Alphabet to Email explores the ever-changing relationship between speech and writing and considers the implications of current language trends on the future of written English.

Written in a lively and engaging style, this book offers a new theoretical perspective on the study of language and politics, and provides an essential introduction to political discourse analysis.

This influential and widely used book has been extensively revised and includes a new chapter on linguistic discrimination on the basis of class, race and ethnicity.

This groundbreaking collection re-orders the elitist and colonial elements of language studies by drawing together the multiple perspectives of Black language researchers.

Child Language outlines the major areas of linguistic analysis involved in the study of childrens language. It builds on the established strengths of the first edition and has been fully updated and expanded throughout.

This volume brings together contributions from a wide variety of sociolinguistic settings in which this phenomenon of conversational code-switching is observed.

Cognitive poetics involves the application of cognitive linguistics and psychology to literary texts. This student-friendly book provides case studies to help students understand the theory and master the practice of cognitive poetic analysis.