, Aya Matsuda (Arizona State University, USA) 9. Tackling Native-Speakerism through ELF-Aware Pedagogy, Rob Lowe (Tokyo Kasei University, Japan) and Marek Kiczkowiak (TEFL Equity Advocates & Academy, Leuven, Belgium) Part 3: English as a Medium Of Instruction 10. Teaching WE and ELF in EMI from an ELF Perspective: A Case Study at a University in the Expanding Circle, Kumiko Murata (Waseda University, Japan) 11. Implementing Critical Pedagogy of Global Englishes in ELT in Asia from the Lens of EMI and Intercultural Citizenship, Fan Fang (Shantou University, China) and Will Baker (University of Southampton, UK) 12. Problematizing EMI Programs in Turkish Higher Education: Voices from Stakeholders, Dilek Inal (Istanbul University- Cerrahpasa, Turkey), Yasemin Bayyurt (Bogaziçi University, Turkey) and Feza Kerestecioglu (Kadir Has University, Turkey) 13. A Critical View of Globalization within the Expanded Role of EMI in Japan: Case Study of an Actual Implementation, Jim D'Angelo (Chukyo University, Nagoya, Japan) Part 4: Focus on Specific Contexts 14. The Impact of World Englishes and English as a Lingua Franca in Tertiary Education in the Expanding Circle, Enric Llurda (University of Lleida, Spain) and Guzman Mancho-Barés (University of Lleida, Spain) 15. World Englishes and Critical Pedagogy: Reflections on Paulo Freire’s Contributions to the Brazilian National English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) Curriculum, Savio Siqueira (Bahia Federal University, Brazil) and Telma Gimenez (Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Brazil) 16. Teaching English from a Critical Intercultural Perspective: An Experience with Afro Colombian and Indigenous Students, Claudia Gutiérrez (University of Washington, USA), Janeth Ortiz and Jaime Usma (Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia) 17. English Medium Instruction and Language Planning in Post-Colonial Contexts: Implications for Heritage Language Development, Nkoko Kamwangamalu (Howard University, Washington, USA) Index

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Book SynopsisNatalia Knoblock is Assistant Professor of English at Saginaw Valley State University, USA.Trade ReviewLanguage of Conflict is an innovative as well as an insightful book. ... It will be of use and value to those who are interested in discourse and communication of the Ukrainian crisis. * Journal of Language and Politics *Linguists, sociologists, psychologists, and political scientists [...] will greatly benefit from reading this volume [...] A precious source of information for anybody wishing to better understand the essence of the current military aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. * Language in Society *This book offers a powerful examination of the current state of affairs in Ukraine, helping us to understand the relationship between language and society in a time of crisis. In this in-depth exploration, authors demonstrate modern approaches through focusing on different kinds of manipulations with truth and public opinion. This book reveals the divergent views and different levels of society as a step to better understanding Ukraine. * Olga Brusylovska, Professor of International Relations, Odessa I. I. Mechnikov National University, Ukraine *This is an essential read for those interested in discourse and communication of the Ukrainian crisis. The chapters in Knoblock’s collection analyse the various dimensions of verbal aggression in the time of a key conflict in Eastern Europe on the basis of a wide variety of sources and in different languages. As a whole, Language of Conflict: Discourses of the Ukrainian Crisis transcends its specific geographic focus by providing a nuanced, state-of-the-art perspective on the still under-explored field of conflict in discourse, as well as discourse of conflict. * Massimiliano Demata, Associate Professor of English Linguistics, University of Turin, Italy *Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction, Natalia Knoblock 1. Discourses of Conflict: Cross-Linguistic Corpus-Assisted Comparative Discourse Study of Russian and Ukrainian Parliamentary Debates of 2014, Tatyana Karpenko-Seccombe 2. Metaphor, Identity and Conflict in Political Discourse: A Case Study of President Poroshenko and President Putin’s Speeches, Liudmila Arcimaviciene 3. The Image of the Ukrainian Crisis in the Polish-Language Media in Ukraine, Ewa Szkdlarek-Smiechowicz and Izabela Blaszczyk 4. Blended Names in the Discussions of Ukrainian Crisis, Natalia Beliaeva and Natalia Knoblock 5. The Antagonistic Discourses of the Euromaidan: Koloradi, Sovki, and Vatniki vs. Jumpers, Maidowns, and Panheads, Olga Baysha 6. The Ukrainian Nation – Stepmother, Younger Sister or Stillborn Baby? Evidence from Russian TV Debates and Related Political Sources (2013-2015), Daniel Weiss 7. Who are ‘They’ for Ukrainians in Ukraine and in the Diaspora? Othering in Political Discourse, Natalia Beliaeva and Corinne A. Seals 8. Discursive Practices in Online Media: Language Ideologies in Ukraine in a Time of Crisis, Alla Nedashkivska 9. Unrecognized Holidays: Old and New ‘State’ Traditions in the Self-Proclaimed Republics in the East of Ukraine, Yulia Abibok 10. Andriy Biletsky’s Ukrainian Order: Discourse, Actions, and Prospects of Democracy in Ukraine, Halyna Mokrushyna 11. The Art of the Insult: (Re)Creating Zaporizhian Cossacks’ Letter-Writing on YouTube as Collective Creative Insurgency, Alla Tovares 12. Non-Violent Humorous Resistance to Actual Fear in Texts of Blogs of Post-Maidan Ukraine (Linguistic-Pragmatic Aspects), Yaroslava Sazonova 13. Collective Representations of Ukrainian Refugees in the Russian and Ukrainian Press: A ‘Burden’ or a ‘Gain’? Ludmilla A’Beckett Index

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Book SynopsisSociocultural research has long recognized the necessity of sustained interpersonal interaction for language development. However, less is known about the underlying relationships that promote language acquisition and their relevance for language classrooms. Presenting cutting-edge research on social networks and their applications in language teaching, this book explores the relationships that mediate language learning in and out of classrooms. Highlighting the complexity of language in multilingual contexts, chapters engage social network analysis to understand the role of instructional practices, socialization, motivation, language status, online communications technology, and language policies in the development of social resources for language learning. Discussing popular language teaching frameworks such as translanguaging, Social Networks in Language Learning and Language Teaching provides a nuanced account of the influences of social context on language learning, exploTrade ReviewA much welcome addition to the field, presenting studies within a single cohesive volume of diverse learners across different learning contexts. They showcase various approaches and methods which richly highlight the scope of investigation in the study of social networks and language learning. * Martin Howard, Associate Dean (Global), College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences, University College Cork, Ireland *Table of ContentsList of Contributors Acknowledgements 1. Social Network Analysis and its Application in Applied Linguistics, Avary Carhill-Poza and Naomi Kurata Part I: Immigrant Children and Adolescents’ Social Networks in School Settings 2. The Social Networks of Adolescent Emergent Bilinguals in High School, Avary Carhill-Poza 3. Social Networks and Patterns of Participation in Linguistically Heterogeneous Classrooms, Amanda Kibler, Lauren Molloy Elreda, Vonna Hemmler, Alexis Rutt, Sydney Cadogan and Betina Fuentes 4. Social Networks with Purpose: Heritage Language Networks of Practice Among Transnational and Transcultural Japanese Youth in Sydney, Kaya Oriyama Part II: Out-of-Class Social Networks of University Students in Home-Country Settings 5. The Effects of Social Networks on L2 Experiences and Motivation: A Longitudinal Case Study of a University Student of Japanese in Australia, Naomi Kurata 6. Changing Informal Language Learning Networks in a Gulf Arab Community, David M. Palfreyman 7. How Do Social Networks Facilitate Out-of-Class L2 Learning Activities?: Case Studies of Australian and Swedish University Students of Japanese, Miho Inaba Part III: Social Networks in Study Abroad Contexts 8. Implementing Mental Contrasting to Improve English Language Learner Social Networks, Hannah Trimble-Brown, Dan P. Dewey, Vashti Lee and Dennis L. Eggett 9. Developing Friendship or Practicing Japanese? Differential Impacts of Language Pledge on Study Abroad Students, Atsushi Hasegawa 10. Social Network Development and Language Learning in Multilingual Study Abroad Contexts: Case Studies of Japanese Adolescents, Levi Durbidge Concluding Discussion 11. A Social Network Perspective on Language Teaching, Avary Carhill-Poza and Naomi Kurata Index

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Book SynopsisSituated at the interface between study abroad and second language acquisition research, this book adopts a threefold thematic focus to study abroad and the language learner, investigating learner beliefs about study abroad, learner experiences of study abroad in relation to a range of individual, cultural and social factors, and the nature of learner development while abroad at an intercultural, personal and linguistic level. Chapters present studies of learners in different geographical contexts, with different first and second language combinations. The studies draw on different methodologies, incorporating quantitative, qualitative and mixed-method approaches. Presenting findings with implications for learner preparation, expectations and support during study abroad, and highlighting developmental issues within second language acquisition, Study Abroad and the Second Language Learner will be of interest to all study abroad and second language acquisition researchers, as welTrade ReviewThis volume provides both practical advice and necessary correction to the often-touted claim that studying abroad will lead to better proficiency than had the student remained at the home institution, taking comparable language courses. In doing so, this volume provides invaluable direction for program coordinators and students alike in bridging the gap between the myth of guaranteed language proficiency and the reality that students face while studying abroad. * LINGUIST List *Offering an in-depth and fascinating insight into student expectations of study abroad, study abroad experiences and linguistic and intercultural development during study abroad, this edited volume represents a treasure of innovative scholarship. A must-read for stay abroad and second language acquisition researchers, as also for program organisers and language instructors! * Anne Barron, Professor of English Linguistics, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany *This research-inspired volume makes a valuable contribution to the literature on study abroad (SA), raising awareness of the multifarious individual and external elements that can affect learner development (e.g., second language acquisition, identity, intercultural competence) in diverse SA programmes in various parts of the world. * Jane Jackson, Professor Emerita, The Chinese University of Hong Kong *An excellent new contribution to study abroad research, covering experiences of specialist and non-specialist language learners. The focus on expectations and experience is especially welcome as we move away from a narrow focus on language gains to a more nuanced understanding of individual development in study abroad. * Phil Benson, Professor of Applied Linguistics, Macquarie University, Australia *Table of ContentsList of Contributors Acknowledgements Study Abroad and the Second Language Learner: An Introduction, Martin Howard 1. The Legal Framework of Student Mobility:How Public Law Makes the Erasmus Programme Possible, Luca Galli 2. Should I Stay or Should I Go? Factors that Influence One’s Decision to Participate in a Student Mobility Programme, Katarzyna Ozanska-Ponikwia and Angélica Carlet 3. Study Abroad Marketing and L2 Self-Efficacy Beliefs, Emre Güvendir, Meltem Acar-Güvendir and Sinem Dündar 4. Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Quantity, Type and Quality of Language Contact during Study Abroad, Jessica Briggs Baffoe-Djan and Siyang Zhou 5. Study Abroad for Secondary and Higher Education Students: Differences and Similarities in their Interaction with the Learning Environment, Sofía Moratinos-Johnston, Maria Juan-Garau and Joana Salazar Noguera 6. Assessing the Impact of Educational Support Abroad on Sojourners’ Interactional Contacts, L2 Acquisition and Intercultural Development, Ana Maria Moreno Bruna, July De Wilde, June Eyckmans and Patrick Goethals 7. The Complex Challenges of Delivering a University-Wide Intercultural Mentoring Program for Study Abroad Students, Susan Oguro and Annie Cottier 8. Tapping into Self-Regulation in Study Abroad Contexts: A Pilot Study, Kata Csizér, Miroslaw Pawlak, Vanda Szatzker and Kitti Erdö-Bonyár 9. Structure and Agency in the Development of Plurilingual Identities in Study Abroad, Josep M. Cots, Rosamond Mitchell and Ana Beaven 10. Learning Multiword Expressions in a Second Language during Study Abroad: The Role of Individual Differences, Klara Arvidsson 11. When in One’s New Country: Examining Native-Like Selections in English at Home and Abroad, Victoria Zaytseva, Imma Miralpeix and Carmen Pérez-Vidal 12. The Role of Transparency in Grammatical-Gender Marking among Stay-Abroad Learners of Spanish and French, Amanda Edmonds and Aarnes Gudmestad Index

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Book SynopsisBloomsbury World Englishes offers a comprehensive and rigorous description of the facts, implications and contentious issues regarding the forms and functions of English in the world. International experts cover a diverse range of varieties and topics, offering a more accurate understanding of English across the globe and the various social contexts in which it plays a significant role. With volumes dedicated to research paradigms, language ideologies and pedagogies, the collection pushes the boundaries of the field to go beyond traditional descriptive paradigms and contribute to moving research agendas forward. Volume 1: Paradigms analyzes the ways in which we make sense of English as a global language, its many varieties and how these come into contact and interact with other languages. It moves the field beyond existing models' that are no longer sufficient to describe English(es) in the era of globalization.Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors Introduction, Britta Schneider (Europa-Universität Viadrina, Germany) and Theresa Heyd (Universität Greifswald, Germany) Part 1: Reflecting Research Paradigms of World Englishes 1. World Englishes: Approaches, Models and Methodology, Kingsley Bolton (Stockholm University, Sweden) 2. World Englishes: From Methodological Nationalism to a Global Perspective, Christian Mair (University of Freiburg) 3. The Role of Gender in the Study of World Englishes, Tamara M. Valentine (University of Nevada, Reno, USA) 4. The Role of Corpora in World Englishes Research, Claudia Lange (Technische Universität Dresden, Germany) 5. Register in World Englishes Research, Axel Bohmann (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany) Part 2: Postnational Framings, Discourses and Perspectives 6. Translingualism and World Englishes, Suresh Canagarajah (Pennsylvania State University, USA) and Jerry Won Lee(University of California, Irvine) 7. English-Speaking Diasporas, Susanne Mühleisen (University of Bayreuth, Germany) 8. English and Social Media: Translingual Englishes, Identities and Linguascapes, Sender Dovchin (Curtin University, Australia) and Rhonda Oliver (Curtin University, Australia) 9. Neoliberalism and the Global Spread of English: A Korean Case, Jinhyun Cho (Macquarie University, Australia) Part 3: Empirical Cases: Transnational Ties and New Localizations 10. Ship English of the Early Colonial Atlantic, Sally J. Delgado (University of Puerto Rico at Cayey, Puerto Rico) 11. Jewish Englishes in the United States and Beyond: An Ethnolinguistic Repertoire Approach, Sarah Bunin Benor (Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion, USA) 12. English in Global Pop Music, Michael Westphal (University of Münster, Germany) and Lisa Jansen (University of Münster, Germany) 13. Non-Postcolonial Englishes in East Asia: Focus on Korean Popular Music, Sofia Rüdiger (University of Bayreuth, Germany) 14. Digital Englishes and Transcultural Flows, Jennifer Dailey-O’Cain (University of Alberta, Canada) 15. Diasporic Englishes in the United States: The Case of Nigerian Digital Communication, Mirka Honkanen (University of Freiburg, Germany) 16. English in the Maghreb, Camille Jacob (University of Portsmouth, UK) 17. When Africans Meet Chinese: Is Calculator Communication a Form of World Englishes, Dewei Che (University of Vienna, Austria) and Adams Bodomo (University of Vienna, Austria) Index

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Book SynopsisRani Rubdy is an independent researcher. Ruanni Tupas is Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, UK. General Editor: Mario Saraceni, University of Portsmouth, UKTable of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors Introduction, Mario Saraceni (University of Portsmouth, UK), Rani Rubdy (Independent Researcher) and Ruanni Tupas (University College London, UK) Part 1: Theoretical Understandings of Global English 1. Entanglements of English, Alastair Pennycook (University of Technology Sydney, Australia) 2. Capital and the Hegemony of English in a Capitalist World-System, John P. O’Regan (University College London, UK) 3. ‘The Tide is Coming in Fast’: Ideologies of English, Global Linguistic Coloniality and Decolonial Pluriversalingualism, Ahmed Kabel (Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco) 4. World Englishes and the Commodification of Language, Joseph Sung-Yul Park (National University of Singapore, Singapore) and Lionel Wee (National University of Singapore, Singapore) 5. Examining and Overcoming the Theory/Practice Divide in World Englishes, Ryuko Kubota (University of British Columbia, Canada) Part 2: Unpacking Ideologies of English 6. Linguaculture, Cultural Travel, Native-Speakerism and Small Culture Formation on the Go: Working up from Instances, Adrian Holliday (Canterbury Christ Church University, UK) 7. Ideology, Identity, and World Englishes: Toward a Heteroglossic Framework, Jerry Won Lee (University of California, Irvine, USA) and Christopher Jenks (Aalborg University, Denmark) 8. Interrogating Race in the NEST/NNEST Ideological Dichotomy: Insights from Raciolinguistics, Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy and Translanguaging, Peter De Costa (Michigan State University, USA), Curtis Green-Eneix (Michigan State University, USA), Wendy Li (Nagoya University of Commerce and Business, Japan) and Hima Rawal (Michigan State University, USA) 9. Translingual Englishes and the Psychological Damage of Global English, Sender Dovchin (Curtin University, Australia), Rhonda Oliver (Curtin University, Australia) and Jaya Dantas (Curtin University, Australia) Part 3: Ideological Pluralities of English 10. Ideological Plurality: English in Policy and Practice in India, Usree Bhattacharya (University of Georgia, USA) and Ajit K. Mohanty (University of Western Ontario, Canada) 11. Challenging the Economic and Cultural Currency of English, Nathan John Albury (Leiden University, the Netherlands) 12. “We’re a Nation that Speaks English”: Language Ideology and Discrimination in the US English Only Movement, Rachele Lawton (Community College of Baltimore County, USA) 13. Conflicting Language Ideologies About What Counts as “English” in the Brazilian National Common Core Curriculum: Arenas for Permanences and Disruptions, Paula Szundy (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Part 4: The Local Politics of Global English 14. Non-Localizable vs Localizable English:New Linguistic Hierarchies in ‘Democratising’ English in Spanish Education, Eva Codó (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain) 15. Probing ‘Erasure’ for Transnational Language Policy and Practice: English amongst Multilingual Ismaili Muslims in Northern Pakistan and Eastern Tajikistan, Brook Bolander (Monash University, Australia) 16. Taiwan and Mandarin-English Bilingualism: International Competition and Competing Colonialisms, Funie Hsu (San José State University, USA) 17. Exploring Contested Language Ideologies in Kiribati, Indika Liyanage (Deakin University, Australia) and Tony Walker (Deakin University, Australia) Index

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive and up-to-date sociodialectological study of North East Vernacular English

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Book SynopsisDavid Block is ICREA Research Professor in Sociolinguistics at the University of Lleida, Spain. His main interests are the impact of political economic, sociological, anthropological and geographical phenomena on multimodal practices of all kinds, including social movements, multiculturalism, bi/multilingualism and the acquisition and use of languages.Trade ReviewPolitical Economy and Sociolinguistics: Neoliberalism, Inequality and Social Class is written in Block’s readable style and is suitable for graduate student level research and above. Through the initial three theoretical chapters which dissect the principle concepts of the book, Block succeeds in providing a strong foundation for the analyses that follow. The accessible case studies and succinct discussions will be of use to educators wishing to demonstrate to students of all levels the prevalence and depth of the discursive construction of neoliberalism, inequality, and ‘classtalk’ in ‘western’ societies. It will also be of interest to linguists hoping to integrate political economy in their research, particularly those seeking a history and a firm theoretical foundation in the area. This book is particularly necessary at this juncture in time, when market rule appears absolute, and with the rise of far-right parties and groups across Europe and North America ... The book calls for increased collaboration between linguists interested in political economy and economists of language, bridging the ontological and epistemological differences in each field. * LINGUIST List *This represents an important project which could both fill a gap and chime with the growing interest in political economy in language disciplines. Given that the author is a leading writer in the field, the book will undoubtedly sell well and may possibly become something of a landmark piece in the ‘political economy’ turn in sociolinguistics. -- Marnie Holborow, Associate Faculty, School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies (SALIS), Dublin City University, IrelandTable of ContentsPreface 1. A short history of political economy in sociolinguistics 2. Political economy: Background and approach 3. Neoliberalism: Historical and conceptual considerations 4. Stratification, inequality and social class 5. The neoliberal citizen: conceptualisations and contexts 6. Inequality, class and class warfare: Discourse, ideology and ‘truth’ Epilogue References Index

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Book SynopsisCombining corpus linguistics and discourse analysis, this book draws on a range of spoken and written data collected from a variety of contexts. With coverage of both theory and practice, this book is a key resource for educators and postgraduate students.

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Book SynopsisCombining corpus linguistics and discourse analysis, this book draws on a range of spoken and written data collected from a variety of contexts. With coverage of both theory and practice, this book is a key resource for educators and postgraduate students.

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Book SynopsisThe first of two workbooks aimed at upper-intermediate and advanced learners of English (CEFR B1-C2) to promote interactional language awareness and develop active listening skills.

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Book SynopsisThese workbooks are aimed at upper-intermediate and advanced learners of English (CEFR B1-C2) to promote interactional language awareness and develop active listening skills.

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Book SynopsisPublished in honour of Professor Yasir Suleiman, this collection acknowledges his contribution to the field of language and society in general, and to that of language analysis of socio-political realities in the Middle East in particular.

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Book SynopsisPost-Soviet Russia was a period of linguistic liberalisation, instability and change with varied attempts to regulate and legislate language usage. This book looks at how these debates featured in literature and illustrates the discussion through six interpretive readings of post-Soviet Russian prose.

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Book SynopsisExploring the role of multiple forms of contact in determining the history of Spanish.

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Book SynopsisDrawing on the resources created by the Institute of Historical Dialectology at the University of Edinburgh this volume illustrates how traditional methods of historical dialectology can benefit from new methods of data-collection to test out theoretical and empirical claims.

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