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Routledge Studies in Sociolinguistics


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This series is our home for innovative research in the field of sociolinguistics. It includes monographs and targeted edited collections that provide new insights into this important and evolving subject area.

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Automation in Communication The Ideological Implications of Language Machines

Automation in Communication: The Ideological Implications of Language Machines

1st Edition

Forthcoming

By Lionel Wee
September 02, 2024

By drawing on multiple examples from healthcare, religion, service encounters and poetry, Lionel Wee presents rich insights into the use of automation in communication through a posthumanist lens.  As communication becomes increasingly automated, the use of automation creates significant conceptual...

Multilingualism in Southern Africa Issues and Perspectives

Multilingualism in Southern Africa: Issues and Perspectives

1st Edition

Forthcoming

Edited By Wellman Kondowe, Chimwemwe M.M. Kamanga, Precious Madula
July 31, 2024

This collection showcases perspectives from established and emerging scholars on the contemporary landscape of multilingualism in Southern Africa. The book explores the broader impact of colonialism and neocolonialism on language policies and practices, drawing on case studies from such countries ...

Evaluative Language in Sports Crowds, Coaches and Commentators

Evaluative Language in Sports: Crowds, Coaches and Commentators

1st Edition

Forthcoming

By John Walsh, David Caldwell, Jon Jureidini
May 29, 2024

Walsh, Caldwell and Jureidini offer an expansive linguistic perspective on the evaluative language prevalent in the world of professional sports. This book presents a close linguistic analysis of evaluative language in sport. Drawing on appraisal theory and data from three distinct sporting ...

Everyday Multilingualism Linguistic Landscapes as Practice and Pedagogy

Everyday Multilingualism: Linguistic Landscapes as Practice and Pedagogy

1st Edition

Forthcoming

By Anikó Hatoss
May 27, 2024

Hatoss explores multilingualism in diverse suburbs of Sydney through the oral and written narratives of student ethnographers. Her research is based on visual ethnography, interviews with local residents, and classroom discussions of the fieldwork. The findings of this book contribute to the ...

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

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

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By Robert M. McKenzie, Andrew McNeill
May 27, 2024

This timely volume constitutes the first book-length account of implicit as well as explicit language attitudes. It details the findings of a large-scale study, incorporating cutting-edge implicit and self-report instruments adapted from social psychology, investigating the evaluations of over 300 ...

Space-Time (Dis)continuities in the Linguistic Landscape Studies in the Symbolic (Re-)appropriation of Public Space

Space-Time (Dis)continuities in the Linguistic Landscape: Studies in the Symbolic (Re-)appropriation of Public Space

1st Edition

Edited By Isabelle Buchstaller, Małgorzata Fabiszak, Melody Ann Ross
March 27, 2024

This collection spotlights the diachronic dimensions of the linguistic landscape, the importance of exploring temporal dissonances in historical events in order to better understand semiotic, political, and social transformations across different communities over the last century. The volume seeks ...

Linguistic Landscapes in South-East Asia The Politics of Language and Public Signage

Linguistic Landscapes in South-East Asia: The Politics of Language and Public Signage

1st Edition

Edited By Seyed Hadi Mirvahedi
January 29, 2024

Anchored within current issues and debates in the field of Linguistic Landscape (LL) scholarship, this edited volume is concerned with politics of language and the semiotic construction of space in multilingual and multi-ethnic Asian countries. Spanning Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia, the...

Negotiating Linguistic and Religious Diversity A Tamil Hindu Temple in Australia

Negotiating Linguistic and Religious Diversity: A Tamil Hindu Temple in Australia

1st Edition

By Nirukshi Perera
January 29, 2024

Diversity is a buzzword of our times and yet the extent of religious diversity in Western societies is generally misconceived. This ground-breaking research draws attention to the journey of one migrant religious institution in an era of religious superdiversity. Based on a sociolinguistic ...

The Coherence of Linguistic Communities Orderly Heterogeneity and Social Meaning

The Coherence of Linguistic Communities: Orderly Heterogeneity and Social Meaning

1st Edition

Edited By Karen V. Beaman, Gregory R. Guy
January 29, 2024

This innovative collection brings together a range of perspectives on the notions of "orderly heterogeneity" and "social meaning", shedding light on how structured variation and indexicalities of social meaning "cohere" within linguistic communities. This book fills a gap in research on language ...

The Sociolinguistics of Global Asias

The Sociolinguistics of Global Asias

1st Edition

Edited By Jerry Won Lee
January 29, 2024

The volume explores the social, cultural, and historical forms of “language” that have come to be associated with “Asia” as a global phenomenon and their implications for better understanding the contemporary linguistic and political landscape in Asias. The book examines the flows of migration, ...

Language in Society in Bangladesh and Beyond Voices of the Unheard in the Global South

Language in Society in Bangladesh and Beyond: Voices of the Unheard in the Global South

1st Edition

Edited By Shaila Sultana, Mian Md. Naushaad Kabir, Md. Zulfeqar Haider, Mohammod Moninoor Roshid, M. Obaidul Hamid
November 29, 2023

This collection presents a holistic picture of the sociolinguistic landscape in Bangladesh, offering a critical understanding of language ideologies and social inequalities in the country, as they connect more widely to dynamics in the Global South. The book seeks to untangle the voices embedded in...

New Perspectives on Goffman in Language and Interaction Body, Participation and the Self

New Perspectives on Goffman in Language and Interaction: Body, Participation and the Self

1st Edition

Edited By Lorenza Mondada, Anssi Peräkylä
September 27, 2023

This collection highlights new perspectives on the work of Erving Goffman, revisiting his place in contemporary social theory and interactional linguistics research and its impact in surfacing new insights in conversation analysis and our understanding of Goffman’s legacy. The volume outlines the ...

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