The premise that writing is a socially‎-situated act of interaction between readers and writers is well established‎.‎ This volume first‎,‎ corroborates this premise by citing pertinent evidence‎,‎ through the analysis of written texts and interactive writing contexts‎,‎ and from educational settings across different cultures from which we have scant evidence‎.‎ Secondly‎,‎ all chapters‎,‎ though addressing the social nature of writing‎,‎ propose a variety of perspectives‎,‎ making the volume multidisciplinary in nature‎.‎ Finally‎,‎ this volume accounts for the diversity of the research perspectives each chapter proposes by situating the plurality of terminological issues and methodologies into a more integrative framework‎.‎ Thus a coherent overall framework is created within which different research strands ‎(‎i‎.‎e‎.‎‎,‎ the sociocognitive‎,‎ sociolinguistic research‎,‎ composition work‎,‎ genre analysis‎)‎ and pedagogical practices developed on L1 and L2 writing can be situated and acquire meaning‎.‎This volume will be of particular interest to researchers in the areas‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎