New Directions in Linguistic Geography

This collection brings together contributions from a new wave of researchinto language, space, and place, at the intersection of variousdisciplines, from geographyto sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology. The authors investigate the myriad ways that people conceive of-and thereby describe-the world around them, studying the impact these ideas have on their identities, and highlighting the tension between conflicting ontologies of space. It is a timely and invaluable new resource for researchers and students in linguistics, geography, anthropology and communication.