Vivian Cook is Professor Applied Linguistics at the University of Newcastle, UK. Li Wei is Professor of Applied Linguistics at Birbeck, University of London, UK.

• Introduction: Language in the globalized world; 1. Multilingualism, Gender and Globalization, Aneta Pavlenko & Ingrid Pillar; 2. Language and Economy, Florian Coulmas; 3. Linguistic Diversity, Biodiversity and Poverty, Suzanne Romaine; 4. Discourse in Organizations and Workplace, Britt-Louise Gunnarsson; 5. Multimodal Discourses, Gu Yueguo; 6. Language and Culture, Nick Enfield; 7. Language in Legal Contexts/Forensic Linguistics, John Gibbons; 8. Translation and Politics, Christina Schaeffner; 9. Religious Language Management, Bernard Spolsky; 10. Language and the Brain, Marjorie Lorch; 11. Clinical Linguistics, Martin Ball & Nicole Mueller; 12. Sign Linguistics, Sign Language Learning and Sign Bilingualism, Gary Morgan & Bencie Woll; Bibliography; Index.

"These volumes take their mission seriously: to build the future of applied linguistics, grounded in language but with a broad concern for real-world issues. The volumes make for rewarding reading and demonstrate the continuing and renewed relevance of applied linguistics." (Diane Larsen-Freeman, Professor of Linguistics, University of Michigan, USA)"