THE PHENOMENON OF MULTILINGUALISM is as old as humanity, but multilingualism has
been catapulted to a new world order in the 21st century. Social relations, knowledge …

Human communication is about exchanging information, getting things done, expressing
feelings and emotions–but it is also, crucially, about conveying to one another what kind of …

The writing of this book was motivated by my involvement in three areas of interest both in
academic and personal life. The first one relates to the ways and means through which …

Language and culture are concepts increasingly found at the heart of developments in
applied linguistics and related fields. Taken together, they can provide interesting and useful …

Talking Donald Trump examines the language of Donald Trump's presidential campaign
from the perspective of sociocultural linguistics. This book offers an insight into the many …

Young Working Class Men in Transition uses a unique blend of concepts from the
sociologies of youth and masculinity combined with Bourdieusian social theory to …

Staged performance involves the overt, scheduled identification and elevation of one or
more people to perform, with a clearly demarcated distinction between them and the …

Der Band gibt eine umfassende Einführung in die Varietätenlinguistik. Auf einen Einblick in
die Verortung und die Geschichte der Varietätenlinguistik folgt eine Darstellung …

The use of the Internet in diaspora has attracted considerable interest in media and cultural
studies, but little attention has been paid to sociolinguistic issues. This paper is a study of …

Essentials of SLA for L2 Teachers: A Transdisciplinary Framework presents an accessible
and comprehensive account of current understandings of second language acquisition …