Sociolinguistics Books

Book SynopsisLanguage matters in international relations. Constructivists have contributed the insight that global politics is shaped by the way agents narrate history and produce discourses about themselves and about the world. This insight has induced a profound reexamination of assumptions in the study of international relations. The contributors to this volume examine (Part I) the critical linguistic/discursive techniques of postmodernists and constructivists, and apply them (Part II) to international relations.Table of ContentsI: The Linguistic Turn; 1: Language, Nonfoundationalism, International Relations; 2: Parsing Personal Identity: Self, Other, Agent; 3: Constructivist International Relations Theory and the Semantics of Performative Language; 4: Breaking the Silence: Language and Method in International Relations; 5: Three Ways of Spilling Blood; II: Language, Agency, and Politics; 6: Real Interdependence: Discursivity and Concursivity in International Politics; 7: Criticism and Form: Speech Acts, Normativity, and the Postcolonial Gaze; 8: The Difference that Language-Power Makes: Solving the Puzzle of the Suez Crisis; 9: Conflicting Narratives, Conflicting Moralities: The United Nations and the Failure of Humanitarian Intervention; 10: Language, Rules, and Order: The Westpolitik Debate of Adenauer and Schumacher; 11: “Ce n'est pas une Guerre/This Is Not a War”: The International Language and Practice of Political Violence

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Book SynopsisThis book brings together the work of leading theorist, Theo van Leeuwen, on typography, colour, texture, sound and movement, and shows how they are used to communicate identity, both corporate and individual. The book provides a detailed approach to analysing the key elements of multimodal style, and shows how these can be applied to a wide range of domains, including typography, product design, architecture, and animation films.Combining sociological insights into contemporary forms of identity with multimodal approaches to analysing how these identities are expressed, the text is richly illustrated with examples from fashion, the built environment, logos, modern art and more. With sample analyses, this user-friendly text provides clear methods for analysis and creative strategies for the practice of multimodal communication.Providing an invaluable toolkit to analysing the key elements of multimodal design and the way they work together, this book is essential readinTrade Review"A key figure in the fields of multimodality and social semiotics, van Leeuwen consolidates his groundbreaking research on style and identity in this thought-provoking yet accessible book. Providing analytical tools as well as historical perspectives on identity design as meaning-making, I recommend this book to every student and researcher interested in the relation between multimodality, style, culture and identity."Anders Björkvall, Örebro University, Sweden"Theo van Leeuwen did it again. Drawing from an impressive range of linguistic, cultural, visual and sociological research, in this sophisticated volume the co-founder of multimodality develops a ground-breaking take on the importance of style in contemporary design and communication. An unmissable read for all students and researchers of meaning-making."Giorgia Aiello, University of Leeds, UKTable of ContentsList of figuresAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1 The social semiotics of identityChapter 2 Functionality and identityChapter 3 Analysing styleChapter 4 ShapeChapter 5 ColourChapter 6 TextureChapter 7 MovementChapter 8 A social semiotic theory of synaesthesiaReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisTranslingual Words is a detailed case study on lexical integration, or mediation, occurring between East Asian languages and English(es). In Part I, specific examples from global linguistic corpora are used to discuss the issues involved in lexical interaction between East Asia and the English-speaking world. Part II explores the spread of East Asian words in English, while Part III discusses English words which can be found in East Asian languages. Translingual Words presents a novel approach on hybrid words by challenging the orthodox ideas on lexical borrowing and explaining the dynamic growth of new words based on translingualism and transculturalism.Table of Contents Birth of Translingual Words Chapter 1. Foreign Words: Aliens and Denizens? Chapter 2. Hybrid Words: Anomalies? Chapter 3. Subcultural words: Peripheral words? Chapter 4. Translingual Words East Asian Words in English Chapter 5. First arrivals Chapter 6. Settlement Chapter 7. Stylistic Variations III. English Words in East Asian Languages Chapter 8. Directly imported English wordsChapter 9. Locally-made English wordsChapter 10. Global Words

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Book SynopsisThis volume explores issues of memory, remembering and language in late colonial India. It is the first systematic historical sociolinguistic study of English private and public citizens who lived in and/or worked for India and the Indian cause between 1920s to the 1940s.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Memory, Remembering, and Genres: Reconstructing ‘Historicity’ 1. Reconstructing Social Contexts from Unusual Linguistic Texts: Microhistory and Historicity 2. Epistles and Telegrams: Locating English Public Citizens 3. Oral Histories and Photographs: Locating English Private Citizens 4. Experimenting with Metafiction: The Case of Charles Andrews and the Reconstruction of a Time and Person 5. Reconstructing ‘Historicity’: Lessons for the Historical Sociolinguist

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Book SynopsisIn this cutting-edge volume, scholars from around the world connect affect theory to the field of literacy studies and unpack the role and influence of this emerging area of scholarship on literacy education. Offering an introduction to affect theory and scholarship as it relates to literacy studies, contributors discuss the role of humanizing and dehumanizing influences on schooling and examine the emotional and affective dimensions at individual and communal levels. Arguing that an affective turn requires a radical rethinking of the nature of literacy, these chapters address the impact and import of emotion and affect on reading, writing and calling to action. Grounded in trailblazing research, the contributors push the boundaries of academic writing and model how theoretically-driven writing about affect must itself be moving and expressive. Table of ContentsPart I: Pedagogies Movement 1. Pedagogy under the Waterline of Perceived Value 1. Affective Flows in the Clinic and the Classroom 2. Propositions for a Radical Pedagogy, or How to Rethink Value 3. Charlene’s Puppies: Embarrassing Obsessions or Vibrant Matter Entangled in Ethical Literacies? Part II: Politics Movement 2. Uninterpretable Politics in Literacy Research and Practice 4. Visceral Literacies, Political Intensities: Affect as Critical Potential in Literacy Research and Practice 5. Assembling Desire, Love, and Affect in an Art Museum School 6. ‘It’s something that requires passion’: After-echoes of the Ethnic Studies Ban 7. Thinking and feeling the interval: A few movements of a ‘transnational’ family Part III: Coming to Know Movement 3. Affectively Charged Foldings of Literacy and Coming to Know 8. Why a More Human Literacy Studies must be Posthuman: Encountering Writing During and after the Holocaust 9. Affective Sketches: Writing, Drawing, and Living with Analysis 10. Coded to Smithereens and Danced to Abstraction: Forms of Affect in the Industry of Research 11. Telling Stories Out of Class: Three Movements in a Reach for Affect Afterword

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Book SynopsisBilingualism provides a concise and lively introduction to bilingualism as a social and linguistic phenomenon and explains its impact on individuals and on society. Addressing questions such as what it means to be bilingual, how one becomes bilingual, and how exposure to more than one language affects a childâs cognitive development, this book features: an introduction to the linguistic, sociolinguistic, and cognitive outcomes of bilingualism, including bilingual language acquisition, the grammar of language-mixing, the link between language choice and identity, and the value of maintaining and promoting bilingualism; up-to-date overviews of the prominent concerns and facts about bilingualism; activities and discussion questions which invite readers to consider their own perspectives on bilingualism and how it manifests in their own lives and communities; links to relevant videos and suggested further reading, including topical novels, short stTrade Review "Bilingualism scholars are constantly striving to better explain and understand multilingualism. This introductory textbook admirably engages readers in the same spirit of curious and enthusiastic inquiry. This is a truly thought-provoking and pedagogically well-designed book that will lead to a better understanding of the complex and ubiquitous phenomenon of multilingual language learning and use." Annick De Houwer, Universität Erfurt, Germany "Written in a very clear and compelling style, with lucid examples and thought-provoking questions, this book offers a wealth of information about the complex spectrum of bilingualism, ranging from psycho- and neuro-linguistics to contact linguistics. In doing so, the book provides deeper insights into how the multilingual mind and the brain work both in public and private domains/arenas." Tej K. Bhatia, Syracuse University, New York, USA "This book could be titled Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Bilingualism But Were Afraid to Ask! Societal, interactional, structural and cognitive aspects of bilingualism are clearly explained and presented with compelling examples and entertaining activities This book will delight linguists and non-linguists, students, teachers, and those reading for pleasure." Janet M. Fuller, University of Groningen, The Netherlands Table of Contents Dedication Acknowledgements 1 Introduction 2 Societal Bilingualism/Plurilingualism 3 Mixing Languages: Structure and Social Functions 4 Childhood Bilingualism 5 Bilingualism and the Brain 6 Summary Appendix Index

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Book SynopsisBilingualism provides a concise and lively introduction to bilingualism as a social and linguistic phenomenon and explains its impact on individuals and on society. Addressing questions such as what it means to be bilingual, how one becomes bilingual, and how exposure to more than one language affects a childâs cognitive development, this book features: an introduction to the linguistic, sociolinguistic, and cognitive outcomes of bilingualism, including bilingual language acquisition, the grammar of language-mixing, the link between language choice and identity, and the value of maintaining and promoting bilingualism; up-to-date overviews of the prominent concerns and facts about bilingualism; activities and discussion questions which invite readers to consider their own perspectives on bilingualism and how it manifests in their own lives and communities; links to relevant videos and suggested further reading, including topical novels, short stTrade Review "Bilingualism scholars are constantly striving to better explain and understand multilingualism. This introductory textbook admirably engages readers in the same spirit of curious and enthusiastic inquiry. This is a truly thought-provoking and pedagogically well-designed book that will lead to a better understanding of the complex and ubiquitous phenomenon of multilingual language learning and use." Annick De Houwer, Universität Erfurt, Germany "Written in a very clear and compelling style, with lucid examples and thought-provoking questions, this book offers a wealth of information about the complex spectrum of bilingualism, ranging from psycho- and neuro-linguistics to contact linguistics. In doing so, the book provides deeper insights into how the multilingual mind and the brain work both in public and private domains/arenas." Tej K. Bhatia, Syracuse University, New York, USA "This book could be titled Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Bilingualism But Were Afraid to Ask! Societal, interactional, structural and cognitive aspects of bilingualism are clearly explained and presented with compelling examples and entertaining activities This book will delight linguists and non-linguists, students, teachers, and those reading for pleasure." Janet M. Fuller, University of Groningen, The Netherlands Table of Contents Dedication Acknowledgements 1 Introduction 2 Societal Bilingualism/Plurilingualism 3 Mixing Languages: Structure and Social Functions 4 Childhood Bilingualism 5 Bilingualism and the Brain 6 Summary Appendix Index

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Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1980. The skills of reading and writing have been proclaimed as universal human rights. This book explores why this should be so. In particular, it examines whether or not the possession of reading or writing skills has, or has not, influenced the values and organisation of society. Viewing literacy as a technology, the author maintains that like all technologies, it is created by man for limited purposes. Nevertheless, given the right conditions, it can be used by man to change not only other technologies, but also himself and (in the end) all of his society. But like other technologies, literacy too may be subject to obsolescence which poses the all-important question of whether the advent of universal literacy has coincided with the redundancy of the written word.Table of Contents1. Illiteracy Today 2. The Demand for Literacy 3. Literacy and the Individual 4. Literacy and Society 5. A Human Right to Literacy? 6. The Costs and the Future of Literacy

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Book SynopsisAcademics Writing recounts how academic writing is changing in the contemporary university, transforming what it means to be an academic and how, as a society, we produce academic knowledge. Writing practices are changing as the academic profession itself is reconfigured through new forms of governance and accountability, increasing use of digital resources, and the internationalisation of higher education. Through detailed studies of writing in the daily life of academics in different disciplines and in different institutions, this book explores: the space and time of academic writing; tensions between disciplines and institutions around genres of writing; the diversity of stances adopted towards the tools and technologies of writing, and towards engagement with social media; and the importance of relationships and collaboration with others, in writing and in ongoing learning in a context of constant change. Drawing out implications of the work for academics, university management, professional training, and policy, Academics Writing: The Dynamics of Knowledge Creation is key reading for anyone studying or researching writing, academic support, and development within education and applied linguistics.Trade Review"Through a detailed examination of academics’ writing practices, the authors both ground and critique higher education in its present social and cultural context. This provides the springboard for their exploration of digital scholarship and its implications for academic identity work and knowledge production in an age of social media." Honorary Associate Mary Lea, The Open University, UKTable of ContentsList of illustrations Preface Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Introduction and context for the study Chapter 2: Theories and methods for studying academics writing Chapter 3: Days in the lives of academics, writing Chapter 4: Academics writing in space and time Chapter 5: Disciplines, genres and writing Chapter 6: Changing tools and technologies in academics’ writing lives Chapter 7: New social media genres: marketing the academic self Chapter 8: Relationships and collaboration in academic writing Chapter 9: Learning academic writing: an ongoing process Chapter 10: The futures of writing: Conclusions and implications References Index

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Book SynopsisWhat counts as too close for comfort? How can an entire room suddenly feel restless at the imminence of a yet unknown occurrence? And who decides whether or not we are already in an age of unliveable extremes? The anthropology of intensity studies how humans encounter and communicate the continuous and gradable features of social and environmental phenomena in everyday interactions. Focusing on the last twenty years of life in a Mayan village in the cloud forests of Guatemala, this book provides a natural history of intensity in exceedingly tense times, through a careful analysis of ethnographic and linguistic evidence. It uses intensity as a way to reframe Anthropology in the age of the Anthropocene, and rethinks classic work in the formal linguistic tradition from a culture-specific and context-sensitive stance. It is essential reading not only for anthropologists and linguists, but also for ecologically oriented readers, critical theorists, and environmental scientists.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. Grounds: 1. Comparative grounds; 2. Casual grounds; 3. Grounding experience: Grounding the anthropocene; Part II. Tensors: 5. Intensifiers; 6. The history of Mas; The comparative complex; 8. More, also, only; Part III. Thresholds: 9. Temporality and replacement; 10. Temporal thresholds; 11. Modality and worlding; 12. Modal thoughts; Conclusion: the ecological self.

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Book SynopsisThis Element contributes to a new generation of corpus pragmatics research by taking as its starting point the multifaceted nature of speech acts in conversation. Combining theoretical, qualitative, quantitative, and statistical approaches, it provides a detailed investigation of advice-giving and advice uptake.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Background; 3. Data and Methods; 4. Results and Discussion; 5. Theoretical and Methodological Implications; 6. Conclusion; References.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides both fresh insights into sixteenth and seventeenth-century spelling standardisation in England, and an exploration of the history of the printed book and its development in the socio-cultural history of the time. It is essential reading for those interested in writing systems and the history of the English.Table of Contents1. Introduction; Part I. Context: 2. Theoretical framework; 3. Pragmatic framework; Part II. Empirical method: 4. Corpus material; 5. Rationale; 6. Foundational explorations; Part III. Case Studies: 7. The standardisation of positional spellings; 8. The standardisation of i and y; 9. The standardisation of etymological spelling; 10. The standardisation of vowel diacritic spelling; 11. Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisLanguage contact - the linguistic and social outcomes of two or more languages coming into contact with each other - starts with the emergence of multilingual populations. Multilingualism involving plurilingualism can have various consequences beyond borrowing, interference, and code-mixing and -switching, including the emergence of lingua francas and new language varieties, as well as language endangerment and loss. Bringing together contributions from an international team of scholars, this Handbook - the second in a two-volume set - engages the reader with the manifold aspects of multilingualism and provides state-of-the-art research on the impact of population structure on language contact. It begins with an introduction that presents the history of the scholarship on the subject matter. The chapters then cover various processes and theoretical issues associated with multilingualism embedded in specific population structures worldwide as well as their outcomes. It is essential readTrade Review'In this two-volume Cambridge handbook, Mufwene and Escobar have assembled four dozen novel studies on linguistic change, as induced or conditioned by migration, language contact, multilingualism and population structure. This hefty new reference work provides an important resource on language change in the living context of human societies.' George van Driem, Chair of Historical Linguistics, University of Bern'What a treasure! - two volumes, 47 chapters, written by the foremost authorities, dazzling in the depth and breadth of its coverage of all aspects of language contact. A truly monumental contribution, destined to be the go-to reference for decades to come.' Lyle Campbell, University of Hawai'i, Mānoa'With its global scope and inclusive approach, this work offers the most comprehensive overview of language contact to date. With contributions from leading specialists in each topic and region under the leadership of Mufwene and Escobar, the Handbook provides authoritative and state-of-the-art coverage of a vibrant and rapidly evolving field.' Stephen Matthews, University of Hong KongTable of ContentsList of contributors; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Introduction: 1. Introduction: language contact in population structure Salikoko S. Mufwene and Anna María Escobar; Part I. Multilingualism: 2. Societal Multilingualism John Edwards; 3. Individual bilingualism Annick De Houwer; 4. Codeswitching and translanguaging Jeff MacSwan; 5. Urban contact dialects Heike Wiese; 6. Multilingualism and super-diversity: some historical and contrastive perspectives Salikoko S. Mufwene; 7. Multilingualism and language contact in signing communities David Quinto-Pozos and Robert Adam; 8. Multilingualism in India, Southeast Asia, and China Tej K. Bhatia; 9. Monolingualism vs. multilingualism in Western Europe: language regimes in France, Spain, and the United Kingdom Zsuzsanna Fagyal; Part II. Contact, Emergence, and Language Classification: 10. Perspectives on creole formation Enoch O. Aboh and Michel DeGraff; 11. Non-European pidgins in early European colonial explorations and trade: mobilian jargon and maritime Polynesian pidgin in contrast Emanuel J. Drechsel; 12. Mixed languages Felicity Meakins and Jesse Stewart; 13. Reconstructing the sociolinguistic history of expansion languages in the Americas: a research program Pieter Muysken; 14. On the idiolectal nature of lexical and phonological contact: spaniards, nahuas, and Yoruba in the new world Ricardo Otheguy, Naomi Shin and Daniel Erker; Part III. Lingua Francas: 15. The emergence of lingua Francas Nicholas Ostler; 16. Colonization and the emergence and spread of indigenous lingua francas in Africa, the Americas and Asia Hildo Honório do Couto; Part IV. Language Vitality: 17. Language endangerment, loss, and reclamation today David Bradley; 18. Contact and shift: colonization and urbanization in the Arctic Lenore A. Grenoble; 19. The Indian diaspora: language maintenance and loss Surendra K. Gambhir; 20. Quechua expansion during the Inca and colonial periods César Itier; 21. Indigenous and immigrant languages in the US: language contact, change and survival Mel M. Engman and Kendall A. King; Part V. Contact and Language Structures: 22. Structural outcomes of language contact Yaron Matras; 23. The emergence of Andean Spanish: against the odds Anna María Escobar; 24. Contact between English and Norman in the Channel Islands Mari C. Jones; Author index; Subject index.

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Book SynopsisLanguage contact - the linguistic and social outcomes of two or more languages coming into contact with each other - has been pervasive in human history. However, where histories of language contact are comparable, experiences of migrant populations have been only similar, not identical. Given this, how does language contact work? With contributions from an international team of scholars, this Handbook - the first in a two-volume set - delves into this question from multiple perspectives and provides state-of-the-art research on population movement and language contact and change. It begins with an overview of how language contact as a research area has evolved since the late 19th century. The chapters then cover various processes and theoretical issues associated with population movement and language contact worldwide. It is essential reading for anybody interested in the dynamics of social interactions in diverse contact settings and how the changing ecologies influence the linguistiTrade Review'In this two-volume Cambridge handbook, Mufwene and Escobar have assembled four dozen novel studies on linguistic change, as induced or conditioned by migration, language contact, multilingualism and population structure. This hefty new reference work provides an important resource on language change in the living context of human societies.' George van Driem, Chair of Historical Linguistics, University of Bern'What a treasure! - two volumes, 47 chapters, written by the foremost authorities, dazzling in the depth and breadth of its coverage of all aspects of language contact. A truly monumental contribution, destined to be the go-to reference for decades to come.' Lyle Campbell, University of Hawai'i, Mānoa'With its global scope and inclusive approach, this work offers the most comprehensive overview of language contact to date. With contributions from leading specialists in each topic and region under the leadership of Mufwene and Escobar, the Handbook provides authoritative and state-of-the-art coverage of a vibrant and rapidly evolving field.' Stephen Matthews, University of Hong KongTable of ContentsList of contributors; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Introduction; 1. Language contact: what a rich and intellectually stimulating history since the late 19th century! Salikoko S. Mufwene and Anna María Escobar; Part I. Language Contact and Genetic Linguistics: 2. Language contact and historical linguistics Brian D. Joseph; 3. The Chinese expansion and language coexistence in modern China Randy J. LaPolla; 4. Tracing language contact in Africa's past Bonny Sands; 5. Populations in contact: linguistic, archaeological, and genomic evidence for Indo-European diffusion Bridget Drinka; 6. The impact of autochthonous languages on Bantu language variation: a comparative view on southern and central Africa Koen Bostoen and Hilde Gunnink; Part II. Linguistic Areas: 7. The Balkans Victor A. Friedman; 8. The Amazon basin: linguistic areas and language contact Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald; 9. Migration and trade as drivers of language spread and contact in indigenous Latin America Thiago Costa Chacon; 10. Language contact in South Asia Hans Henrich Hock; Part III. Language Spread: 11. The geographic and demographic expansion of Malay James T. Collins; 12. Geographic and demographic spread of Swahili Alamin Mazrui; 13. Arabic language contact Jonathan Owens; Part IV. Emergence and Spread of Some European Languages: 14. The emergence and evolution of romance languages in Europe and the Americas John M. Lipski; 15. The expansion and evolution of Portuguese J. Clancy Clements; 16. French and English in contact in North America Robert A. Papen; 17. French in African contact settings Cécile B. Vigouroux; 18. The geographical and demographic expansion of English Edgar W. Schneider and Sarah Buschfeld; Part V. Language Diasporas: 19. Diasporas: an overview Dirk Hoerder and Henry Yu; 20. Labor migrations: language change in communities and diasporas Dirk Hoerder and Henry Yu; 21. The Korean diaspora Joseph Sung-Yul Park; 22. The Chinese diaspora: language maintenance and loss Sherman Lee; 23. The diachrony of Yiddish and Judaeo-Spanish as contact languages Marie-Christine Bornes Varol and Anne Szulmajster-Celnikier; Author index; Subject index.

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Book SynopsisIncluding a wide range of fascinating examples taken from social media, this unique book provides a comprehensive framework for analysing how we use emoji to convey meaning, and how emoji function in social bonding. It is essential reading for anyone wishing to investigate the role of emoji in digital communication.Table of ContentsNote on the text; Abbreviations; 1. Social media paralanguage and emoji; 2. Technical dimensions: the encoding and rendering of emoji; 3. Modelling emoji-text relations; 4. Emoji SYNCHRONISING with textual meaning; 5. Emoji CONCURRING with ideational meaning; 6. Emoji RESONATING with interpersonal meaning; 7. DIALOGIC AFFILIATION: the role of emoji in negotiating social bonds; 8. COMMUNING AFFILIATION: the role of emoji in communing around bonds; 9. Beyond emoji-text relations: factoring in images and other semiotic resources; 10. Conclusion; Glossary.

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Book SynopsisBringing together a diverse collection of studies from a team of international scholars, this pioneering volume focuses on interactions in shops, exploring the dynamics of conversation between sellers and customers. It is essential reading for researchers and students of social interaction, as well as scholars of Sociology and Economics.Table of Contents1. Encounters at the counter: An Introduction Lorenza Mondada, Marja-Leena Sorjonen, and Barbara Fox; 2. Approaching the counter at the supermarket: Decision-Making and the accomplishment of couplehood Elwys De Stefani; 3. Customers' inquiries about products: Establishing grounds for the decision to buy Katariina Harjunpää, Lorenza Mondada and Kimmo Svinhufvud; 4. Offering a taste in gourmet food shops: Small gifts in an economy of sale Lorenza Mondada; 5. Embodied trajectories of actions in shop encounters: Giving or placing products on or over the counter Lorenza Mondada and Marja-Leena Sorjonen; 6. Unpacking packing Anna Lindström and Barbara Fox; 7. The request-return sequence: What can happen at the interface between picking up a repaired item and paying for it Barbara Fox and Trine Heinemann; 8. Moving money: Money as an interactional resource in kiosk encounters in Finland Mia Halonen and Aino Koivisto.

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Book SynopsisUsing conversation analysis to study the interaction between mediators and disputants, this study shows how mediation is used to resolve conflict in small claims and divorce mediation sessions. Angela Garcia explores the techniques mediators use to help disputants tell their stories, make and respond to complaints and accusations, and come up with ideas for resolving the dispute. By analyzing these techniques in their interactional context, she shows how they impact the experience and responses of disputants, and demonstrates that mediator techniques can empower disputants, maximize disputant autonomy, and display mediator''s neutrality while in some cases, the organization of talk in mediation may work against these goals. This book is the first to use conversation analysis to study how mediation works and how mediators can best help disputants. This book is no. 34 in the Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics series. In some copies, it has mistakenly been printed as no. 33.Trade Review'… the book is an excellent blend of rigorous analytic focus with relevance to disputants' and mediators' behaviour and outcomes drawn out clearly. It is highly readable, making Conversational Analysis accessible and relevant to new audiences. It is recommended for anyone who is interested in how mediation works, why it often breaks down, and how it can be done more effectively.' Janet Smithson, Journal of Pragmatics'… a compelling read, especially for linguists, mediation practitioners and others who may be interested in how mediation sessions work in some parts of the United States and beyond. Its strengths lie in the observational, aptly illustrated and longitudinal character of the data corpus and presentation of analyses. … the author has significantly bridged the knowledge gap by showing, using the conversation analysis approach, how conflict is resolved in small claims and divorce mediation sessions in the United States.' Eniola Boluwaduro, Sociolinguistic Studies'Angela Cora Garcia has written an interesting book which looks in depth at how mediation works.' Dr Treasa Kenny, Journal of Mediation and Applied Conflict AnalysisTable of Contents1. Introduction – approaches to mediation; 2. The interactional organization of mediation; 3. Minimizing and managing argumentative talk in mediation; 4. Disputants' opening statements and persuasive arguments in mediation; 5. Mediator representation of disputants' positions; 6. Soliciting proposals for resolution of the dispute; 7. Producing ideas for resolution of the dispute; 8. Mediator teamwork; 9. Autonomy, empowerment, and neutrality in divorce and small claims mediation.

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Book SynopsisBased on case studies from a wide range of countries, this book explores how language policies are chosen and subsequently evolve, looking at patterns of stability and change in state action, and incorporating both colonial and postcolonial contexts. It is essential reading for researchers and students in sociolinguistics, language policy.

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Book SynopsisUncovering the criminal world of romance fraudsters through their devastating interplay of love, money, sextortion and threat. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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Book SynopsisA pervasive aspect of human communication and sociality is argumentation: making and criticizing reasons in the context of doubt and disagreement. This book offers an innovative theoretical framework for analyzing, evaluating, and designing polylogues, understood as practices of managing disagreements among multiple positions, players, and places.Trade Review'Lewiński and Aakhus provide a detailed and in many ways compelling argument for viewing polylogues involving multiple parties (not monologues or dialogues) as the more fundamental type of communication. Their thesis has important consequences for how we understand argumentative discourses and should command serious attention from scholars and students in a number of related fields.' Christopher Tindale, University of WindsorTable of ContentsPart I. Seeking, Seeing, and Embracing Polylogue: 1. Seeking polylogue; 2. The Dyadic reduction; 3. Seeing polylogue; 4. Embracing polylogue. Part II. Analyzing, Evaluating, and Designing Polylogue. 5. Descriptive analysis of polylogues; 6. Normative evaluation of polylogues; 7. Prescriptive design of polylogues. 8. Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisContributing to the field of language policy, this book offers readers a window into the little-known history and strategies behind the English-only movement in the US. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.Trade Review'It's sometimes easy to gloss over the seemingly 'copy & paste' strategies employed by so many English-only advocates in communities across the United States, but Flowers' innovative methodology, detailed research, and theoretical framing prompt us to see these templated texts and networked rhetorical engagements in a new light. Indeed, she argues, these local sites are where the most impactful forms of language advocacy and activism happen in the US. Drawing together theories and concepts from language policy studies, sociolinguistics, writing studies, and genre studies, Flowers' book can help scholars and supporters of linguistic pluralism understand how to operate rhetorically in those local spaces.' Scott Wible, Associate Professor of English, University of Maryland'This book is an essential resource for those interested in language policy and the official English movement in the US. By carefully tracing the connections among the policy texts and authors, Flowers illuminates the sometimes opaque machinations of the English-only movement. She narrates the compelling journey with care and verve. It is a fascinating read!' David Cassels Johnson, Professor of Multilingual Education, University of Iowa'This is the most interesting, informative, and useful work I have encountered on how language policies dealing with the status of English in the United States evolve at the community level. The book uses a variety of research methods to demonstrate how policies that concern language status are inseparable from economics, race, and identity politics. This book shows that both support for and opposition to English-only policies in the United States is complex and multi-dimensional and cannot simply be reduced to one-off explanations. This is a major contribution to the language policy and planning literature and will be of great interest to language activists.' Thomas Ricento, Professor Emeritus of Education, University of CalgaryTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The Origins of the English-Only Movement; 2. Creating English-Only Policies: Ghostwriting, Templates, and Genre Choices; 3. Emphasizing the Local in Language Policy: From Upscaling to Downscaling; 4. Resisting and Rewriting: How People Undo English-Only Policies; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisBringing together contributions from leading scholars, this is the first volume to showcase state-of-the-art studies on language development in the Celtic languages of Scottish Gaelic, Irish and Welsh. It is essential reading for academic researchers and students in developmental linguistics, sociolinguistics, bilingualism, and Celtic languages.

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Book SynopsisTaboo topics in deaf communities include those found in spoken languages, as well as ones particular to deaf experiences, both in how deaf people relate to hearing people and how deaf people interact with other deaf people. These topics can help linguists understand better the consequences of field method choices and lead them to adopt better ones.Table of Contents1. Taboo; 2. Data Gathering; 3. Taboo across the Grammar of ASL; 4. Bleached Taboo-Term Predicates in ASL; 5. (Sub)Lexical Changes in Iconic Signs to Realign with Community Sensibilities and Experiences; 6. Conclusion: What the Study of Taboo Teaches Us; Appendix: Handshapes Referred To.

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Book SynopsisDrawing on original research into marginalised communities in Brazil, this pioneering book illustrates what language can teach us about what it means to hope and foregrounds the real-world effects of the study of language. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.Trade Review'Consider the variety of language-games we play: forming and testing hypotheses; making up stories; offending; humiliating … hoping. This volume argues compellingly for the centrality of language in the study of hope. By focusing on those who dare to hope amidst all forms of contemporary violence, it will certainly provide deep sources of inspiration to imagine new paths forward.' Branca Falabella Fabrício, Associate Professor, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro'With rare theoretical and ethnographic finesse, Silva and Lee show that hope isn't merely expressed through language. Language is itself a reason for hope – a form of practical reasoning with which speakers regenerate shattered worlds. Hope, thus, must be a prime focus of sociolinguists' attention if we want to understand how lives are lived against the vicious forces of capital and neoliberalism. This book enlivens sociolinguistics and makes one feel hopeful about its future.' Rodrigo Borba, Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro'Language as Hope creatively fuses new literatures in sociolinguistics with insights forged by 'citizen sociolinguistics' in Brazilian favelas. Its careful argumentation and bold confrontation of the politics of oppression and despair challenge scholars to join their interlocutors in creating more just, hopeful worlds.' Charles L. Briggs, author of Unlearning: Rethinking Poetics, Pandemics, and the Politics of KnowledgeTable of ContentsList of Figures; Acknowledgements; Notes on the Text; Introduction; 1. Language as Hope; 2. 'País do Futuro' and Present-Day Communities of Hope; 3. Hope in the Present; 4. The Enregisterment of Hope; 5. Scaling Hope; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis Element explores the sentiment and keyword features in both authorship profiling and authorship attribution in social media texts in the Chinese cultural context. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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Book SynopsisAccessibly written and offering comprehensive coverage of current research, The Acquisition of Heritage Languages takes a truly international approach, presenting examples from heritage languages from around the globe. This work is essential reading for policy makers, instructors, students and researchers working in linguistics, education, TESOL and bilingualism programs.Trade Review'Montrul's The Acquisition of Heritage Languages pushes the frontier of this emerging field in language science, offering a roadmap beyond monolingual acquisition to explore how we learn, lose, and relearn languages.' Terry Au, University of Hong Kong'Heritage languages are an integral part of modern society. Studying them in depth allows us to have a better understanding of language in general, of culture, and of an individual. In this pioneering book, Silvina Montrul gives heritage languages the recognition they deserve.' Maria Polinsky, Harvard University, Massachusetts'While covering the most recent theoretical and empirical advances in the study of heritage languages, this book has direct implications for language teaching. I expect it to become a foundational work not only for researchers but also language practitioners.' Olga Kagan, Director, Title VI National Heritage Language Resource Center, University of California, Los Angeles'As one of the leading experts on the acquisition of heritage languages, Montrul here gives us a crucial insight into the key linguistic concepts of bilingual learning scenarios across the lifespan. Although her focus is on universal and language specific linguistic processes and constraints, she also discusses their interaction with social and situational factors, opening windows to new ways of language education and policy. Taking a multidisciplinary approach within linguistics, she compares the developmental stages and outcomes of the acquisition of heritage languages to both child L1 and (adult) L2 acquisition. A must read for all those interested in linguistic theory, bilingualism and language acquisition and change.' Aafke Hulk, University of Amsterdam'The Acquisition of Heritage Languages offers up-to-date information, developing the main topics around heritage speakers thoroughly and in well-organized manner … Undoubtedly The Acquisition of Heritage Languages constitutes a reference book that contributes to the field of heritage language acquisition with profound theoretical and practical insights.' Laura Dubcovsky, The Linguist List (linguistlist.org)Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Heritage languages and heritage speakers; 3. The language of heritage speakers; 4. The bilingual development of heritage speakers; 5. Theoretical approaches; 6. Methodological considerations; 7. How native are heritage speakers?; 8. Are heritage speakers like second language learners?; 9. Implications.

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Book SynopsisIn order to promote the professionalisation of English Language Teaching, this book presents a comprehensive model of language teacher education and competences for the 21st century. It proposes that teachers engage in professional learning through collaboration and shows how teacher educators and classroom practitioners can develop their practice.

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Book SynopsisLanguage is part of social life, and efforts to control it can be viewed in light of broader struggles for social power around issues like migration, education, class and race. This book explores how people act within institutions and communities to try and control the language of others. It conceptualises language policy as a form of discourse management, involving attempts to reorder hierarchies of knowledge, reframe social relationships, control what identities and ideologies may be expressed, and limit who can access particular social spaces. Real-life case studies are included, allowing readers to understand the functioning of language policy in different contexts. A holistic framework is also introduced, showing how language policies are enacted though five key actions: creating, debating, interpreting, enforcing and resisting. Each action is explained with reference to current theories in applied linguistics and sociolinguistics, and methodological suggestions, discussion questions and examples of further reading are also provided.

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Book SynopsisLanguage is part of social life, and efforts to control it can be viewed in light of broader struggles for social power around issues like migration, education, class and race. This book explores how people act within institutions and communities to try and control the language of others. It conceptualises language policy as a form of discourse management, involving attempts to reorder hierarchies of knowledge, reframe social relationships, control what identities and ideologies may be expressed, and limit who can access particular social spaces. Real-life case studies are included, allowing readers to understand the functioning of language policy in different contexts. A holistic framework is also introduced, showing how language policies are enacted though five key actions: creating, debating, interpreting, enforcing and resisting. Each action is explained with reference to current theories in applied linguistics and sociolinguistics, and methodological suggestions, discussion questions and examples of further reading are also provided.

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Book SynopsisThis Element provides readers with a detailed overview of the social factors that affect second language (L2) phonology acquisition and use. It answers questions through a state-of-the art synthesis of key findings in research on social factors and L2 phonology.

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