C. Language, Signs, Literature

Edited by Terrence Hawkes

These three volumes are part of the forty-one volume set New Accents. First launched in 1977, the New Accents series rapidly changed the face of...

Published January 31st 2007 by Routledge.

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The Routledge Companion to Sociolinguistics

Edited by Carmen Llamas, Louise Mullany, Peter Stockwell

Have you ever noticed an accent or puzzled over a dialect phrase? Language can be a powerful tool with which one can create a persona;...

Published September 15th 2006 by Routledge.

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Hiphop Literacies

By Elaine Richardson

Hiphop Literacies is an exploration of the rhetorical, language and literacy practices of African Americans, with a focus on the Hiphop generation. Richardson analyses the...

Published August 17th 2006 by Routledge.

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Introducing Sociolinguistics

By Miriam Meyerhoff

'Here is a welcome introduction to sociolinguistics by a leading researcher in the field. Users will be inspired by the breadth and sweep of Meyerhoff's...

Published August 11th 2006 by Routledge.

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Language and Gender

An Advanced Resource Book

By Jane Sunderland

Language and Gender:

• presents an up-to-date introduction to language and gender
• includes diverse work from a range of cultural, including non-Western, contexts, and represents a range of...

Published May 31st 2006 by Routledge.

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The Language and Sexuality Reader

Edited by Deborah Cameron, Don Kulick

The Language and Sexuality Reader is the first of its kind to bring together material from the fields of anthropology, communication studies, linguistics, medicine and...

Published April 27th 2006 by Routledge.

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Language and Region

By Joan Beal

Language and Region:

• provides an accessible guide to regional variation in English
• covers topical issues including loss of regional diversity and attitudes to regional accents and dialects
• examines...

Published January 23rd 2006 by Routledge.

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World Englishes

Edited by Kingsley Bolton, Braj Kachru

The study of World Englishes has seen a revolutionary shift during the last twenty years. Before 1980, there was a general assumption within Britain,...

Published December 9th 2005 by Routledge.

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Swearing in English

Bad Language, Purity and Power from 1586 to the Present

By Tony McEnery

Do men use bad language more than women? How do social class and the use of bad language interact? Do young speakers use bad language...

Published October 14th 2005 by Routledge.

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Language in Theory

A Resource Book for Students

By Mark Robson, Peter Stockwell

The Routledge English Language Introductions series provides a one-stop resource for students of all areas of language and linguistic study. Assuming no prior knowledge of...

Published February 4th 2005 by Routledge.

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