List of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors Foreword, Adrian Beard Acknowledgements Introduction: The Emergence of Sport and Language as a Research Field, Kieran File ( University of Warwick, UK), David Caldwell (University of South Australia, Australia) and Lindsey Me'n (Arizona State University, USA) Part 1: Approaches to Researching Language and Sport Introduction, Kieran File ( University of Warwick, UK), David Caldwell (University of South Australia, Australia) and Lindsey Me'n (Arizona State University, USA) 2. Analysing Talk in Sport through Discourse Analysis: An Overview, Kieran A. File ( University of Warwick, UK) 3. Using Systemic Functional Linguistics to Explore the Language of Sport, Yaegan J. Doran (Australian Catholic University, Australia) 4. Corpus Approaches to Analysing Language Relating to Sport, Melissa Kemble (The University of Sydney, Australia) 5. Exploring China''s Sports Fandom through Critical Discourse Analysis, Yun Pan (Shanghai Maritime University, China) and Altman Yuzhu Peng (University of Warwick, UK) 6. Ethnography in Sports Linguistics, Nick Wilson (Macquarie University, Australia) 7.

Narrative inquiry and the use of stories in sport studies, Richard Pringle (Monash University, Australia) Part 2: Language in Use and Social Interaction in Sport Introduction, Kieran File ( University of Warwick, UK), David Caldwell (University of South Australia, Australia) and Lindsey Me'n (Arizona State University, USA) 8. Expressing Solidarity, Power and Banter on the Cricket Pitch, Andrew S. Ross (University of Canberra, Australia) and David Caldwell (University of South Australia, Australia) 9. Language and Leadership in Sports Team Contexts, Stephanie Schnurr ( University of Warwick, UK) and Marianna Patrick ( University of Warwick, UK) 10. Soliciting Accounts for Referee Decisions in Video Games: Accountability in Technologically Mediated Sporting Activities, Burak Tekin (Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Turkey) 11. Materiality in and as Communication: Clapping and Tapping in Sports Interaction, Edward Reynolds (The University of New Hampshire, USA) and Paige O''Neil (Independent Scholar, USA) 12. Unveiling Chinese University Team Sport Coach Identity in Practice Sessions: A Socio-Cultural Linguistic Perspective, Yonghua Wang, Zhiqiang Zheng and Cunxin Han (Jimei University, China) Part 3: Language Use by Fans Introduction, Kieran File ( University of Warwick, UK), David Caldwell (University of South Australia, Australia) and Lindsey Me'n (Arizona State University, USA) 13. Language Use by Sports Fans: Watching Football on TV, Cornelia Gerhardt (Saarland University, Germany) 14.

Language Use by Fans in Digital Media, Simon Meier-Vieracker (Technische Universität Dresden, Germany) 15. Linguistic Soundscaping of Spectators at Football, Nicolai Jørgensgaard Graakjær (Aalborg University, Denmark) 16. Banners as Fan Communication at the Intersection of Performance and Socio-Political Activism, Marcus Callies (University of Bremen, Germany) Part 4: Language Use in the Sports Media Introduction, Kieran File ( University of Warwick, UK), David Caldwell (University of South Australia, Australia) and Lindsey Me'n (Arizona State University, USA) 17. The Language of the Sports Print Media, Jan Chovanec (Masaryk University, Czech Republic) 18. Exploring the Language of Sports Commentary, Marcin Lewandowski (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland) 19. The Post-Match Interview as a Media Ritual: Linguistic and Conversational Features, Antje Wilton (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany) 20. Longitudinal Shifts in Media Language and Representation of Paralympic Athletes, Toni Bruce (University of Auckland, New Zealand) 21. Homophobic Trash Talk in the Sports Media: Heteronormative Gatekeeping in the Sport of Boxing, Neil O''Boyle (Dublin City University, Ireland) Part 5: Language, Sport and Society Introduction, Kieran File ( University of Warwick, UK), David Caldwell (University of South Australia, Australia) and Lindsey Me'n (Arizona State University, USA) 22.

''To describe it to a non-skater'': Performing Authenticity and Insider Identity with the Language of Skateboarding, Ho''omana Nathan Horton (Oklahoma State University, USA) 23. ''And This Is Where the Problem Starts: In the Park'': The Lived Experiences of Gendered Discrimination of Young Female Footballers on Austria, Eva-Maria Graf and Melanie Fleischhacker (University of Klagenfurt, Austria) 24. Professional Identity Construction in Women''s Football Discourse: Language, Gender, Self-Branding and Sporting Social Media Celebrity Ozde Ozinanir and Louise Mullany 25. Sport as a Site of Minority Language Promotion: Fan Perspectives on Cymraeg (Welsh) at Euro 2016 and Beyond, Penny Miles (University of Bath, UK) 26. Between Pará and Matta : Relevance, Application and Reconstruction of Japanese Language by Argentinean Amateur Sumo Wrestlers, Fernando Gutiérrez-Chico (Universidad de Cantabria, Spain), Manuel E. González-Ramallal and Aníbal Mesa López (Universidad de La Laguna, Spain) 27. A Bunch of ''Fake'' Canadians: Constructing Linguistic Persona through Canadian Raising in American Hockey Speech, Andrew Bray (Carleton College, USA) 28. Sport Language and Metaphors in Business Communication: An Empirical Observation of Performance Discourse in Corporate Impact Reports, Philippe Millot (Université Lumière Lyon 2, France) Part 6: Language, Sport and Education Introduction, Kieran File ( University of Warwick, UK), David Caldwell (University of South Australia, Australia) and Lindsey Me'n (Arizona State University, USA) 29.

Using Corpus and Need Analyses to Direct the Learning of Rugby-Specific Language, Stuart Benson (Aizu University, Japan) 30. Feedback Strategies for Inclusion: Supporting Newly Arrived Students in Physical Education and Health, Johanna Karlsson and Katarina Lundin (Lund University, Sweden).