The Handbook of Language and Globalization - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 111834717X ISBN 13: 9781118347171

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012

Synopsis

The Handbook of Language and Globalization brings together important new studies of language and discourse in the global era, consolidating a vibrant new field of sociolinguistic research.

• The first volume to assemble leading scholarship in this rapidly developing field
• Features new contributions from 36 internationally-known scholars, bringing together key research in the field and establishing a benchmark for future research
• Comprehensive coverage is divided into four sections: global multilingualism, world languages and language systems; global discourse in key domains and genres; language, values and markets under globalization; and language, distance and identities
• Covers an impressive breadth of topics including tourism, language teaching, social networking, terrorism, and religion, among many others 
• Winner of the British Association for Applied Linguistics book prize 2011

About this title

From the Back Cover

Globalization is a complex combination of economic, social, and cultural shifts largely carried out through language; from texts and communicative exchanges to the orders of meaning that construct contemporary social lives. The Handbook of Language and Globalization meets the challenges that globalization poses to sociolinguistic theory by investigating key issues relating to language use and development.

Comprising 36 chapters written by leading international scholars, the volume brings together new research in the field and maps out new areas for future research. Contributors cover such topics as tourism, language teaching, social networking, terrorism, and religion, among many others. The volume also illustrates critical approaches to discourse, social semiotics, linguistic anthropology, and cultural studies. The result is a vibrant interdisciplinary mix of articles that represents some of the most compelling contemporary sociolinguistic research. Venturing beyond the constraints of the typical speech community, the handbook takes steps towards re-theorizing language in the world today.  

About the Author

Nikolas Coupland is Research Director, Centre for Language and Communication Research, Cardiff University. He is an elected member of the UK Academy of Social Sciences. He is co-editor of the book series, Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics. Coupland was also founding editor, with Allan Bell, of the Journal of Sociolinguistics.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 111834717X
• ISBN 13: 9781118347171
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 672
• Editor: Coupland Nikolas