The Routledge Handbook of Language and Politics

Routledge Handbooks in Linguistics

by Ruth Wodak (Editor), Bernhard Forchtner (Editor)

The Routledge Handbook of Language and Politics provides a comprehensive overview of this important and dynamic area of study and research. Language is indispensable to initiating, justifying, legitimatising and coordinating action as well as negotiating conflict and, as such, is intrinsically linked to the area of politics. With 45 chapters written by leading scholars from around the world, this Handbook covers the following key









The Routledge Handbook of Language and Politics is a vibrant survey of this key field and is essential reading for advanced students and researchers studying language and politics.

738 pages, Paperback

First published February 12, 2017