Routledge Handbook of Language and Identity

Taylor & Francis

The Routledge Handbook of Language and IdentityAuthor(s): Sin Preece\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367353896, 978-0367353896\nSynopsis\nThe Routledge Handbook of Language and Identity provides a clear and comprehensive survey of the field of language and identity from an applied linguistics perspective. Authored by specialists from around the world, each chapter introduces a topic in language and identity studies and provides a concise, critical survey in which the importance and relevance to applied linguists is explained.\n\nThirty-seven chapters are organised into five sections covering:\n\ntheoretical perspectives informing language and identity studies\ncategories and dimensions of identity\nkey issues for researchers in language and identity studies\ntopical case studies in areas of interest to applied linguistics\nfuture directions for language and identity studies in applied linguistics.\n\nWith furth.