From Sources of the Self to A Secular Age, Charles Taylor has shown how we create ways of being, as individuals and as a society. Here, he demonstrates that language is at the center of this generative process. Language does not merely describe; it constitutes meaning, and the shared practice of speech shapes human experience.

Drawing on original research into marginalised communities in Brazil, this pioneering book illustrates what language can teach us about what it means to hope and foregrounds the real-world effects of the study of language. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.

This book examines the rise of English in Rwanda, offering critical insights into the links between language, colonialism, and capitalism, with implications for our understanding of global English. This innovative volume will be of interest to scholars in sociolinguistics, global Englishes, language and politics, and African studies.

Based on original research awarded the ASELE-Routledge prize in 2022, Language Attrition among Immigrant Teachers of Spanish is the first book devoted entirely to Spanish language attrition in all language areas, and specifically among language professionals.

Based on original research awarded the ASELE-Routledge prize in 2022, Language Attrition among Immigrant Teachers of Spanish is the first book devoted entirely to Spanish language attrition in all language areas, and specifically among language professionals.

Aimed at postgraduate students of the English language and all those interested in the history of the English language, this work explores new worlds and offers an original and fascinating etymological journey through nineteenth-century science in its broadest sense.

This multinational collection of essays challenges the traditional image of a monolingual Ancient Regime in Enlightenment Europe, both East and West.

Children's language development is of interest to students and practitioners across education and the social and health sciences. This book presents novel analyses and evidence syntheses on individual differences in language development in population studies, and introduces a public health approach to language learning difficulties and disorders.