Presents a comprehensive survey of the ways in which linguistics is being used by researchers in a wide-range of interdisciplinary areas. This book presents an overview of various applications of linguistics to such diverse fields as economics, law, religion, tourism, media studies and health care.

Introduction: Language in the globalized world; 1. Multilingualism, gender and globalisation (Aneta Pavlenko, Temple University, USA & Ingrid Pillar, University of Sydney, Australia); 2. Language and economy (Florian Coulmas, German Institute for Japanese Studies, Tokyo); 3. Linguistic diversity, biodiversity and poverty (Suzanne Romaine, University of Oxford, UK); 4. Discourse in organisations and workplace (Britt-Louise Gunnarsson, Uppsala University, Sweden); 5. Multimodal discourses (Gu Yueguo, The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China); 6. Language and culture (Nick Enfield, UCLA, USA); 7. Language in legal contexts/forensic linguistics (John Gibbons, University of New South Wales, Australia); 8. Translation and politics (Christina Schaeffner, Aston University, UK); 9. Religious language management (Bernard Spolsky, Bar-Ilan University, Israel); 10. Language and the Brain (Marjorie Lorch, Birbeck College University of London, UK); 11. Clinical linguistics (Martin Ball, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA and Nicole Mueller, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA); 12. Sign linguistics, sign language learning and sign bilingualism (Gary Morgan, University College London, UK and Bencie Woll, University College London, UK).

The Contemporary Studies in Linguistics series presents state-of-the-art accounts of current research in all areas of linguistics. Written by internationally renowned linguists, the volumes provide a selection of the best scholarship in each area. Each of the chapters appears on the basis of its importance to the field, but also with regards to its wider significance either in terms of methodology, practical application or conclusions. The result is a stimulating contemporary snapshot of the field and a vibrant reader for each of the areas covered the in series.