Analysing English as a lingua franca : a corpus-driven investigation /
There have been considerable recent demographic shifts in the use of English worldwide. English is now undoubtedly (and particularly) an international lingua franca, a lingua mundi. The sociolinguistic reality of English language use worldwide, and its implications, continue to be hotly contested. P...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York, NY :
Continuum International Publishing Group.,
2012
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| Summary: | There have been considerable recent demographic shifts in the use of English worldwide. English is now undoubtedly (and particularly) an international lingua franca, a lingua mundi. The sociolinguistic reality of English language use worldwide, and its implications, continue to be hotly contested. Plenty of research has questioned, for example, the ownership of English, but less attention has been paid to the linguistic consequences of the escalating role English plays. This is one of the first books to provide a detailed and comprehensive account of recent empirical findings in the field of English as a lingua franca (ELF). Cogo and Dewey analyze and interpret their own large corpus of naturally occurring spoken interactions and focus on identifying innovative developments in the pragmatics and lexicogrammar of speakers engaged in ELF talk. Cogo and Dewey's work makes a substantial contribution to the emerging field of empirical ELF studies. As well as this practical focus, this book looks at both pragmatic and lexicogrammatical issues and highlights their interrelationship. In showcasing the underlying processes involved in the emergence of innovative patterns of language use, this book will be of great interest to advanced students and academics working in applied linguistics, ELF, sociolinguistics, and corpus linguistics. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (217 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781441154965 1441154965 1280579218 9781280579219 1441137254 9781441137258 1441158375 9781441158376 9786613608987 661360898X |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 22, 2019). |
