The Routledge Handbook of Sociolinguistics Around the World

This new edition has been comprehensively updated and significantly expanded and now includes over fifty chapters written by leading authorities and a brand new substantial introduction by John Edwards. Coverage has been expanded regionally and there is a critical focus on indigenous languages.

Martin J. Ball is Honorary Professor of Linguistics at Bangor University and Visiting Professor in Speech-Language Pathology at Wrexham Glynd-r University, both in Wales.
Rajend Mesthrie is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Chiara Meluzzi is Senior Researcher in Linguistics at the University of Milan "La Statale", Italy, where she teaches general linguistics for the BA in Liberal Studies in Communication.