Routledge Studies in Sociolinguistics
About the Book Series
This series is our home for innovative research in the field of sociolinguistics. It includes monographs and targeted edited collections that provide new insights into this important and evolving subject area.
Language Policy and the Power of Linguistic Dynamics in the Arab World
1st Edition
By Yasser Ahmed Gomaa
September 03, 2026
This volume offers a comprehensive examination of language policy and planning across the Arabic‑speaking world, from historical Arabization to contemporary digital revitalization. Using comparative case studies in education, justice, public services, conflict zones, and higher education, it ...
‘Sanskrit-speaking’ Villages, Linguistic Utopias and the Metaphysics of Development: Imagining Sanskritland
1st Edition
By Patrick S.D. McCartney
August 31, 2026
This book is a recollection of McCartney’s journey across ‘Sanskritland,’ which is the term coined to refer to the utopian landscape within which the ‘Language of the Gods’ is thought to be spoken. There are three destinations on the author’s journey. The first includes understanding how Sanskrit ...
Language Use in Southeast Asia: Present Realities and Future Trends
1st Edition
Edited
By Shin Yi Chew, R. K. Shangeetha, Stefanie Pillai
August 07, 2026
Chew, Shangeetha and Pillai offer valuable insights into the future of language use and development in Southeast Asia, one of the most diverse and culturally rich regions with differing socio-economic and political ecologies. Through a rich tapestry of perspectives, the chapters provide an analysis...
Yorkshire Dialect in the Nineteenth Century: Enregisterment, Authenticity, and Identity
1st Edition
By Paul Cooper
July 19, 2026
This book draws on a framework of enregisterment and indexicality to chart the ways in which the Yorkshire dialect came to be associated with particular linguistic repertoires and social stereotypes from the nineteenth century through to today. Cooper situates the work within a historical ...
Power, Affect, and Identity in the Linguistic Landscape: Chinese Communities in Australia and Beyond
1st Edition
By Xiaofang Yao
May 22, 2026
Uncovering the complexity of linguistic diversity and semiotic creativity, this book examines the issues of power, affect, and identity in both physical and digital linguistic landscapes. Based on fieldwork with various Chinese communities in Australia, the book offers unique insights into the uses...
Social Identity and Discourses in Chinese Digital Communication
1st Edition
Edited
By Hongqiang Zhu, Debing Feng, Xinren Chen
May 22, 2026
Examining how diverse social identities are constructed in digital communication in China, this edited collection provides a multidimensional exploration of the diverse, discursive forms and practices used to construct and present the “self” online. Contributing authors provide analyses of China’s ...
Advocating for Sociolinguistic Justice in the United States: Empowering Spanish-speaking Communities
1st Edition
Edited
By Michelle F. Ramos Pellicia, Patricia MacGregor-Mendoza, Mercedes Niño-Murcia
May 21, 2026
This collection focuses on social awareness and critical language awareness with the goal of enlightening and empowering multilingual and multicultural communities across the U.S. Each chapter brings to light the trauma, gaps in services and misguided societal perceptions that adversely impact ...
Critical Polyglot Studies
1st Edition
By Carlos Yebra López, Usman W. Chohan
May 21, 2026
This book offers a self-reflective, critical approach to the study of what is popularly known as polyglossia, charting the gradual but marked process of its commoditization over the last 20 years and offering a counterpoint to mainstream positivist treatment of serial language learning. First, from...
Language Attitudes and the Pursuit of Social Justice: Identity, Prejudice, and Education
1st Edition
Edited
By Mara R. Barbosa, Talia Bugel
May 21, 2026
Language Attitudes and the Pursuit of Social Justice explores the relationship between language attitudes and forms of inequality and oppression, fostering greater awareness of how linguistic choices become political ones and encouraging the search for practices that promote social justice. The ...
Reimagining Creole Communities
1st Edition
By Christoph Neuenschwander, Joseph T. Farquharson, Bettina Migge
April 29, 2026
This volume undertakes a reimagination of Creole communities in the Caribbean and beyond by addressing the persistent disconnect between contemporary research on Creole communities and Sociolinguistics. While it acknowledges that early interactions between these fields have been fruitful, ...
New Directions and Challenges in Languages and Cultures in Australia: Looking Back, Moving Forward
1st Edition
Edited
By Giuseppe D’Orazzi, John Hajek, Kerry Mullan, Jun Ohashi
April 24, 2026
In this edited volume, D’Orazzi, Hajek, Mullan, and Ohashi unveil the rich tapestry of language education across Australia’s diverse landscape. The contributors present various case studies and experimental practices that are transforming language learning in established European and Asian language...
Multilingualism in Southern Africa: Issues and Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Wellman Kondowe, Chimwemwe M.M. Kamanga, Precious Madula
November 27, 2025
This collection showcases perspectives from established and emerging scholars on the contemporary landscape of multilingualism in Southern Africa. The book explores the broader impact of colonialism and neocolonialism on language policies and practices, drawing on case studies from such countries ...