The Routledge Handbook of Language and Culture presents the first authoritative survey of research on the relationship between language and culture. Providing readers with a clear and accessible introduction to both interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary studies of language and culture, it offers insights into their historical development, contemporary theory, research and practice, and explores the potential future directions of the field. Written by a group of prominent scholars from around the globe, the Handbook's thirty-three newly commissioned chapters provide a vital resource for scholars and students interested in language and culture.

Part 1: Overview and historical background 1. Language and Culture: Overview Farzad Sharifian 2. Linguistic Relativity: Precursors and Transformations John Leavitt Part 2: Ethnolinguistics 3. Ethnosyntax Anna Gladkova 4. Ethnosemantics John Leavitt 5. Ethnopragmatics Cliff Goddard with Zhengdao Ye Part 3: Studies of language and culture 6. Linguaculture: The language-culture nexus in transnational perspective Karen Risager 7. Language, Gender and Culture Lidia Tanaka 8. Language, culture, and context Istvan Kecskes 9. Language, Culture, and Politeness Sara Mills 10. Language, Culture, and Interaction Peter Eglin 11. Culture and Kinship Language David B. Kronenfeld 12. Cultural Semiotics Peeter Torop 13. Culture and translation Nigel Armstrong 14. Language, Culture and Identity Sandra R. Schecter 15. Language and culture history: the contribution of linguistic prehistory Patrick McConvell Part 4: Language, Culture, and Cognition 16. Embodiment, Culture, and Language Ning Yu 17. Culture and Language Processing Crystal J. Robinson and Jeanette Altarriba 18. Language, Culture, and Prototypicality Frank Polzenhagen & Xiaoyan Xia 19. Language, Culture and Colour Don Dedrick 20. Language, Culture, and Spatial Cognition Penelope Brown 21. Space, Time and Space-Time: Metaphors, Maps and Fusions Chris Sinha and Enrique Bernárdez 22. Culture and Language Development Laura Sterponi and Paul F. Lai 23. Language and cultural scripts Anna Wierzbicka 24. Culture and emotional language Jean-Marc Dewaele Part 5: Research on language and culture in related disciplines/sub-disciplines 25. Language and Culture in Sociolinguistics Meredith Marra 26. Language and Culture in Cognitive Anthropology Claudia Strauss Part 6: Language and Culture in Applied Domains 27. Language and Culture in Second Language Learning Claire Kramsch 28. Writing Across Cultures Dwight Atkinson 29. Language and Culture in Second Dialect Learning Ian Malcolm 30. Language and Culture in Intercultural Communication Hans-Georg Wolf 31. World Englishes and Local Cultures Andy Kirkpatrick Part 7: Cultural Linguistics: past, present and future directions 32. Cultural Linguistics Farzad Sharifian 33. Cultural Linguistics and the future agenda for research on language and culture Roslyn M. Frank. Index.