Sociolinguistics

Twelve leading and emergent researchers in Chicanx studies, education, feminist studies, linguistics and translation studies cohesively explore Latinx youth affect, language, and learning, drawing on data from an innovative university–community partnership that combines academic preparation for low-..

This book challenges the predominance of mainstream sociolinguistic theories by focusing on lesser-known sociolinguistic systems, from regions of Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, South America, the European Mediterranean and Slavic regions as well as specific speech communities such as those speaking Ni..

This book challenges the predominance of mainstream sociolinguistic theories by focusing on lesser-known sociolinguistic systems, from regions of Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, South America, the European Mediterranean and Slavic regions as well as specific speech communities such as those speaking Ni..

This book gives voice to Japanese men and women, and to the British who have worked for non-Westeners in the West. A significant and timely analysis of the influence of non-Western companies in the city...

This book investigates the changing relationship between language and citizenship in contemporary Japan. The essays collected here discuss the manner in which linguistic diversity calls into question the traditional view of a Japanese citizen as a first-language speaker of Japanese, and what the rel..

A fresh and unique take on a widely taught topic, Language and Linguistic Diversity in the US discusses the many languages and forms of language that have been used in the US and shows how this distribution and diversity of languages has helped shape and define America and an American identity. This..

A fresh and unique take on a widely taught topic, Language and Linguistic Diversity in the US discusses the many languages and forms of language that have been used in the US and shows how this distribution and diversity of languages has helped shape and define America and an American identity. This..

Language and Social Change in China: Undoing Commonness through Cosmopolitan Mandarin offers an innovative and authoritative account of the crucial role of language in shaping the sociocultural landscape of contemporary China. Ideal for students and scholars interested in sociolinguistics, linguisti..

Language and Social Change in China: Undoing Commonness through Cosmopolitan Mandarin offers an innovative and authoritative account of the crucial role of language in shaping the sociocultural landscape of contemporary China. Ideal for students and scholars interested in sociolinguistics, linguisti..

This book examines the ways in which our ideas about language and identity, which used to be framed in national and political terms as a matter of rights and citizenship, are increasingly recast in economic terms as a matter of added value. It argues that this discursive shift is connected to specif..

This ground breaking research examines students‘ language practice inside and outside of school, offering a full picture of students‘ multilingual practices and their role in shaping identity.The book draws on data from questionnaires, interviews and ethnographic observation to bring these language ..

As the regional lingua franca, the Uyghur language long underpinned Uyghur national identity in Xinjiang. However, since the ‘bilingual education’ policy was introduced in 2002, Chinese has been rapidly institutionalised as the sole medium of instruction in the region’s educational institutions. Thi..