Sociolinguistics:

• provides a comprehensive introduction to sociolinguistics
• draws on a range of real texts, from an interview with Madonna to the Japanese Asahi Evening News
• uses real studies designed and conducted by students
• provides key readings with commentaries from works by major internationally known authors such as Norman Fairclough, Deborah Cameron, Braj Kachru, Jennifer Coates, Mark Sebba, and Malcolm Coulthard
• is accompanied by a supporting website.

New to this edition:

• an entire new section on forensic...

Sociolinguistics:

• provides a comprehensive introduction to sociolinguistics
• draws on a range of real texts, from an interview with Madonna to the Japanese Asahi Evening News
• uses real studies designed and conducted by students
• provides key readings with commentaries from works by major internationally known authors such as Norman Fairclough, Deborah Cameron, Braj Kachru, Jennifer Coates, Mark Sebba, and Malcolm Coulthard
• is accompanied by a supporting website.

New to this edition:

• an entire new section on forensic...

The Language and Literature Reader is the first collection in over a decade to address the study of the linguistic foundations and components of literature. Encompassing essays by key thinkers in linguistics such as Katie Wales, Michael Toolan, and Paul Simpson, as well as major figures in literary studies such as Derek Attridge and David Lodge, the Reader is divided into three main sections:

• foundations - explores the beginnings of the discipline of stylistics, drawing on the work of scholars in the field of both language and literary studies
• developments - examines the...