Focusing on feminist linguistic analysis, this book offers students an in-depth exploration of essential theoretical perspectives, methodologies, and analytical frameworks. It serves as a comprehensive survey of contemporary issues and developments within the field, equipping readers with the necessary tools to understand the intersection of language and gender through a feminist lens.
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; it can be a common ground between people or can be used as a divide between social groups. This Companion is for anyone who is interested in how and why people speak and write with such diversity. The Routledge Companion to Sociolinguistics includes articles by leading scholars in the field With a substantial A-Z glossary of key terms and concepts, directions for further study, and detailed cross-referencing with links to the glossary, The Routledge Companion to Sociolinguistics is both an essential broad-based introduction for those new to the field, and a highly useful reference for the more advanced linguist.
The first ever book from professor and pioneer of Politeness Theory, Louise Mullany, looking at politeness and the important role it plays in our work, relationships and lives.