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Language Ideologies
and the Globalization
of ‘Standard’ Spanish
Raising the Standard
Darren Paffey
• Argues that
the RAE uses
institutional
discourse to
reinforce its
leadership in
standardization
• Analyses how the
press is used as an
important medium
for promoting language ideologies
• Contributes to scholarship debating the
convergence of language ideological
research and critical discourse analysis
Critically analyses press discourse in
which the Real Academia Española
promotes a global vision of the Spanish
language.
DARREN PAFFEy is a Research Fellow in Modern
Languages, University of Southampton, UK.
UK August 2012 US October 2012
256 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches
HB 9781441187406 - £75.00 / $140.00
Advances in Sociolinguistics
Continuum
Tacit Knowledge and Spoken
Discourse
Michele Zappavigna
• Demonstrates applied linguistics
being used in the workplace and in
professional knowledge management
• Challenges current field research in IT/
knowledge management which assumes
tacit knowledge cannot be articulated
• Explores spoken discourse in its real
social context, eliciting finds from
sensitive, valuable data
A searching analysis of spoken discourse in the workplace,
challenging Polyani’s theory of Tacit Knowledge.
MICHELE zAPPAVIGNA is Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Linguistics at the
University of Sydney, Australia.
UK November 2012 US January 2013
256 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches
HB 9781441128409 - £75.00 / $140.00
Continuum
Corpus Applications in
Applied Linguistics
Edited by Ken
Hyland, Chau
Meng Huat and
Michael
Handford
• Fantastic
contributors
from across
applied linguistics
demonstrate how
essential corpus linguistics is to mixed
methods
• Comprehensive coverage, from EIL
to critical discourse analysis, from
workplace discourse to media studies
• Demonstrates a range of corpus-based
methodologies with practical research
examples
KEN HyLAND is Chair of Applied Linguistics
and Director of the Centre for Applied English
Studies, University of Hong Kong.
CHAU MENG HUAT is Bright Sparks Fellow in
the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics at the
University of Malaya, Malaysia.
MICHAEL HANDFORD is Associate Professor
in English Language and Intercultural
Communication at Tokyo University, Japan.
UK April 2012 US June 2012
272 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches
HB 9781441107800 - £80.00 / $150.00
Continuum
LINGUISTICS
Academic Writing in
a Second or Foreign
Language
Issues and Challenges Facing ESL/
EFL Academic Writers in Higher
Education Contexts
Edited by
Ramona Tang
• Examines the
various ways
students and
scholars learn
to write for
academic
purposes
• Looks at notions
of language and identity within
academic writing
• Features contributors from eight
different countries across the globe
Focuses on the issues and challenges
facing ESL/EFL students and scholars who
choose to, or have to, write in English in
higher education contexts.
RAMONA TANG is Assistant Professor at the
National Institute of Education, Singapore.
UK January 2012 US March 2012
272 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches
HB 9781441112163 - £75.00 / $140.00
Continuum
Scientific Discourse and the
Rhetoric of Globalization
The Impact of Culture and Language
Carmen Pérez-Llantada
• Ascribes the contemporary rhetoric
of science as a response to global
challenges
• Looks at the exigencies of knowledgeintensive
economies
• Uses a textographic framework and
examines academic literacies
Examines scientific discourse using a
textographic framework, highlighting
tensions between global and local trends in academic writing.
CARMEN PéREz-LLANTADA is at the Department of English and German
Studies, University of zaragoza, Spain.
UK March 2012 US May 2012
208 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches
HB 9781441188724 - £75.00 / $140.00
Continuum
LINGUISTICS
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