"The Handbook of Language and Globalization" brings together important new studies of language and discourse in the global era, consolidating a vibrant new field of sociolinguistic research. The first volume to assemble leading scholarship in this rapidly developing fieldFeatures new contributions from 36 internationally-known scholars, bringing together key research in the field and establishing a benchmark for future researchComprehensive coverage divided into four sections: global multilingualism, world languages and language systems; global discourse in key domains and genres; language, values and markets under globalization; and language, distance and identitiesCovers an impressive breadth of topics including tourism, language teaching, social networking, terrorism, and religion, among many others