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The Writer’s Handbook Live – book your tickets today!
The Writer’s Handbook event is back this year with even more helpful advice for new and emerging writers than ever before. If you are interested in writing, getting published, or simply want to expand your knowledge of the publishing industry then this is the perfect event for you.

The event will take place on Saturday 6th June 2009 from 11am-5pm at the Royal Institute of British Architecture, near Regents Park, London.

Places are limited due to venue capacity so book NOW to avoid disappointment. Simply email orders@palgrave.com or call 01256 302866.

Speakers will include: Will Atkins, Michael Alcock, Peggy Vance, Jenny Parrott, Eric Akoto, Nick Harkaway, Simon Rae and many more!

Visit http://www.thewritershandbook.com/Invite.asp for more information and regular updates.

**Undergraduate**

For more information about any of these books, to read a sample chapter or to order, simply click on any book title.

NEW! English Language
Edited by Jonathon Culpeper, Francis Katamba, Paul Kerswill, Ruth Wodak and Tony McEnery
July 2009

A fresh and wide-ranging introduction to English language and linguistics, infused with the very latest research.

What is the English language like, why is it like that and what do we need to know in order to study it? This wide-ranging and research-led introductory textbook provides students with the grounding in linguistics necessary to investigate these questions for themselves.

Jonathan Culpeper, editor of English Language, on compiling the book to suit today’s English language students:

‘The English Language book was really our answer to two problems. The first was: what does the field of "English language studies" include? Depending on what syllabus you're looking at, we found that this could vary from any language aspect to which you could attach the label "English language" to solely the formal structures of English. We looked at, for example, the English language A-level syllabus (an exam for 18-year-olds in the UK), and liked its wide range of topics, with an emphasis on usage and context. However, any analysis needs tools by which to proceed; in other words, the student needs to apply (and understand critically!) not just the formal structures of grammar and phonology, but also structures relating to discourse. So, our solution was to be inclusive, giving weight to both areas considered traditional and areas that have come to the fore in the last 10 or 20 years or so.

The second was: how does one make the field of "English language studies" exciting (that is, as exciting as we think it is!)? One of the ways in which we addressed this was to give readers a sense of what is happening now in English language research. Why shouldn't students be party to the latest developments rather than being bashed around the head with the usual "facts"? Chapters give readers a glimpse of the cutting-edge research, sometimes in the final section of a chapter and sometimes in special "Advances" boxes. They get a sense not just of what researchers are doing but of the complexities and problems surrounding those supposed "facts".’

‘This is a rare beast – a comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date survey of English Language and Linguistics that will provide students and researchers alike with a rich context for their work’ – Michael Hoey, University of Liverpool

Lecturers – order your inspection copy today!

Exploring English With Online Corpora
Wendy Anderson and John Corbett
May 2009

Never before have so many resources been available to support the teaching of English. With clear descriptions and interactive tasks, this introduction demonstrates how online corpora can be used in the teaching and learning of English at different linguistic levels, including vocabulary, grammar, discourse and pronunciation.

**GRADUATE**

For more information about any of these books, to read a sample chapter or to order, simply click on any book title.

Qualitative Research in Applied Linguistics
Juanita Heigham and Robert Croker
June 2009


Written in a clear, informal style for graduate students and practicing teachers embarking on their first qualitative research study in applied linguistics, leading authors introduce the principal research approaches and data creation methods to offer novice researchers an easy-to-follow and straightforward guide to qualitative inquiry.

A note from the editors, Juanita Heigham & Robert Croker, on why they decided to create this essential text in applied linguistics research:

‘From our own experience and experience guiding others, we have come to believe that learning to do qualitative research is a daunting undertaking. For students in applied linguistics and TESL, it is often made more challenging by teachers using texts and research examples from other fields. Although some excellent texts on qualitative research exist, there has not been an introductory survey text that focuses on the interests and concerns of students and teachers in applied linguistics and TESL. Feeling this gap needed to be filled, we decided to create a text that did. The result, Qualitative Research in Applied Linguistics: A Practical Approach, is a rigorous text that introduces the main qualitative research approaches and methods, yet remains targeted at the novice researcher. We were fortunate that so many excellent researchers agreed to contribute chapters, and that their writing style matched our vision for the book – informative but accessible. We hope that the book will be a useful tool and help new researchers more confidently negotiate their first research project.’

Boys and Foreign Language Learning
Jo Carr and Anne Pauwels
June 2009


The authors examine the continuing poor relationship between boys and the study of foreign languages. Framed by discussion of gender socialization, gendered curriculum practices and cultural narratives about boys and schooling, the core of the book is constructed by boys themselves.

Language Acquisition
Susan Foster-Cohen
June 2009


This book provides a snapshot of the field of language acquisition at the beginning of the 21st Century. It represents the multiplicity of approaches that characterize the field and provides a review of current topics and debates, as well as addressing some of the connections between sub-fields and possible future directions for research.

Global Englishes in Asian Contexts
Kumiko Murata and Jennifer Jenkins
May 2009


This volume explores the global spread of English or global Englishes, and English as a Lingua Franca (ELF), focusing specifically on Asian Englishes. It is unique in the range of diverse perspectives across the languages and cultures by its contributors.

(Re-)Locating TESOL in an Age of Empire
Julian Edge
April 2009


Are TESOL professionals now fairly seen as agents of a new English-speaking empire? Or, if they wish to distance themselves from this role, are there ways of working and living that would make this differentiation clear? An international group of authors put forward their differing proposals for the development of TESOL.

**New Research Monographs**

For more information about any of these books, to read a sample chapter or to order, simply click on any book title.

Language, Discourse and Identity in Central Europe
Jenny Carl and Patrick Stevenson
April 2009

Focusing on contact between German and other languages, the contributors analyze the ways in which language practices and discourses on language have changed since the end of the Cold War.

Globalization and Language in the Spanish Speaking World
NEW IN PAPERBACK
Clare Mar-Molinero and Miranda Stewart
June 2009

This volume considers the spread of Spanish today and particularly its role in the processes of globalization. Spanish is frequently dominant in contact with other languages. But how contested is its hegemony and how far does it threaten other languages? How are these other minoritized languages faring in a world of few strong, global languages?

Language Ideologies, Policies and Practices
NEW IN PAPERBACK
Clare Mar-Molinero and Patrick Stevenson
May 2009

The contributors investigate the workings of language ideologies in relation to other social processes in a globalizing world. They explore in detail the specific ways in which language ideologies underpin language policy and the relationship between public policies and individual practices, with particular attention to Europe.

Talking Young Femininities
Pia Pichler
May 2009

Talking Young Femininities explores the spontaneous talk of adolescent British girls from different socio-cultural backgrounds, examining the different discursive identities they negotiate in their talk, including the 'cool' private-school-girl, the 'tough' British Bangladeshi girl, and the 'sheltered' East End girl.

Cognitive Linguistics and Language Teaching
Randal Holme
May 2009

This book argues that Second language teaching has not been well served by recent approaches to the description of language content. The book explores how Cognitive Linguistics offers teachers a description of language that can translate into practical classroom activities.

Formulaic Genres
Koenraad Kuiper
April 2009

Mikhail Bakhtin was right. Humans could not use the languages they know without also learning the genres which govern so much of our social life. Native speakers know only a small fraction of the formulaic genres in a speech community. This relativizes the concept of a native speaker in all situations. Koenraad Kuiper illustrates these views with an array of fascinating case studies of engagement notice writers, horse race commentators, weather forecasters, pump aerobics instructors, square dance callers, cartoonists, and Red Guards.

The Discourse of Politics in Action
Ruth Wodak
April 2009

An interdisciplinary study providing first-hand evidence of the everyday lives of politicians; what politicians actually do on ‘the backstage’ in political organizations. The book offers answers to the widely discussed phenomena of disenchantment with politics and depoliticization.

Learning Language and Culture Via Public Internet Discussion Forums
Barbara Hanna and Juliana De Nooy
March 2009

Public Internet discussion forums offer opportunities for intercultural interaction in many languages on a vast range of topics, but are often overlooked by language educators in favour of purpose-built exchanges between learners. The book investigates this untapped pedagogical potential.

Translation Issues in Language and Law
Frances Olsen, R. Lorz and Dieter Stein
March 2009

With contributions from world-class specialists this first book-length work looks at translation issues in forensic linguistics, where accuracy and cultural understandings play a prominent part in the legal process.

Metaphor and Discourse
Andreas Musolff and Jorg Zinken
March 2009

The contributors present a coherent collection of work on the functioning of metaphor in public discourse and related discourse areas from a broadly cognitive-linguistic background, providing a state-of-the-art overview of research on the discursive grounding of metaphor from a cognitive-linguistic perspective.

Minority Languages, Education and Communities in China
Linda Tsung
March 2009

The book outlines the evolution and role of minority languages locally and nationally; it investigates current educational language policies in minority areas; and it assesses the social and economic outcomes of language change for communities in contemporary China.