The Routledge Handbook of Language, Gender and Sexuality provides an accessible and authoritative overview of this dynamic and growing area of research. Covering cutting-edge debates in eight sections, it is designed as a series of mini edited collections, enabling the reader and particularly the novice reader to discover new ways of approaching Language, Gender and Sexuality. With a distinctive focus both on methodologies and theoretical frameworks, the handbook includes 40 state-of-the art chapters from international authorities. Each chapter provides a concise and critical discussion of a methodological approach, an empirical study to model the approach, a discussion of real world applications and further reading. Each section also contains a chapter by leading scholars in that area positioning, through their own work and chapters in their section, current state-of-the-art and future directions. This volume is key reading for all engaged in the study and research of Language, Gender and Sexuality within English Language, Sociolinguistics, Discourse Studies, Applied Linguistics and Gender Studies.