The Handbook of Language and Globalization

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

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