Nikolas Coupland is Research Director, Centre for Language and Communication Research, Cardiff University. He is an elected member of the UK Academy of Social Sciences. He is co-editor of the book series, Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics. Coupland was also founding editor, with Allan Bell, of the Journal of Sociolinguistics.

The Handbook of Language and Globalization brings together important new studies of language and discourse in the global era, consolidating a vibrant new field of sociolinguistic research.
* The first volume to assemble leading scholarship in this rapidly developing field
* Features new contributions from 36 internationally-known scholars, bringing together key research in the field and establishing a benchmark for future research
* Comprehensive coverage divided into four sections: global multilingualism, world languages and language systems; global discourse in key domains and genres; language, values and markets under globalization; and language, distance and identities
* Covers an impressive breadth of topics including tourism, language teaching, social networking, terrorism, and religion, among many others

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Acknowledgments
Introduction: Sociolinguistics in the Global Era (Nikolas Coupland)
Part I: Global Multilingualism, World Languages, and Language
Systems:
Part II: Global Discourse in Key Domains and Genres:
Part III: Language, Values, and Markets under Globalization:
Part IV: Language, Distance, and Identities:
Index