Sociolinguistics

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

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)

Vague Language Explored

By Joan Cutting

The Pragmatics of Politeness

By Geoffrey N. Leech

Business of Talk

By Deirdre Boden

The Edinburgh Companion to Scots

By John Corbett, J. Derrick McClure, Jane Stuart-Smith

Hip Hop English

By Michael Janes

English in the Southern United States

By Stephen J. Nagle, Sara L. Sanders

Text and Corpus Analysis: Computer Assisted Studies of Language and Culture

By Michael Stubbs

Talk at Work: Interaction in Institutional Settings

By Paul Drew, John Heritage

Hand Talk: Sign Language among American Indian Nations

By Jeffrey E. Davis (University of Tennessee)

The Semantics and Pragmatics of Honorification: Register and Social Meaning

By Elin McCready (Professor of Linguistics, Professor of Linguistics, Aoyama Gakuin University)

Learning Languages in Early Modern England

By John Gallagher (Lecturer in Early Modern History, Lecturer in Early Modern History, University of Leeds)

When in French: Love in a Second Language

By Collins, Lauren

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)

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)

An Introduction to Multilingualism: Language in a Changing World

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

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

By Clare Mar-Molinero

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

Language and Women's Place

By Robin Tolmach Lakoff

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

By Emma Byrne