sociolinguistics deborah cameron , ed , , the feminist critique of language a reader since its first publication in 1990 , the feminist critique of language has been the established guide to the major debates and directions in current feminist thinking about language . this edition has been thoroughly updated and expanded to take account of new developments in feminist thought about language , including new material on sexist language and political correctness . new extracts have been included from : felly nkweto simmonds , trinh t . minh - ha , luce irigaray , sara mills , margaret doyle , debbie cameron , susan ehrlich and ruth king , kate clark , sally mcconnell - ginet , deborah tannen , aki uchida , jennifer coates and kira hall . each section has been subdivided to clarify the key areas of debate and new editorial material and suggested reading sections have been added . routledge : 1998 : 392 pp cl : 0 415 16399 4 : # d4787 : $ 75 . 00 pb : 0 415 16400 1 : # d4791 : $ 22 . 99 harold f . schiffman , linguistic culture and language policy now available in paperback , linguistic culture and language policy examines how language policy in three very different nations evolved and how it is not merely the specific embodiment of rule , but rather primarily a social construct that rests on other conceptual elements such as belief systems , attitudes and myths . by scrutinizing the multilingual democracies of india , france and the us , schiffman examines how language policies are formed within a broader framework and are heavily influenced by the covert and implicit grass-roots of its linguistic culture . by seeing language policy as culture-specific , we understand why language policies evolve , why they work - - or not - - and how people 's lives are affected by them . politics of language routledge : 1998 : 368 pp pb : 0 415 18406 1 : # d5174 : $ 29 . 99 peter auer , ed , , code-switching in conversation language , interaction and identity collecting contributions from a wide variety of international sociolinguistic settings in which this phenomenon of code-switching is observed , this volume addresses the structure , function and ideological value of such bilingual behavior . the contributors question many views of code-switching on the basis of many european and non - european contexts . by bringing together linguistic , anthropological and socio-psychological research , they move towards a more realistic conception of bilingual conversation . routledge : 1998 : 368 pp cl : 0 415 15831 1 : # d3859 : $ 90 . 00 david barton and mary hamilton , local literacies reading and writing in one community local literacies is a unique study of everyday reading and writing . by concentrating on a selection of people in a particular community in britain , the authors analyze how they use literacy in their day to day lives . this exploration provides a description of literacy at one point in time , and also reveals the nature and significance of communication to people , households and communities . routledge : 1998 : 320 pp cl : 0 415 17149 0 : # d5178 : $ 90 . 00 pb : 0 415 17150 4 : # d5182 : $ 27 . 99 for more information on these and other titles from : routledge london * new york in north america : www . routledge-ny . com elsewhere : www . routledge . com