The 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.

Thirty-seven chapters are organised into five sections covering:

• theoretical perspectives informing language and identity studies
• categories and dimensions of identity
• key issues for researchers in language and identity studies
• topical case studies in areas of interest to applied linguistics
• future directions for language and identity studies in applied linguistics.

With further reading included in each chapter, The Routledge Handbook of Language and Identity is an essential reference for all students, teachers and researchers working in the areas of Applied Linguistics, Linguistics, Education and TESOL.

About the Author
Sian Preece is Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics and TESOL at the UCL Institute of Education. She is the author of Posh Talk: Language and Identity in Higher Education (2009) and a co-author of Language, Society and Power, 3rd edn (2011).

Reviews

"In an extremely rapidly changing field of scholarship, this collection presents the best of an existing paradigm of research while heralding a new one. This volume should incite everyone to fundamental reflection and a 'no holds barred' attitude in fresh research." Jan Blommaert, Tilburg University, the Netherlands

"The key role that language plays in how we are seen by others and how we see ourselves - struggles around identity - has emerged as a major focus of applied linguistics over the last 20 years. This new handbook does a wonderful job of pulling this work together - from its theoretical roots to its contemporary manifestations - into one diverse and readable volume." Alastair Pennycook, University of Technology Sydney, Australia

Book Information
ISBN 9780367353896
Author Sian Preece
Format Paperback
Page Count 642
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 1260g