SubjectsLinguistics / Language policy
Journals
ISSN 0155-0640 | E‑ISSN 1833‑7139
ISSN 2949-6861 | E‑ISSN 2949‑6845
ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics
Edited by Elke Peters
ISSN 0019-0829 | E‑ISSN 1783‑1490
Journal of English-Medium Instruction
Edited by Diane Pecorari and Hans Malmström
ISSN 2666-8882 | E‑ISSN 2666‑8890
ISSN 2214-9953 | E‑ISSN 2214‑9961
TASK
Journal on Task-Based Language Teaching and Learning
Edited by Kris Van den Branden and Koen Van Gorp
ISSN 2666-1748 | E‑ISSN 2666‑1756
The Journal of Internationalization and Localization
Edited by Minako O'Hagan and Julie McDonough Dolmaya
ISSN 2032-6904 | E‑ISSN 2032‑6912
Book series
Task-Based Language Teaching
Issues, Research and Practice
Edited by Martin East, Marta González-Lloret and Andrea Révész
ISSN 1877-346X
60 Years of Applied Linguistics: Toward more engaged research
Edited by Grégory Miras, Isabel Colón de Carvajal, Nathalie Blanc and Shona Whyte
For sixty years, applied linguistics has stood at the crossroads of language and society, by meeting real-world needs. 60 Years of Applied Linguistics: Toward more engaged research offers a compelling reflection on the field’s evolution while calling for a renewed commitment to socially responsive,… read more
The Loss of Primordial Language and the Future of National Languages
Edited by Irene Capdevila and Francesc Feliu
The modern world, to the extent that it disassociates us from the secular traditional world, from the “primordial” jobs and words that support the cultural particularity forged over the centuries, weakens the borders between languages. Neologisms bring languages closer together irreversibly, and… read more[IVITRA Research in Linguistics and Literature, 47] 2026. vi, 264 pp.
Strengthening Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Language Learning
Edited by Robyn Ober, Carly Steele and Alistair Harvey
Special issue of Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 49:2 (2026) v, 166 pp.
Broken: Towards a vulnerability approach to Semiotic Landscape research
Edited by Máiréad Moriarty and Maida Kosatica
Special issue of Linguistic Landscape 11:2 (2025) v, 100 pp.
Linguistic Insecurities and Authorities: 19th- and 21st-century language commentary on French
Emma Humphries
This book offers two new perspectives on language attitudes and ideologies. First, it compares language commentary from two thus far relatively neglected time periods: the 19th and 21st centuries. Second, it draws on non-traditional, dialogic sources to explore not only the well-studied “expert”… read more[IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society, 54] 2025. xv, 262 pp.
Questionable Research Practices in Applied Linguistics
Edited by Luke Plonsky
Special issue of Journal of Second Language Studies 8:2 (2025) vi, 240 pp.
Teacher Education for Task-Based Language Teaching
Edited by Xavier Gutiérrez, Lara Bryfonski and Greg Ogilvie
Special issue of TASK 5:2 (2025) vi, 216 pp.
Towards an Integrated Approach to Heritage and School Languages in Education Policies: The case of multilingual Geneva
Edited by Claire de Goumoëns, Laurent Gajo and Myriam Radhouane
Special issue of Language Problems and Language Planning 49:3 (2025) v, 107 pp.
World Englishes in their Local Multilingual Ecologies
Edited by Peter Siemund, Gardy Stein and Manuela Vida-Mannl
World Englishes coexist and interact with local languages in multilingual ecologies. Multilingual speakers use the languages in their ecologies for different functions, with different interlocutors, and at different proficiency levels. Attitudinal responses to the languages vary. Speaker groups are… read more
10th Anniversary Issue: Engaging with LL futures
Edited by Robert Blackwood and Elana Shohamy
Special issue of Linguistic Landscape 10:4 (2024) v, 110 pp.
Corpus Linguistics and Second Language Studies
Edited by Dilin Liu, Xiaofei Lu and Isaiah WonHo Yoo
Special issue of Journal of Second Language Studies 7:2 (2024) v, 192 pp.
Decolonising or Recolonising?: Generative AI through the eyes of applied linguists, language teachers, and learners
Edited by Toni Dobinson, Julian Chen and Carly Steele
Special issue of Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 47:3 (2024) v, 165 pp.
English-medium instruction: Different stakeholders and conflicting interests
Edited by Robert Wilkinson and René Gabriëls
Special issue of Journal of English-Medium Instruction 3:1 (2024) v, 140 pp.
Graded Resources for Second and Foreign Language Learning
Edited by David Alfter and Thomas François
Special issue of ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 175:1 (2024) v, 162 pp.
Les droits fondamentaux linguistiques existent-ils? / Do Linguistic Human Rights Exist?
Edited by Laure Clément-Wilz
Special issue of Language Problems and Language Planning 48:2 (2024) v, 101 pp.
Current State of Second Language Studies in Japan
Edited by John Matthews and Shigenori Wakabayashi
Special issue of Journal of Second Language Studies 6:2 (2023) v, 171 pp.
Desired Language: Languages as objects of national ideology
Edited by Francesc Feliu
National linguistic ideology has been at the base of most historical processes that –whether they are complete or not – have brought us to the current reality: a world of languages that represent, with greater or lesser exactitude, the diversity – and convergences – of human groups. Various of… read more[IVITRA Research in Linguistics and Literature, 35] 2023. vi, 294 pp.
Language learning for language minority students in a globalized world
Edited by Mark Feng Teng and Fan Fang
Special issue of Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 46:2 (2023) v, 158 pp.
The Political Economy of Linguistic Landscapes
Edited by Johan Järlehed, Tommaso M. Milani and Tove Rosendal
Special issue of Linguistic Landscape 9:3 (2023) v, 109 pp.
Promoting linguistic vitality through public policy: The role of rules, costs and incentives
Edited by Bengt-Arne Wickström, Noémi Nagy, Anneliese Rieger-Roschitz and Balázs Vizi
Special issue of Language Problems and Language Planning 47:2 (2023) v, 117 pp.
The Role of ISO/TC 37 Standards for Translators, Interpreters, Terminologists and Beyond
Edited by Hendrik J. Kockaert
Special issue of Digital Translation 10:2 (2023) v, 120 pp.
Towards an Atlas of the History of Interpreting: Voices from around the world
Edited by Lucía Ruiz Rosendo and Jesús Baigorri-Jalón
The aspiration of an Atlas is to cover the whole world, by compiling cartographical material representing territories from across the five continents. This book intends to contribute to that ideally comprehensive, yet always unfinished, Atlas with pieces gathered from all of the Earth’s regions.… read more[Benjamins Translation Library, 159] 2023. vi, 310 pp.
Advances in Interdisciplinary Language Policy
Edited by François Grin, László Marácz and Nike K. Pokorn
This book stems from the joint effort of 25 research teams across Europe, representing a dozen disciplines from the social sciences and humanities, resulting in a radically novel perspective to the challenges of multilingualism in Europe. The various concepts and tools brought to bear on… read more[Studies in World Language Problems, 9] 2022. xxvi, 570 pp.
The Assessment of Functional Adequacy in Language Performance: Special issue of the Journal on Task-Based Language Teaching and Learning 2:1 (2022)
Edited by Folkert Kuiken and Ineke Vedder
Special issue of TASK 2:1 (2022) v, 158 pp.
COVID-19 and Current Changes in Translation and Interpreting Studies
Edited by Hendrik J. Kockaert
Special issue of The Journal of Internationalization and Localization 9:2 (2022) v, 158 pp.
Emerging Assessment Needs and Solutions in EMI in Higher Education
Edited by Slobodanka Dimova and Joyce Kling
Special issue of Journal of English-Medium Instruction 1:2 (2022) v, 138 pp.
Language, conflict and security
Edited by Roberta Medda-Windischer and Andrea Carlà
Special issue of Language Problems and Language Planning 46:2 (2022) v, 118 pp.
The Linguistic Landscape of Covid-19
Edited by Jackie Jia Lou, David Malinowski and Amiena Peck
Special issue of Linguistic Landscape 8:2/3 (2022) vi, 176 pp.
Pop culture in applied linguistics: International perspectives: Special issue of ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 173:2 (2022)
Edited by Valentin Werner
Special issue of ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 173:2 (2022) v, 158 pp.
Translingual practices entangled with semiotized space and time
Edited by Shaila Sultana and Dariush Izadi
Special issue of Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 45:2 (2022) v, 116 pp.
Contested Languages: The hidden multilingualism of Europe
Edited by Marco Tamburelli and Mauro Tosco
This is the first volume entirely dedicated to contested languages. While generally listed in international language atlases, contested languages usually fall through the cracks of research: excluded from the literature on minority languages and treated as mere ensembles of geographically defined… read more[Studies in World Language Problems, 8] 2021. vi, 271 pp.
Diaspora and Asian Spaces in a Transnational World
Edited by Thom Huebner
Special issue of Linguistic Landscape 7:2 (2021) v, 141 pp.
Localization in Healthcare and Medical Settings in the Advent of COVID-19
Edited by Minako O'Hagan and Julie McDonough Dolmaya
Special issue of The Journal of Internationalization and Localization 8:2 (2021) v, 90 pp.
Problematizing Language Policy and Practice in EMI and Transnational Higher Education: Challenges and Possibilities
Edited by Curtis Green-Eneix, Peter I. De Costa and Wendy Li
Special issue of Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 44:2 (2021) v, 145 pp.
Revisiting Linguistic Territoriality in Contemporary Europe
Edited by Till Burckhardt, John Coakley and László Marácz
Special issue of Language Problems and Language Planning 45:2 (2021) v, 140 pp.
Studies of Bilingual Processing Presented to Kenneth I. Forster
Edited by Nan Jiang
Special issue of Journal of Second Language Studies 4:2 (2021) v, 211 pp.
Acquisition of Chinese: Bilingualism and Multilingualism
Edited by Boping Yuan and Yanyu Guo
Special issue of Journal of Second Language Studies 3:2 (2020) v, 162 pp.
Canvi lingüístic, estandardització i identitat en català / Linguistic Change, Standardization and Identity in Catalan
Edited by Hans-Ingo Radatz
The multiplicity of parallel identities that make up our personalities is a phenomenon in which our individual identitary choices merge with diverse collective identities. The present volume is a contribution to the field of Identity Studies, but from a clearly linguistic perspective. It unites… read more[IVITRA Research in Linguistics and Literature, 27] 2020. xvii, 190 pp.
Corpus Linguistics and Education in Australia
Edited by Alexandra Garcia Murrago, Peter Crosthwaite and Monika Bednarek
Special issue of Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 43:2 (2020) v, 119 pp.
A Language Management Approach to Language Problems: Integrating macro and micro dimensions
Edited by Kimura Goro Christoph and Lisa Fairbrother
In recent years there has been increased interest in examining the treatment of language problems across different levels of society, ranging from individual interactional issues to language policy and planning at the national or supra-national level. Among the various approaches to tackle this… read more[Studies in World Language Problems, 7] 2020. ix, 273 pp.
Language Policy in Business: Discourse, ideology and practice
Elisabeth Barakos
Language Policy in Business: Discourse, ideology and practice provides a critical sociolinguistic and discursive understanding of language policy in a minority language context. Focusing on Welsh-English bilingualism in private sector businesses in Wales, the book unpacks the circulating… read more[Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture, 89] 2020. xv, 195 pp.
Localization around the globe
Edited by Minako O'Hagan and Julie McDonough Dolmaya
Special issue of The Journal of Internationalization and Localization 7:1/2 (2020) v, 137 pp.
Minorities in Italy in a changing legal landscape
Edited by Gabriele Iannàccaro and Vittorio Dell’Aquila
Special issue of Language Problems and Language Planning 44:3 (2020) v, 130 pp.
The Multilingual Challenge for the Construction and Transmission of Scientific Knowledge
Anne-Claude Berthoud and Laurent Gajo
Whereas it is now generally recognised that multilingualism is important for society, culture and the economy, the relevance of multilingualism for the world of science has still largely escaped attention. But science, too, is created and transmitted in and through communication. Today, the… read more[Multilingualism and Diversity Management, 5] 2020. ix, 158 pp.
Multilingual Landscapes and the Construction of Community
Edited by Leonie Gaiser and Yaron Matras
Special issue of Linguistic Landscape 6:2 (2020) v, 128 pp.
New Approaches to Language Attitudes in the Hispanic and Lusophone World
Edited by Talia Bugel and Cecilia Montes-Alcalá
The analysis of language attitudes is important not only because attitudes can affect language maintenance and language change but also because such reflections and discussions can bring light to social, cultural, political and educational matters that require an interdisciplinary approach. This… read more[Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics, 25] 2020. xi, 274 pp.
Styles, Standards and Meaning in Lesser-Studied Languages
Edited by Uri Horesh, Jonathan R. Kasstan and Miriam Meyerhoff
Special issue of Language Ecology 4:1 (2020) v, 130 pp.
Translation in Knowledge, Knowledge in Translation
Edited by Rocío G. Sumillera, Jan Surman and Katharina Kühn
This volume explores the intersection between Translation Studies and History and Philosophy of Science to shed light on the workings of scientific communities, the dissemination of knowledge across languages and cultures, and the transformation in the process of that knowledge and of the… read more[Benjamins Translation Library, 154] 2020. vii, 272 pp.
40 Years of Bill 101 in Québec
Edited by François Vaillancourt
Special issue of Language Problems and Language Planning 43:2 (2019) v, 138 pp.
Aptitude-treatment interaction in second language learning
Edited by Robert M. DeKeyser
Special issue of Journal of Second Language Studies 2:2 (2019) v, 200 pp.
Documentary Linguistics: Working with Communities
Edited by Sumittra Suraratdecha and Toshihide Nakayama
Special issue of Language Ecology 3:2 (2019) v, 122 pp.
Intercultural Experience in Narrative: Expatriate stories from a multicultural workplace
Michał Wilczewski
This book systematically investigates intercultural experiences of Polish managers and specialists delegated by their multinational company (MNC) on an international assignment to China. The book employs narrative inquiry to explore language, intercultural communication, collaboration, learning,… read more[Studies in Narrative, 26] 2019. xix, 325 pp.
The Intricacy of Languages
Edited by Francesc Feliu and Olga Fullana
If, as we believe, the history of languages is the history of the construction of an ideal artefact that permits a specific interpretation of the linguistic reality and helps to approve and assimilate a certain zone of diversity, enabling the accumulation of collective historical knowledge and… read more[IVITRA Research in Linguistics and Literature, 20] 2019. xi, 436 pp.
Language and Intercultural Communication Pedagogies in Australian Higher Education
Edited by Paul J. Moore and Adriana Díaz
Special issue of Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 42:2 (2019) v, 100 pp.
Metaphor, Nation and Discourse
Edited by Ljiljana Šarić and Mateusz-Milan Stanojević
This edited volume examines how metaphors and related phenomena (metonymies, symbols, cultural models, stereotypes) lead to the discursive construal of a common element that brings the nation together. The central idea is that metaphor use must be questioned to lay bare the processes and the… read more[Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture, 82] 2019. vii, 356 pp.
Technology-mediated feedback and instruction
Edited by Hossein Nassaji and Eva Kartchava
Special issue of ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 170:2 (2019) v, 159 pp.
X-Scapes: New horizons in Linguistic Landscapes
Edited by Crispin Thurlow and Kellie Gonçalves
Special issue of Linguistic Landscape 5:2 (2019) v, 106 pp.
Approaches to learning, testing, and researching L2 vocabulary
Edited by Stuart Webb
Special issue of ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 169:1 (2018) vi, 231 pp.
Gender, Sexuality & Linguistic Landscapes
Edited by Tommaso M. Milani
Special issue of Linguistic Landscape 4:3 (2018) v, 119 pp.
Genre and Disciplinarity
Edited by Tim Moore, Janne Morton and Steve Price
Special issue of Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 41:2 (2018) v, 120 pp.
Language of Empire, Language of Power
Edited by Kees Versteegh
Special issue of Language Ecology 2:1/2 (2018) v, 146 pp.
Mediation Strategies
Edited by Anthony Pym
Special issue of Language Problems and Language Planning 42:3 (2018) v, 110 pp.
Observing Eurolects: Corpus analysis of linguistic variation in EU law
Edited by Laura Mori
Focusing on the multi-faceted topic of Eurolects, this volume brings together knowledge and methodologies from various disciplines, including sociolinguistics, legal linguistics, corpus linguistics, and translation studies. The legislative varieties of eleven EU official and working languages… read more[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 86] 2018. xiv, 395 pp.
The Politics of Multilingualism: Europeanisation, globalisation and linguistic governance
Edited by Peter A. Kraus and François Grin
This book proposes a multidisciplinary assessment of the impact of complex diversity on language politics and policies, analysing how the legacies of the old interact with the challenges of the new. Its main focus is on the interplay of multilingualism on the one hand, and the dynamics of… read more[Studies in World Language Problems, 6] 2018. xix, 367 pp.
Flourishing in Italian: Positive Psychology approaches to the teaching and learning of Italian in Australia
Edited by Antonia Rubino, Antonella Strambi and Vincenza Tudini
Special issue of Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 40:2 (2017) v, 109 pp.
Game Localisation
Edited by Xiaochun Zhang and Samuel Strong
Special issue of The Journal of Internationalization and Localization 4:2 (2017) v, 132 pp.
Language and Citizenship: Broadening the agenda
Edited by Tommaso M. Milani
This volume offers fresh, cutting-edge perspectives on issues of language and citizenship by casting a critical light on a broad spectrum of geo-political contexts – Flanders, Luxembourg, Singapore, South Africa, the UK - and discourse data – policy documents, newspaper articles, ethnographic notes… read more[Benjamins Current Topics, 91] 2017. v, 162 pp.
Methodology in Linguistic Landscape Research
Edited by Robert Blackwood
Special issue of Linguistic Landscape 3:3 (2017) v, 113 pp.
Advances in Spanish as a Heritage Language
Edited by Diego Pascual y Cabo
Bringing together contributions from some of the leading experts in the field of Spanish as a Heritage Language, this volume aims to provide an in-depth understanding of current and emerging trends in research and praxis. To this end, the volume is divided into three thematic units. The first unit… read more[Studies in Bilingualism, 49] 2016. ix, 353 pp.
Constructing Languages: Norms, myths and emotions
Edited by Francesc Feliu and Josep M. Nadal
As language historians we believe that the subject of our study is neither natural languages nor idiolects which speakers have always been able to develop individually (loosely what Chomsky calls L-i), but rather the social constructions of reference shared by all speakers (basically what Chomsky… read more[IVITRA Research in Linguistics and Literature, 13] 2016. vii, 416 pp.
Endangered Languages and Languages in Danger: Issues of documentation, policy, and language rights
Edited by Luna Filipović and Martin Pütz
This peer-reviewed collection brings together the latest research on language endangerment and language rights. It creates a vibrant, interdisciplinary platform for the discussion of the most pertinent and urgent topics central to vitality and equality of languages in today’s globalised world. The… read more
English in the Netherlands: Functions, forms and attitudes
Alison Edwards
This volume provides the first comprehensive investigation of the Netherlands in the World Englishes paradigm. It explores the history of English contact, the present spread of English and attitudes towards English in the Netherlands. It describes the development and analysis of the Corpus of Dutch… read more[Varieties of English Around the World, G56] 2016. xv, 271 pp.
Land and Language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country
Edited by Jean-Christophe Verstraete and Diane Hafner
This volume offers a state-of-the-art survey of linguistic, anthropological, archaeological and historical work focused on Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country, in Australia’s northeast. The volume also honours Bruce Rigsby, emeritus professor of anthropology at the University of Queensland,… read more[Culture and Language Use, 18] 2016. x, 492 pp.
Linguistic Purism: Language Attitudes in France and Quebec
Olivia Walsh
This book represents the first in-depth, comparative investigation of linguistic purism in modern French. It investigates the relative prevalence of purist ideology in France and Quebec. Both experience influence from English and have similar language legislation, but they differ in their social,… read more[IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society, 41] 2016. xviii, 324 pp.
Localization and Interculturality
Edited by Maria-Cornelia Wermuth and Priscilla Heynderickx
Special issue of The Journal of Internationalization and Localization 3:2 (2016) v, 100 pp.
Managing Plurilingual and Intercultural Practices in the Workplace: The case of multilingual Switzerland
Edited by Georges Lüdi, Katharina Höchle Meier and Patchareerat Yanaprasart
The contributions in this volume stem from different lines of research and represent both a continuation and an advancement of the European DYLAN project. The book addresses the meanings and implications of multilingualism and plurilingual repertoires as well as the ways in which cultural diversity… read more[Multilingualism and Diversity Management, 4] 2016. viii, 374 pp.
Memory and memorialization
Edited by Eliezer Ben-Rafael and Elana Shohamy
Special issue of Linguistic Landscape 2:3 (2016) v, 104 pp.
Postgraduate Writing in a Globalised World
Edited by Emmaline Lear and Elke Stracke
Special issue of Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 39:2 (2016) v, 98 pp.
Translating in Linguistically Diverse Societies: Translation policy in the United Kingdom
Gabriel González Núñez
This work is the first book-length treatment on translation policy. Nearly everywhere in the world, populations are multilingual and mobile; consequently, language policies developed by the authorities must include choices about the use or non-use of translation. This book recognizes that these… read more[Benjamins Translation Library, 125] 2016. xiv, 289 pp.
Ugandan English: Its sociolinguistics, structure and uses in a globalising post-protectorate
Edited by Christiane Meierkord, Bebwa Isingoma and Saudah Namyalo
Ugandan English is a variety that has scarcely been noticed in past research. This timely volume brings together African and European scholars in a first-ever collection of articles that offer comprehensive discussions of the historical and present-day sociolinguistics of English in Uganda and… read more[Varieties of English Around the World, G59] 2016. vi, 280 pp.
Education in Languages of Lesser Power: Asia-Pacific Perspectives
Edited by Craig Alan Volker and Fred E. Anderson
The cultural diversity of the Asia-Pacific region is reflected in a multitude of linguistic ecologies of languages of lesser power, i.e., of indigenous and immigrant languages whose speakers lack collective linguistic power, especially in education. This volume looks at a representative sampling of… read more[IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society, 35] 2015. xv, 300 pp.
Linguistic Equality
Edited by Humphrey Tonkin
Special issue of Language Problems and Language Planning 39:3 (2015) v, 101 pp.
Major versus Minor? – Languages and Literatures in a Globalized World
Edited by Theo D’haen, Iannis Goerlandt and Roger D. Sell
Do the notions of “World Lingua Franca” and “World Literature” now need to be firmly relegated to an imperialist-cum-colonialist past? Or can they be rehabilitated in a practical and equitable way that fully endorses a politics of recognition? For scholars in the field of languages and literatures,… read more[FILLM Studies in Languages and Literatures, 1] 2015. xv, 280 pp.
Teachers’ Plurilingual Identities in Transnational Contexts
Edited by Clea Schmidt and Antoinette Gagné
Tradition, Tension and Translation in Turkey
Edited by Şehnaz Tahir Gürçağlar, Saliha Paker and John Milton
The articles in this volume examine historical, cultural, literary and political facets of translation in Turkey, a society in tortuous transformation since the 19th century from empire to nation-state. Some draw attention to tradition in Ottoman practices and agents of translation and… read more[Benjamins Translation Library, 118] 2015. xiii, 311 pp.
English in Nordic Universities: Ideologies and practices
Edited by Anna Kristina Hultgren, Frans Gregersen and Jacob Thøgersen
This volume brings together theoretical perspectives and empirical studies on the ongoing Englishization of Nordic universities. A core objective is to contrast and address the gap between ideological representations of this phenomenon and the ways in which it unfolds in the practices on the ground. read more[Studies in World Language Problems, 5] 2014. vi, 268 pp.
The Evaluation of Language Regimes: Theory and application to multilingual patent organisations
Michele Gazzola
Building on existing analytical frameworks, this book provides a new methodology allowing different language policies in international multilingual organisations (or “language regimes”) to be compared and evaluated on the basis of criteria such as efficiency and fairness. It explains step-by-step… read more[Multilingualism and Diversity Management, 3] 2014. xxi, 380 pp.
Linguistic Diversity and Social Inclusion in Australia
Edited by Ingrid Piller
Recent Advances in Automatic Readability Assessment and Text Simplification
Edited by Thomas François and Delphine Bernhard
Special issue of ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 165:2 (2014) vi, 243 pp.
Translation and the Spanish Empire in the Americas
Roberto A. Valdeón
Two are the starting points of this book. On the one hand, the use of Doña Marina/La Malinche as a symbol of the violation of the Americas by the Spanish conquerors as well as a metaphor of her treason to the Mexican people. On the other, the role of the translations of Bartolomé de las Casas’s… read more[Benjamins Translation Library, 113] 2014. xii, 272 pp.
The Discursive Construction of the Scots Language: Education, politics and everyday life
Johann Wolfgang Unger
This monograph is about how the Scots language is discursively constructed, both from ‘above’ (through texts such as educational policies, debates in parliament and official websites) and from ‘below’ (in focus group discussions among Scottish people). It uses the interdisciplinary… read more[Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture, 51] 2013. xvi, 178 pp.
Displacement, Language Maintenance and Identity: Sudanese refugees in Australia
Anikó Hatoss
This monograph presents an ecological perspective to the study of language maintenance and shift in immigrant contexts. The ecology incorporates past, present and future and treats spatial and temporal dimensions as the main organizing frames in which everyday language use and identity development… read more[IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society, 34] 2013. xviii, 259 pp.
Exploring the Dynamics of Multilingualism: The DYLAN project
Edited by Anne-Claude Berthoud, François Grin and Georges Lüdi
This book addresses the meanings and implications of multilingualism and its uses in a context of rapid changes, in Europe and around the world. All types of organisations, including the political institutions of the European Union, universities and private-sector companies must rise to the many… read more[Multilingualism and Diversity Management, 2] 2013. xxi, 440 pp.
Language Policy and Identity Construction: The dynamics of Cameroon's multilingualism
Eric A. Anchimbe
The (dis)empowerment of languages through language policy in multilingual postcolonial communities often shapes speakers’ identification with these languages, their attitude towards other languages in the community, and their choices in interpersonal and intergroup communication. Focusing on the… read more[IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society, 32] 2013. xxvi, 250 pp.
New Perspectives on English as a European Lingua Franca
Heiko Motschenbacher
This volume complements earlier work on English as a lingua franca (ELF) by providing an in-depth study of the phenomenon from a decidedly European perspective. Distancing itself from more traditional approaches to the study of English in Europe (linguistic imperialism and “Euro-English”), the… read more[Not in series, 182] 2013. xi, 249 pp.
The Persistence of Language: Constructing and confronting the past and present in the voices of Jane H. Hill
Edited by Shannon T. Bischoff, Deborah Cole, Amy V. Fountain and Mizuki Miyashita
This edited collection presents two sets of interdisciplinary conversations connecting theoretical, methodological, and ideological issues in the study of language. In the first section, Approaches to the study of the indigenous languages of the Americas, the authors connect historical,… read more[Culture and Language Use, 8] 2013. xxx, 440 pp.
The Politics of English: South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Asia Pacific
Edited by Lionel Wee, Robbie B.H. Goh and Lisa Lim
This volume brings together contributions that explore the increasingly important roles that English plays in Asia, including its contribution to economic growth, national imaginaries and creative writing. These are issues that are political in a broad sense, but the diversity of Asian contexts… read more[Studies in World Language Problems, 4] 2013. ix, 322 pp.
Responses to Language Endangerment: In honor of Mickey Noonan. New directions in language documentation and language revitalization
Edited by Elena Mihas, Bernard Perley, Gabriel Rei-Doval and Kathleen Wheatley
This volume further complicates and advances the contemporary perspective on language endangerment by examining the outcomes of the most commonly cited responses to language endangerment, i.e. language documentation, language revitalization, and training. The present collection takes stock of many… read more[Studies in Language Companion Series, 142] 2013. xv, 273 pp.
Teaching Creole-Speaking Children: Issues, concerns and resolutions for the classroom
Edited by Gillian Wigglesworth
Thematising Multilingualism in the Media
Edited by Helen Kelly-Holmes and Tommaso M. Milani
This volume analyses the complex relations between multilingualism and the media: how the media manage multilingualism; how multilingualism is presented and used as media content; and how the media are discursive sites where debates about multilingualism and other language-related issues unfold. It… read more[Benjamins Current Topics, 49] 2013. v, 151 pp.
An Interdisciplinary Bibliography on Language, Gender and Sexuality (2000–2011)
Heiko Motschenbacher
This comprehensive, state-of-the-art bibliography documents the most recent research activity in the vibrant field of language, gender and sexuality. It provides experts in the field and students in tertiary education with access to language-centred resources on gender and sexuality and is,… read more[Not in series, 177] 2012. vii, 294 pp.
Describing School Achievement in Asian Languages for Diverse Learner Groups
Edited by Angela Scarino and Catherine Elder
Language Maintenance and Language Death: The decline of Texas Alsatian
Karen A. Roesch
This book provides the first extensive description of Texas Alsatian, a critically-endangered Texas German dialect, as spoken in Medina County in the 21st century. The dialect was brought to Texas in the 1840s by colonists recruited by French entrepreneur Henri Castro and has been preserved with… read more[Culture and Language Use, 6] 2012. xv, 253 pp.
Standard Languages and Multilingualism in European History
Edited by Matthias Hüning, Ulrike Vogl and Olivier Moliner
This volume explores the roots of Europe's struggle with multilingualism. It argues that, over the centuries, the pursuit of linguistic homogeneity has become a central aspect of the mindset of Europeans. In its extreme form, it became manifest in the principle of 'one language, one state, one… read more[Multilingualism and Diversity Management, 1] 2012. ix, 339 pp.
Australian Languages: A challenge for applied linguistics
Edited by Michael Walsh
Bilingualism in the USA: The case of the Chicano-Latino community
Fredric Field
This text provides an overview of bi- and multilingualism as a worldwide phenomenon. It features comprehensive discussions of many of the linguistic, social, political, and educational issues found in an increasingly multilingual nation and world. To this end, the book takes the Chicano-Latino… read more[Studies in Bilingualism, 44] 2011. xviii, 320 pp.
Kwéyòl in Postcolonial Saint Lucia: Globalization, language planning, and national development
Aonghas St-Hilaire
Can historically marginalized, threatened languages be saved in the contemporary global era? In relation to the wider postcolonial world, especially the Caribbean, this book focuses on efforts to preserve and promote Lesser Antillean French Creole – Kwéyòl – as the national language of Saint Lucia… read more[Creole Language Library, 40] 2011. xv, 316 pp.
Language for Specific Purposes
Edited by Antoon De Rycker, Kris Buyse and Lieve Vangehuchten
Special issue of ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 162 (2011) ca. 146 pp.
Languages in Business Education: Introduction
Edited by Lieven Buysse, Karoline Claes and Erwin Snauwaert
Special issue of ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 161 (2011) ca. 123 pp.
Minority Languages and Group Identity: Cases and Categories
John Edwards
The central concern in this book is the relationship between language and group identity, a relationship that is thrown into greatest relief in ‘minority’ settings. Since much of the current interest in minority languages revolves around issues of identity politics, language rights and the plight… read more[IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society, 27] 2010. ix, 231 pp.
New Perspectives on Endangered Languages: Bridging gaps between sociolinguistics, documentation and language revitalization
Edited by José Antonio Flores Farfán and Fernando F. Ramallo
Understanding sociolinguistics as a theoretical and methodological framework hopefully could attempt to promote change and social development in human communities. Yet it still presents important political, epistemological, methodological and theoretical challenges. A sociolinguistics of… read more[Culture and Language Use, 1] 2010. v, 156 pp.
Sociocognitive Approaches to Second Language Pedagogy
Edited by Bronwen Patricia Dyson
The Translator as Mediator of Cultures
Edited by Humphrey Tonkin and Maria Esposito Frank
If it is bilingualism that transfers information and ideas from culture to culture, it is the translator who systematizes and generalizes this process. The translator serves as a mediator of cultures. In this collection of essays, based on a conference held at the University of Hartford, a group of… read more[Studies in World Language Problems, 3] 2010. x, 201 pp.
The Architect of Modern Catalan: Selected writings
Pompeu Fabra (1868–1948)
Pompeu Fabra (1868-1948) is renowned as the person who reformed and codified modern Catalan, giving it the condition of a normativised language of culture that proved fit to meet all the challenges of the twentieth century. The context in which he worked was defined by the ideology and momentum of… read more[Not in series, 150] 2009. xxxii, 240 pp.
Clearing the Air: Applied linguistic perspectives on aviation communication
Edited by John Read and Ute Knoch
Luxembourg
Edited by Kristine Horner
Special issue of Language Problems and Language Planning 33:2 (2009) 96 pp
ESP in European Higher Education: Integrating language and content
Edited by Inmaculada Fortanet-Gómez and Christine A. Räisänen
The Bologna Reform has been implemented in a large part of the European Union and it is time to take a short pause to reflect over some of the lessons learned up to now. The aim of this book is to share experiences and reflections on English for Specific Purposes pedagogy in Western European higher… read more[AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 4] 2008. vi, 285 pp.
English as an International Language: Challenges and possibilities
Edited by Michael Clyne and Farzad Sharifian †
Learning and Teaching L2 Writing
Guest-edited by Daphne van Weijen, Elke Van Steendam and Gert Rijlaarsdam
Special issue of ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 156 (2008) iii, 351 pp.
Respecting Linguistic Diversity in the European Union
Edited by Xabier Arzoz
After the accession of ten new member-states in 2004, the number of official EU languages increased from eleven to twenty. In 2005, the Council of the European Union decided to expand the existing legal framework for Irish and for other languages, such as Basque, Catalan and Galician, which are… read more[Studies in World Language Problems, 2] 2008. viii, 269 pp.
La centration sur l'apprenant en didactique du FLE: En hommage à Jean Binon
Sous la direction de Piet Desmet et Serge Verlinde
Special issue of ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 154 (2007) ca. 158 pp.
Language as Action
Edited by Maurice Nevile and Johanna Rendle-Short
Receptive Multilingualism: Linguistic analyses, language policies and didactic concepts
Edited by Jan D. ten Thije and Ludger Zeevaert
Receptive multilingualism refers to the language constellation in which interlocutors use their respective mother tongue while speaking to each other. Since the mid-nineties receptive multilingualism is promoted by the European commission on par with other possibilities of increasing the mobility… read more[Hamburg Studies on Multilingualism, 6] 2007. x, 328 pp.
Spanish in Contact: Policy, Social and Linguistic Inquiries
Edited by Kim Potowski and Richard Cameron
This volume, covering a range of topics such as Spanish as a heritage language in the United States, policy issues, pragmatics and language contact, sociolinguistic variation and contact, and Bozal (Creole) Spanish, will serve the interests of linguists, educators, and policy makers alike. It… read more[IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society, 22] 2007. xx, 397 pp.
Address from a World Perspective
Edited by Heinz L. Kretzenbacher, Catrin Norrby and Jane Warren
Explorations in the Sociology of Language and Religion
Edited by Tope Omoniyi and Joshua A. Fishman †
The Sociology of Language and Religion (SLR) is still in its infancy as a sub-discipline in the macrosociolinguistic tradition. It is therefore no coincidence that the editorial collaboration to produce its first definitive text Explorations in the Sociology of Language and Religion has involved… read more[Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture, 20] 2006. viii, 347 pp.
Language, Religion and National Identity in Europe and the Middle East: A historical study
John Myhill
This book discusses the historical record of the idea that language is associated with national identity, demonstrating that different applications of this idea have consistently produced certain types of results. Nationalist movements aimed at ‘unification’, based upon languages which vary greatly… read more[Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture, 21] 2006. ix, 300 pp.
Task-Based Language Teaching
Edited by Kris Van den Branden and Machteld Verhelst
Special issue of ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 152 (2006) ca. 160 pp.
Discourse and Power in a Multilingual World
Adrian Blackledge
In Discourse and Power in a Multilingual World the discourse of politicians and policy-makers in Britain links languages other than English, and therefore speakers of these languages, with civil disorder and threats to democracy, citizenship and nationhood. These powerful arguments travel along… read more[Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture, 15] 2005. x, 252 pp.
Missionary Linguistics II / Lingüística misionera II: Orthography and Phonology. Selected papers from the Second International Conference on Missionary Linguistics, São Paulo, 10–13 March 2004
Edited by Otto Zwartjes and Cristina Altman
This is the second volume to be dedicated to the pioneering linguistic work produced by the religious missionaries who, within the scope of the European colonial enterprises along the period 1550–1850, described dozens of autochthonous languages, many of which are only known today thanks to their… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 109] 2005. vi, 292 pp.
Language Standardization and Language Change: The dynamics of Cape Dutch
Ana Deumert
Language Standardization and Language Change describes the formation of an early standard norm at the Cape around 1900. The processes of variant reduction and sociolinguistic focusing which accompanied the early standardization history of Afrikaans (or ‘Cape Dutch’ as it was then called) are… read more[IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society, 19] 2004. xx, 361 pp.
Missionary Linguistics/Lingüística misionera: Selected papers from the First International Conference on Missionary Linguistics, Oslo, 13–16 March 2003
Edited by Otto Zwartjes and Even Hovdhaugen
When the first European missionaries arrived on other continents, it was decided that the indigenous languages would be used as the means of christianization. There emerged the need to produce grammars and dictionaries of those languages. The study of this linguistic material has so far not… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 106] 2004. vi, 288 pp.
South Africa
Edited by Nkonko M. Kamwangamalu and Timothy Reagan
Special issue of Language Problems and Language Planning 28:2 (2004) 114 pp.
Language Death and Language Maintenance: Theoretical, practical and descriptive approaches
Edited by Mark Janse and Sijmen Tol
Languages are dying at an alarming rate all over the world. Estimates range from 50% to as much as 90% by the end of the century. This collection of original papers tries to strike a balance between theoretical, practical and descriptive approaches to language death and language maintenance. It… read more[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 240] 2003. xviii, 244 pp.
Language in the Twenty-First Century: Selected papers of the millennial conferences of the Center for Research and Documentation on World Language Problems, held at the University of Hartford and Yale University
Edited by Humphrey Tonkin and Timothy Reagan
What is the future of languages in an increasingly globalized world? Are we moving toward the use of a single language for global communication, or are there ways of managing language diversity at the international level? Can we, or should we, maintain a balance between the global need to… read more[Studies in World Language Problems, 1] 2003. vi, 209 pp.
Language in South Africa: The role of language in national transformation, reconstruction and development
Victor Webb
Language in South Africa (LiSA) debates the role of language and language planning in the reconstruction, development and transformation of post-apartheid democratic South Africa. The 1996 constitution of South Africa is founded on the political philosophy of pluralism and is directed at promoting… read more[IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society, 14] 2002. xxviii, 357 pp.
Literacies: Tertiary contexts
Compiled and edited by Zosia Golebiowski
Special issue of Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 25:2 (2002) vii, 148 pp.
Maintaining and Setting Standards and Language Variation in the Asian Pacific Region
Edited by Amy B.M. Tsui
Special issue of Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 12:1 (2002) vi, 184 pp.
Language Management and Language Problems: Part II
Edited by Björn H. Jernudd
Dedicated to Professor J. V. Neustupný, this volume offers a discussion of the development function as a source of language problems. read moreSpecial issue of Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 11:1 (2001) vi, 100 pp.
Language and National Identity: Comparing France and Sweden
Leigh Oakes
This book re-examines the relationship between language and national identity. Unlike many previous studies, it employs a comparative approach: France and Sweden have been chosen as case studies both for theirsimilarities (e.g. both are member states of the European Union) as well as their… read more[IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society, 13] 2001. x, 305 pp.
New Perspectives and Issues in Educational Language Policy: In honour of Bernard Dov Spolsky
Edited by Robert L. Cooper, Elana Shohamy and Joel Walters
This formidable selection of papers reflects the psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic underpinnings of the interface between language and education. Following an introduction that positions the field of educational linguistics historically and conceptually, the volume presents 15 contributions by… read more[Not in series, 104] 2001. vi, 307 pp.
Defining Standards and Monitoring Progress in Learning Languages other than English
Guest-edited by Catherine Elder
Special issue of Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 23:2 (2000) iii, 90 pp.
Ideology, Politics and Language Policies: Focus on English
Edited by Thomas Ricento
This volume critically examines the effects of the spread of English from colonialism to the ‘New World Order’. The research explores the complex and often contradictory roles English has played in national development. Historical analyses and case studies by leading researchers in language policy… read more[IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society, 6] 2000. x, 197 pp.
Language Management and Language Problems: Part I
Edited by Björn H. Jernudd
Dedicated to Professor J. V. Neustupný, these papers discuss communicative, symbolic, social and entertainment functions of language as sources of language problems. read moreSpecial issue of Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 10:2 (2000) 142 pp.
Language Policy and Pedagogy: Essays in honor of A. Ronald Walton
Edited by Richard D. Lambert and Elana Shohamy
In this memorial volume for A. Ronald Walton, cutting-edge scholars interrelate two normally separate domains: the formation of language policy and the improvement of language teaching. Bernard Spolsky, Elana Shohamy, Joshua Fishman, and Kees de Bot address theoretical aspects of national language… read more[Not in series, 96] 2000. xii, 279 pp.
Terminology and Language Planning: An alternative framework of practice and discourse
Bassey E. Antia
Changing socio-political landscapes, the dynamics of glocalisation, among other factors, are spawning new policy attitudes towards multilingualism, and again putting language planning (LP) on the map in a manner reminiscent of the 1960s and 1970s. With respect to terminology, this book suggests… read more[Terminology and Lexicography Research and Practice, 2] 2000. xxiv, 264 pp.
Politics and Sociolinguistic Reflexes: Palestinian border villages
Muhammad Hasan Amara
This sociolinguistic study describes and analyzes an Israeli Palestinian border village in the Little Triangle and another village artificially divided between Israel and the West Bank, tracing the political transformations that they have undergone, and the accompanying social and cultural changes.… read more[Studies in Bilingualism, 19] 1999. xx, 261 pp.
Sociopolitical Perspectives on Language Policy and Planning in the USA
Edited by Thom Huebner and Kathryn A. Davis
This volume is the result of a colloquium on socio-political dimensions of language policy and language planning held at the 1997 American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Conference. The focus is on language planning and policy in the USA, but the issues raised will be applicable to other… read more[Studies in Bilingualism, 16] 1999. xvi, 365 pp.
Language Legislation and Linguistic Rights: Selected Proceedings of the Language Legislation and Linguistic Rights Conference, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, March, 1996
Edited by Douglas A. Kibbee
The contributions to this volume cover a broad range of issues in language policy that are hotly debated in every corner of the globe. The articles included investigate the implications of language policies on the notion of language rights as the issues are played out in very specific circumstances… read more[IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society, 2] 1998. xvi, 415 pp.
Études offertes à Karel van den Eynde: Volume I. Études de linguistique générale et romane: l’approche pronominale et méthodes quantitatives
Sous la direction de Nicole Delbecque et Pierre Swiggers
Special issue of ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 95/96 (1992) ca. 205 pp.
Études offertes à Karel van den Eynde
Études offertes à Karel van den Eynde: Volume II. Linguistique générale et linguistique descriptive
Sous la direction de Nicole Delbecque et Pierre Swiggers
Special issue of ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 97/98 (1992) ca. 276 pp.
Dimensions of Language Attrition
Edited by Kees de Bot, Michael Clyne and T.J.M. van Els
Special issue of ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 83/84 (1989) ca. 162 pp.
Language Testing Colloquium: Selected papers from a Colloquium at the Horwood Language Center, University of Melbourne, 24–25 August, 1987
Edited by Tim F. McNamara
Special issue of Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 11:2 (1988) vii, 98 pp.
Australian Applied Language Studies
Edited by Tim F. McNamara
Special issue of Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 10:2 (1987) vi, 236 pp.
Literacy
Special issue of Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 9:2 (1986) v, 157 pp.
Current Issues in First and Second Language Development: Proceedings of the ALAA Working Group on Language Development, Alice Springs, August 1984
Edited by Howard Nicholas
Special issue of Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 8:2 (1985) iii, 151 pp.
Language Handicap
Guest-edited by Ann Zubrick
Special issue of Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 7:2 (1984) iv, 75 pp.
Foreign Language Teaching
Edited by T.J. Quinn
Special issue of Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 6:2 (1983) iv, 103 pp.
Papers of the workshop on Language and Prosody
Edited by Karel van den Eynde and Nicole Delbecque
Special issue of ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 60/61 (1983) ca. 158 pp.
Language Planning
Special issue of Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 5:2 (1982) viii, 159 pp.