The Handbook of Language and Globalization
Language: English
Published by John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2012
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This Handbook 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, this volume brings together new research in the field and maps out new areas for future research. Editor(s): Coupland, Nikolas. Series: Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics. Num Pages: 672 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1016. . 2012. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
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- Title
- The Handbook of Language and Globalization
- Author
- Coupland, Nikolas
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Publication year
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 111834717X
- ISBN 13
- 9781118347171
- Series
- Book 11 of 53: Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics
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
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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.
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