This Element invites readers to critically examine how language constructs power and to imagine its potential as a force for healing, peace, and goodness across diverse societies.

This book investigates the processes and products of the language work of social media influencers (SMIs) and copywriters in the advertising industry.

This book examines antagonistic fan communication on Chinese social media, focusing on the sociolinguistic dimensions and digital strategies in fandom discourse of Chinese celebrities to engage in broader questions around language, social media, and fan culture.

A comprehensive introduction to the field of linguistic anthropology.

This Element examines language, power and intersex variations within clinician accounts in Hong Kong, examining how they communicate about intersex traits to patients and their families. The research analyses clinician interviews as dynamic social interactions, focusing on how communicative stances are negotiated and social practices are enacted.

This Element examines language, power and intersex variations within clinician accounts in Hong Kong, examining how they communicate about intersex traits to patients and their families. The research analyses clinician interviews as dynamic social interactions, focusing on how communicative stances are negotiated and social practices are enacted.

This Element explores the gendered dimensions of the ways language used to describe, define, and diagnose pregnancy loss impacts experiences of receiving and delivering healthcare in UK. Itanalyses focus group transcripts from metalinguistic discussions and written contributions. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

This Element explores the gendered dimensions of the ways language used to describe, define, and diagnose pregnancy loss impacts experiences of receiving and delivering healthcare in UK. Itanalyses focus group transcripts from metalinguistic discussions and written contributions. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.