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Patrick Stevenson & Jenny Carl, Language and social change in central Europe:. Discourses on policy, identity and the German language. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2010. Pp. vii, 292. Hb. $108.37.

Julie S. Amberg & Deborah J. Vause, American English: History, structure, and usage. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Pp. xix, 223. Pb. $32.99.

Tom Roeper, The prism of grammar: How child language illuminates humanism. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2007. Pp. xviii, 355. Hb. $37.95.

Frans Gregersen, Jeffrey K. Parrott, & Pia Quist (eds.), Language variation—European perspectives III. Selected papers from the 5th International Conference on Language Variation in Europe (ICLaVE 5), Copenhagen, June 2009. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2011. Pp. vi, 260. Hb. $149.

Stefanie Krause, Patwa als Ausdrucksmittel jamaikanischer Identität: Eine makro-soziolinguistische Studie über ethnisch-kulturelle Identität in Jamaika. Munich: Martin Meidenbauer, 2009. Pp. 179. Pb. 39.90€.

Richard W. Hallett & Judith Kaplan-Weinger, Official tourism websites: A discourse analysis perspective. Bristol: Channel View, 2010. Pp. xvi, 129. Pb. $36.95.

Elías Domínguez Barajas, The function of proverbs in discourse: The case of a Mexican transnational social network. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2010. Pp. iv, 189. Hb. $135.

Shahela Hamid, Language use and identity: The Sylheti Bangladeshis in Leeds. Bern: Peter Lang AG, International Academic Publishers, 2011. Pp. ix, 211. Pb. $68.95.

Nicholas Ostler, The last lingua franca: English until the return of Babel. New York: Walker, 2010. Pp. xx, 330. Hb. $28.

Siobhan Chapman & Christopher Routledge (eds.), Key ideas in linguistics and the philosophy of language. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2009. Pp. xi, 258. Pb. $34.50.

Monica Macauley, Surviving linguistics: A guide for graduate students. 2nd edn.Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press, 2011. Pp. xiv, 159. $24.95.

John Edwards, Challenges in the social life of languages. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. Pp. ix, 281. Hb. $85.

Heiko Motschenbacher, Language, gender and sexual identity: Poststructuralist perspectives. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2010. Pp. vi, 180. Hb. $149.

Joshua Fishman & Ofelia García (eds.), Handbook of language and ethnic identity. 2nd edn. (Disciplinary and regional perspectives 1). New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. Pp vii, 545. Pb. $49.95.

Lia Litosseliti (ed.), Research methods in linguistics. London: Continuum, 2010. Pp. vii, 227. Pb. $34.95.

Andrea Mayr & David Machin, The language of crime and deviance: An introduction to critical linguistic analysis in media and popular culture. London: Continuum, 2012. Pp. viii, 246. Pb. $44.95.

Nicholas Allott, Key terms in pragmatics. London: Continuum, 2010. Pp. viii, 251. Hb. $90. Pb. $24.95.

Paul V. Kroskrity & Margaret C. Field (eds.), Native American language ideologies: Beliefs, practices, and struggles in Indian country. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 2009. Pp. 336. Pb. $26.95.

Zane Goebel, Language, migration and identity: Neighborhood talk in Indonesia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Pp. xvii, 221. Hb. $95.

Eva Ogiermann, On apologising in negative and positive politeness cultures. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2009. Pp. x, 296. Hb. $149.

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