SubjectsLinguistics / Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
English in Kuwait: Development, status and usage
Mohammad A.N. Alenezi
This volume presents the first in-depth exploration of Kuwait within the framework of World Englishes. It examines the historical trajectory of English language contact, the contemporary spread of the language, and public attitudes toward its use in the country. Central to the study is the… read more[Varieties of English Around the World, G73] 2026. xvi, 231 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | English linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Multilingualism | Theoretical linguistics
The Loss of Primordial Language and the Future of National Languages
Edited by Irene Capdevila and Francesc Feliu
The modern world, to the extent that it disassociates us from the secular traditional world, from the “primordial” jobs and words that support the cultural particularity forged over the centuries, weakens the borders between languages. Neologisms bring languages closer together irreversibly, and… read more[IVITRA Research in Linguistics and Literature, 47] 2026. vi, 264 pp.
Other subjects Language policy
Migration, Language, and Policy Discourse: Bridging the gap between policymaking and language assessment
Laura Schildt
Understanding the inner workings of language policy for migration can seem daunting at first. This book helps to demystify the process. It is the first of its kind to open the ‘black box’ of policymaking in Europe speaking directly with policymakers and language testers from different political… read more[IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society, 59] 2026. xiv, 274 pp. + index
Other subjects Applied linguistics | Language policy | Multilingualism
Names and Naming
Edited by Philipp Krämer, Eeva Sippola and Rachel Selbach
Special issue of Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 41:1 (2026) v, 172 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Creole studies | Historical linguistics
Pardon my French?: Dutch–French language contact in the Netherlands (1500–1900)
Gijsbert Rutten, Andreas Krogull, Brenda Assendelft and Jill Puttaert
This book offers the first comprehensive analysis of the Dutch–French contact situation in the Early and Late Modern period, when the Dutch language and culture supposedly underwent frenchification in various spheres of life. Bringing together empirical approaches based on a wide range of datasets,… read moreOther subjects Contact Linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Historical linguistics | Romance linguistics | Theoretical linguistics
Register and Discourse through the Lens of Corpus Linguistics
Edited by Nuria Yáñez-Bouza, Dolores González-Álvarez and Esperanza Rama-Martínez
Register and Discourse through the Lens of Corpus Linguistics offers a rigorous and engaging exploration of two of the field’s most dynamic areas. Drawing on key frameworks – including Construction Grammar, Corpus-Assisted Discourse Studies, Speech Act Theory, and Local Grammar – the volume… read more[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 127] 2026. vi, 327 pp.
Other subjects Corpus linguistics | Discourse studies | Pragmatics
The Sounds of New Orleans: A sociophonetic study
Dana Serditova
The Sounds of New Orleans is the first book-length sociophonetic study of New Orleans English, one of the most distinctive yet understudied urban varieties of American English. Based on 114 sociolinguistic interviews, the book examines three salient Southern features — /l/-vocalization, the PIN~PEN… read more[Varieties of English Around the World, G74] 2026. xvi, 224 pp.
Other subjects English linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Phonetics
Talk Goes Many Ways: Language and social life in a Papua New Guinea village
Darja Hoenigman
Talk Goes Many Ways is a fascinating anthropological study of language use among the Awiakay, a small village society in the Sepik region of Papua New Guinea. Innovative in the way it integrates written analysis with segments of observational film, the book pairs key social themes with… read moreOther subjects Anthropological Linguistics
Verbal Aggression in Contemporary Polish: A usage-based and perception-oriented study
Artur Świątek
This monograph investigates verbal aggression in contemporary Polish from a usage-based and perception-oriented perspective. Drawing on a mixed-methods design, the study combines survey data on speakers’ evaluations of aggressive expressions with a corpus-based analysis of their occurrence in… read more[IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society, 57] 2026. xv, 232 pp. + index
Other subjects Balto-Slavic linguistics | Discourse studies | Pragmatics | Theoretical linguistics
Selected Papers from the 37th Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics
Edited by Reem Khamis and Mira Goral
Special issue of Arabic Linguistics 1:2 (2025) v, 135 pp.
Other subjects Afro-Asiatic languages | Theoretical linguistics