Advisory board: David Block (Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avancats and Universitat de Lleida, Spain), John E. Joseph (University of Edinburgh, UK) and Bonny Norton (University of British Columbia, Canada). Sian Preece is Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics at UCL Institute of Education. She is author of Posh Talk: Language and Identity in Higher Education (2009) and co-author of Language, Society and Power, 3rd ed (2011).
'In an extremely rapidly changing field of scholarship, this collection presents the best of an existing paradigm of research while heralding a new one. This volume should incite everyone to fundamental reflection and a no holds barred attitude in fresh research.' Jan Blommaert, Tilburg University, the Netherlands 'The key role that language plays in how we are seen by others and how we see ourselves - struggles around identity - has emerged as a major focus of applied linguistics over the last twenty years. This new handbook does a wonderful job of pulling this work together - from its theoretical roots to its contemporary manifestations - into one diverse and readable volume.' Alastair Pennycook, University of Technology Sydney, Australia