Alastair Pennycook is Professor of Language in Education, in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. He is the author of The Cultural Politics of English as an International Language (Routledge, 2017).

* WINNER OF THE BAAL BOOK PRIZE 2018 *"The book is an invaluable contribution to the field of applied linguistics research and it will undoubtedly have a significant impact on applied linguistics practitioners and researchers." -- Aisha Ravindran, Simon Fraser University

• Chapter 1 Introduction: Posthumanism and applied linguisticsChapter 2 Posthumanism: Cyborgs and the AnthropoceneChapter 3 Distributed language and cognitionChapter 4 Language and the sensesChapter 5 Discourse and realityChapter 6 Mutual misunderstandingChapter 7 What’s the point? Sharks, dogs and humansChapter 8 Posthumanist linguistics: new horizons

Alastair Pennycook is Professor of Language in Education, in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. He is the author of The Cultural Politics of English as an International Language (Routledge, 2017).

* WINNER OF THE BAAL BOOK PRIZE 2018 *"The book is an invaluable contribution to the field of applied linguistics research and it will undoubtedly have a significant impact on applied linguistics practitioners and researchers." -- Aisha Ravindran, Simon Fraser University

• Chapter 1 Introduction: Posthumanism and applied linguisticsChapter 2 Posthumanism: Cyborgs and the AnthropoceneChapter 3 Distributed language and cognitionChapter 4 Language and the sensesChapter 5 Discourse and realityChapter 6 Mutual misunderstandingChapter 7 What’s the point? Sharks, dogs and humansChapter 8 Posthumanist linguistics: new horizons