New Labour, New Language?

By Norman Fairclough

This is a book about the politics of New Labour that focuses on language. Fairclough gets behind the rhetoric to uncover the real meaning. He...

Published March 2nd 2000 by Routledge.

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Japanese Bankers in the City of London

Language, Culture and Identity in the Japanese Diaspora

By Junko Sakai

The globalisation of the present day world economy means that more and more people are experiencing different cultures through their work. Focusing on the real...

Published November 18th 1999 by Routledge.

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Talkin that Talk

Language, Culture and Education in African America

By Geneva Smitherman

A highly readable collection of key articles and essays by a leading scholar on African American language and politics. Discussing the inter-relationship between African American...

Published September 30th 1999 by Routledge.

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Standard English

The Widening Debate

By Tony Bex, Richard J. Watts

Standard English draws together the leading international scholars in the field, who confront the debates surrounding 'Standard English', grammar and correctness head-on.
These debates are as...

Published February 18th 1999 by Routledge.

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Authority in Language

Investigating Standard English

By James Milroy, Lesley Milroy

This book has a great track record; of its kind its the best on the market. - Deborah Cameron, University of Strathclyde
This influential and...

Published November 12th 1998 by Routledge.

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Debating Diversity

Analysing the Discourse of Tolerance

By Jan Blommaert, Jef Verschueren

Immigration, racism and nationalism have become hotly debated issues in the Western world. This highly original and controversial work focuses on the language used by...

Published August 13th 1998 by Routledge.

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Feminist Critique of Language

second edition

By Deborah Cameron

The Feminist Critique of Language provides a wide-ranging selection of writings on language, gender, and feminist thought. It serves both as a guide to the...

Published March 12th 1998 by Routledge.

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Language and Desire

Encoding Sex, Romance and Intimacy

Edited by Keith Harvey, Celia Shalom

This original and intriguing collection explores the pressures exerted upon language in the expression of romantic and sexual desire. Simultaneously, it reveals the ways in...

Published August 14th 1997 by Routledge.

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The Politics of Writing

By Romy Clark, Roz Ivanic

Writing matters: it plays a key role in the circulation of ideas in society and has a direct impact on the development of democracy. But...

Published June 5th 1997 by Routledge.

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A Social History of English

By Mr Dick Leith, Dick Leith

A Social History of English is the first history of the English language to utilize the techniques, insights and concerns of sociolinguistics. Written in a...

Published June 5th 1997 by Routledge.

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