<p><i>The Routledge Handbook of Applied Linguistics</i>, published in 2011, has long been a standard introduction and essential reference point to the broad interdisciplinary field of applied linguistics.</p><p>Reflecting the growth and widening scope of applied linguistics, this new edition thoroughly updates and expands coverage. It includes 27 new chapters, now consists of two complementary volumes, and covers a wide range of topics from a variety of perspectives. Volume One is organized into two sections – ‘Language learning and language education’ and ‘Key areas and approaches in applied linguistics’ – and Volume Two also has two sections – ‘Applied linguistics in society’ and ‘Broadening horizons’.</p><p>Each volume includes 30 chapters written by specialists from around the world. Each chapter provides an overview of the history of the topic, the main current issues, recommendations for practice, and possible future trajectories. Where appropriate, authors discuss the impact and use of new research methods in the area. Suggestions for further reading and cross-references are provided with every chapter.</p><p><i>The Routledge Handbook of Applied Linguistics</i> remains the authoritative overview to this dynamic field and essential reading for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students, scholars, and researchers of applied linguistics.</p> <p><b>Introduction: Applied linguistics in the contemporary world</b> -- Li Wei, Zhu Hua and James Simpson</p><p><b>PART I Applied linguistics in society</b></p><p>1. Multilingualism -- Jasone Cenoz and Durk Gorter</p><p>2. Language and migration -- Mike Baynham and James Simpson</p><p>3. Language policy and planning -- Lionel Wee</p><p>4. Family language policy – Kendall A. King</p><p>5. Critical discourse analysis, critical discourse studies, and critical applied linguistics– Karin Zotzmann and John P. O’Regan</p><p>6. Digital language and communication – Caroline Tagg</p><p>7. Intercultural communication – Zhu Hua</p><p>8. Institutional discourse –Zsófia Demjén and Miguel Pérez-Milans</p><p>9. Medical communication -- Sarah Collins, Sarah Peters and Ian Watt</p><p>10. English for professional communication: A critical genre analytical perspective -- Vijay K. Bhatia and Aditi Bhatia</p><p>11. Identity -- Bonny Norton and Monica Shank Lauwo</p><p>12. Gender and sexuality – Helen Sauntson</p><p>13. Language and race – Jennifer B. Delfino and H. Samy Alim</p><p>14. Politics and applied linguistics – Philip Seargeant</p><p>15. World Englishes and English as a lingua franca -- Andy Kirkpatrick and David Deterding</p><p><b>PART II Broadening Horizons</b></p><p>16. Sign languages -- Bencie Woll and Rachel Sutton-Spence</p><p>17. Lexicography -- Thierry Fontenelle</p><p>18. Translation and interpreting -- Mona Baker and Luis Pérez-González</p><p>19. First language attrition: bridging sociolinguistic narratives and psycholinguistic models of attrition – Beatriz Duarte Wirth, Anita Auer and Merel Keijzer</p><p>20. Clinical linguistics – Vesna Stojanovik, Michael Perkins and Sara Howard</p><p>21. Language and ageing – Lihe Huang</p><p>22. Forensic linguistics – Tim Grant and Tahmineh Tayebi</p><p>23. Linguistic ethnography -- Karin Tusting</p><p>24. Posthumanism and applied linguistics – Kelleen Toohey</p><p>25. Social semiotics and multimodality -- Theo van Leeuwen</p><p>26. Linguistic landscapes – Robert Blackwood and Will Amos</p><p>27. Minoritised/Indigenous language revitalization – Nancy H. Hornberger and Haley De Korne</p><p>28. Endangered languages – Julia Sallabank and Peter K. Austin</p><p>29. Ecolinguistics in practice -- Stephen Cowley</p><p>30. Translanguaging -- Li Wei</p>