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   Video Resources for ‘Social Semiotics’ Now Available

   The new video resources accompanying Social Semiotics are now available online. These videos feature Theo van Leeuwen, Gunther Kress, Jay Lemke, Christian Matthiessen, and Jim Martin. Simply hit the 'Video Resources' tab on the book's webpage to view now. 

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   New! Neuropsychology and Language Disorders Catalog 2015

   Psychology Press are delighted to announce their new, upcoming and key Neuropsychology and Language Disorders books. Browse our latest 2015 catalog to find out more.

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   New Book Series: Routledge Studies in World Englishes

   
   

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   Authors of the Month: Alastair Pennycook and Emi Otsuji

   This month, Routledge Linguistics celebrates Alastair Pennycook and Emi Otsuji as our Authors of the Month. Co-authors of Metrolingualism: Language in the City, they both currently teach at the University of Technology, Sydney. 

   Alastair Pennycook also authored several other Routledge titles, including Language as a Local Practice (2010) and Global Englishes and Transcultural Flows (2006). Emi Otsuji co-edited Languages and Identities in a Transitional Japan: From Internationalization to Globalization (2015) and is the Japanese editor for The Japan Journal of Multilingualism and Multicultuarlism. 

   Find out more about the origin of 'metrolingualism,' how the book takes cultural differences into account when examining language use, and the story behind the choice to focus on metrolingualism in Sydney and Tokyo.

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   Download The Essential James Gee

   Get the free ebook The Essential James Gee: An Introduction to Discourse Analysis. It's brought to you by Routledge and features an original introduction and selections hand-picked by the author himself, James Paul Gee.

6. The 10th International Symposium on Bilingualism

   The 10th International Symposium on Bilingualism, held at Rutgers University, takes place May 20-24! With a theme of "Uncovering Multilinguialism," we think attendees would very much enjoy a few of our top titles that complement this theme perfectly. 

   Now available in paperback, The Routledge Handbook of Multilingualism provides a comprehensive survey of the field of multilingualism for a global readership, and an overview of the research which situates multilingualism in its social, cultural and political context. 

   In Metrolingualism, authors Alastair Pennycook and Emi Otsuji introduce the notion of ‘metrolingualism’, showing how language and the city are deeply involved in a perpetual exchange between people, history, migration, architecture, urban landscapes and linguistic resources. 

   Browse the complete selection of our Bilingualism and Multilingualism books. 

7. Now Available in Paperback

   Several titles addressing a variety of subject areas are now available in paperback. Find out more about each book by clicking on the titles below.  

   • Thematic Relations and Relational Grammar
   • Typological Studies
   • Ultimate Attainment in Second Language Acquisition
   • Current Morphology
   • Form-Meaning Connections in Second Language Acquisition
   • Language and Intercultural Communication in the New Era
   • Lawyers' Language
   • Linguistic Ecology
   • Negative Contexts
   • Phonological Augmentation in Prominent Positions
   • Spoken and Written Discourse in Online Interactions
   • The Elliptical Noun Phrase in English

8. New in Routledge Revivals

   The Selected Works of Eric Partridge

   This set reissues important selected works by Eric Partridge, covering the period from 1933 to 1968. Together, the books look at many and diverse aspects of language, focusing in particular on English.  

   Find out more and recommend it to your librarian. 

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   New in Hardback: A Communicative Grammar of English

   A Communicative Grammar of English has long been established as a grammar innovative in approach, reliable in coverage, and clear in its explanations. This fully revised and redesigned third edition provides up-to-date and accessible help to teachers, advanced learners and undergraduate students of English.  

   Find out more and request a complimentary exam copy. 

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    The Psychology of the Language Learner Revisited

    NEW Over the past decade, the focus of inquiry into the psychology of SLA has shifted from the analysis of various characteristics within individuals towards a greater consideration of individuals’ dynamic interactions with diverse contexts. This revisit of the bestselling The Psychology of the Language Learner reflects on these developments by challenging some of the assumptions upon which the original text was based, maintaining the familiar structure of the original, while situating the discussion within a very different theoretical framework. 

    Find out more and request a complimentary e-inspection copy.