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The Handbook of Language and Globalization

ISBN: 978-1-4443-5162-0
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672 pages
July 2011, Wiley-Blackwell
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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