The Routledge Handbook of Sociolinguistics Around the World

Drawing on examples from a wide range of languages and social settings, The Routledge Handbook of Sociolinguistics Around the World was originally the first single-volume collection surveying the current research trends in international sociolinguistics. This new edition has been comprehensively updated and significantly expanded, and now includes more than 50 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. This handbook remains a key tool to help widen the perspective on sociolinguistics to readers interested in the field. Divided into sections covering the Americas, Asia, Australasia, Africa, and Europe, the book provides readers with a solid, up-to-date appreciation of the interdisciplinary nature of the field of sociolinguistics in each area. It clearly explains the patterns and systematicity that underlie language variation in use, along with the ways in which alternations between different language varieties mark personal style, social power, and national identity. The Routledge Handbook of Sociolinguistics Around the World is the ideal resource for all students in undergraduate sociolinguistics courses and for researchers involved in the study of language, society, and power.

Martin J. Ball is Honorary Professor of Linguistics at Bangor University and Visiting Professor in Speech-Language Pathology at Wrexham Glyndwr 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.

List of Contributors List of Figures Preface Introduction John Edwards Part I: The Americas Maps 1-3 1. Sociolinguistics in the USA Kirk Hazen 2. Sociolinguistics in Canada Marisa Brook 3. Sociolinguistic research into Indigenous languages of North America Éedaa Heather Dawn Burge, Shayleen Macy EagleSpeaker, Jaeci Nel Hall, Amanda Cardoso, & Gabriela Pérez Báez 4. Sociolinguistics in Mexico: Defining new agendas José Antonio Flores Farfán 5. Sociolinguistics in Central America Brandon Baird 6. Sociolinguistic research into Indigenous languages of South America Viviana Quintero & Serafin-Coronel Molina 7. Sociolinguistics in Brazil Ronald Beline Mendes 8. Sociolinguistics in Hispanic South America Manuel Diaz-Campos & Matthew Pollock 9. Sociolinguistics in the Caribbean Joseph Farquharson & Bettina Migge 10. The Sociolinguistics of the Atlantic Englishes Rosemary Hall, Hannah Hedegard, Andrea Sudbury, Nicole Holliday, Daniel Schreier & David Britain Part II: Asia Map 4 11. China: Sociolinguistic research in the 21st century Minglang Zhou 12. Sociolinguistics of the Indo-European languages in South Asia: looking beyond the 60s Shobha Satyanath 13. Sociolinguistics of Dravidian languages in South Asia G. Balasubramanian & S. Arulmozi 14. Sociolinguistics of South Asia: Tibeto-Burman, Austroasiatic and other languages David Bradley & Panchanan Mohanty 15. Sociolinguistics in Mongolia Bolormaa Shinjee & Sender Dovchin 16. Sociolinguistics in Japan Florian Coulmas 17. Korea: Recent trends in sociolinguistic research Hyeon-Seok Kang 18. Sociolinguistics in Mainland Southeast Asia David Bradley 19. Sociolinguistics in Maritime Southeast Asia Rebecca Starr 20. Sociolinguistic research into Turkic languages: Turkey, Northern Cyprus and Turkic States in Central Asia Yasemin Bayyurt & Isil Erduyan 21. Sociolinguistic research into Iranian languages William Beeman 22. Sociolinguistics of Arabic in the Middle East Marie Aimée Germanos 23. Sociolinguistics in Israel: From Hebrew Hegemony to Israeli Plurilingualism Joel Walters, Dafna Yitzhaki, Shulamith Kopeliovich, Zhanna Burstein-Feldman, Carmit Altman, Sharon Armon-Lotem & Natalia Meir 24. Sociolinguistics in the Caucasus Diana Forker & Victor Friedman Part III: Australasia Map 5 25. Sociolinguistics in Australia Peter Collins 26. Sociolinguistic research into Indigenous languages of Australia Jill Vaughan, Ruth Singer & Gillian Wigglesworth 27. Sociolinguistics in New Zealand Jennifer Hay & Margaret Maclagan 28. Sociolinguistics in the Pacific Eleanor Ridge, Sally Akevai Nicholas & Richard Benton 29. Sociolinguistics in New Guinea Mark Donohue Part IV: Africa Map 6 30. Sociolinguistics in North Africa Catherine Miller & Dominique Caubet 31. Sociolinguistic studies of West and Central Africa Bruce Connell & David Zeitlyn 32. Sociolinguistics in East Africa Christina Higgins 33. Sociolinguistics in Lusophone Africa Laura Álvarez López 34. Sociolinguistics in Southern Africa Susanne Mohr, Irina Turner & Sibonile Ellece 35. Sociolinguistics in South Africa Rajend Mesthrie & Yolandi Ribbens-Klein 36. Sociolinguistic research into Indian Ocean languages Rada Tirvassen Part V: Europe Map 7 37. Sociolinguistics in the German language area Falco Pfalzgraf 38. Sociolinguistics in the Dutch language area Jeroen Darquennes 39.Sociolinguistics in the Nordic region Sally Boyd & Natalia Ganuza 40. Sociolinguistics in Britain Natalie Braber 41. Sociolinguistics in Ireland Raymond Hickey 42. Sociolinguistics of the Celtic languages Tadhg Ó hIfearnáin 43. Sociolinguistics in the French language area Nadine Di Vito 44. Sociolinguistics in Italy Massimo Cerruti & Silvia Dal Negro 45. Sociolinguistics in Switzerland Philippe Humbert, Zorana Sokolovska, Laura Baranzini, Matteo Casoni, Sabine Christopher, Renata Coray & Stephan Schmid 46. Sociolinguistics in Luxembourg Christophe Purschke & Peter Gilles 47. Sociolinguistics in Spain: From the polycentrism of the field to activist practices in superdiverse contexts Anna Tudela 48. Sociolinguistics in Portugal Alexandra Guedes Pinto 49. Sociolinguistics in Malta Sarah Grech 50. Sociolinguistics in East Central Europe Miklós Kontra, Marián Sloboda, Jirí Nekvapil & Agnieszka Kielkiewicz-Janowiak 51. Sociolinguistics in the Balkans Robert Greenberg 52. Sociolinguistics in Russia Olga Blinova, Natalia Bogdanova-Beglarian, Tatiana Popova & Tatiana Sherstinova 53. Sociolinguistics in Ukraine Olga Ivanova 54. Sociolinguistics in the Baltic States: language dynamics research Gabrielle Hogan-Brun & Ineta DabaSinskiene Author Index Language Index Subject Index