Author Description

"Providing a state-of-the-art overview of critical sociolinguistics, this volume traces the formation and advancement of the field as key academic figures from across the world to explore the work of Monica Heller and the main concepts within critical sociolinguistics, offering insights into the politics that surrounds knowledge of language and society. Each chapter offers a different social and theoretical perspective on the history of the field and provides a detailed reflection on how critical sociolinguistics has acted as a discipline over time"--