Sociolinguistics

That's Not English: Britishisms, Americanisms and What Our English Says About Us

By Erin Moore, Lynne Truss

Conversation and Cognition

By Hedwig te Molder (Wageningen Universiteit, The Netherlands), Jonathan Potter (Loughborough University)

Languages in Competition: Dominance, Diversity and Decline

By ronald wardhaugh

Pragmatics

By Jean Stilwell Peccei (formerly at Roehampton University, UK)

Language and Gender

By Angela Goddard (Formerly at York St. John University, UK), Lindsey Mean (Arizona State University, USA)

The Dialects of England

By Peter Trudgill

Pragmatics and Discourse: A Resource Book for Students

By Joan Cutting (University of Edinburgh, UK)

Living Language: Language and Society

By Susan Cockcroft

The Sociolinguistics Reader: Volume 2: Gender and Discourse

By Jenny Cheshire, Peter Trudgill

An Introduction to Discourse Analysis: Theory & Method

By James Paul Gee

Linguistic Variation and Change: On the Historical Sociolinguistics of English

By James Milroy

Readings in the Sociology of Language

By Joshua A. Fishman

Body Language (Collins Gem)

By Lambert, David, Diagram Group, The

The Journey of Humanity: The Origins of Wealth and Inequality

By Oded Galor

Communicating Rights: The Language of Arrest and Detention

By F. Rock

Language Learning and Teacher Education: A Sociocultural Approach

By Margaret R. Hawkins

Romani: A Linguistic Introduction

By Yaron Matras (Professor in Linguistics, University of Manchester)

English in Europe

By Manfred Goerlach (, formerly Englisches Seminar, Universitat zu Koeln)

Travels in an Old Tongue: Touring the World Speaking Welsh

By Petro, Pamela

The Politics of Language in the Spanish-Speaking World: From Colonization to Globalization

By Clare Mar-Molinero

What Did Jesus Mean?: Explaining the Sermon on the Mount and the Parables in Simple and Universal Human Concepts

By Anna Wierzbicka (Professor of Linguistics, Professor of Linguistics, Australian National University)

Lives in Translation: Bilingual Writers on Identity and Creativity

By Isabelle de Courtivron

How to Talk Teen: From Asshat to Zup, the Totes Awesome Dictionary of Teenage Slang

By Mark Leigh

Swearing Is Good For You: The Amazing Science of Bad Language

By Emma Byrne

Language and Women's Place

By Robin Tolmach Lakoff

To Be Real: Truth and Racial Authenticity in African American Standup Comedy

By Lanita Jacobs (Associate Professor of American Studies & Ethnicity and Anthropology, Associate Professor of American Studies & Ethnicity and Anthropology, University of Southern California)

Vagueness and the Evolution of Consciousness: Through the Looking Glass

By Michael Tye (Dallas TACA Centennial Professor in Liberal Arts, Dallas TACA Centennial Professor in Liberal Arts, The University of Texas at Austin)

An Introduction to Multilingualism: Language in a Changing World

By Florian Coulmas (Senior Professor, IN-EAST Institute, Senior Professor, University of Duisberg-Essen)

Bad Words: Philosophical Perspectives on Slurs

By David Sosa (Temple Centennial Professor in the Humanities, Temple Centennial Professor in the Humanities, University of Texas, Austin)

Bad Language

By Herman Cappelen (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, University of Oslo/University of St Andrews), Josh Dever (Professor of Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin)