Analysing English as a lingua franca : a corpus-driven investigation

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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Main Authors: Cogo, Alessia (Author), Dewey, Martin (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York, NY : Continuum International Publishing Group., 2012
Subjects:
English language > Variation > Foreign countries.
English language > Variation > English-speaking countries.
Intercultural communication.
English language > Globalization.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Researching English in the world
  • 1.1 Clarifying our terms of reference
  • 1.2 Defining ELF
  • 1.3 A paradigm shift : the need for empirical data in ELF
  • 1.4 The 'international' spread of corpus linguistics to date
  • Chapter 2. Investigating lingua franca communication
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Intercultural communication and ELF
  • 2.3 Our approach to ELF communication
  • 2.4 Our corpora
  • 2.5 Summary : theoretical perspectives and methodological approach
  • Chapter 3. Patterns of innovation in ELF lexicogrammar
  • 3.1 Overview
  • 3.2 Concluding remarks and matters arising
  • Chapter 4. Underlying motives and adaptive processes in ELF
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Exploiting redundancy
  • 4.3 Regularization
  • 4.4 Added prominence
  • 4.5 Accommodation
  • 4.6 Explicitness and clarity of proposition
  • 4.7 Summary
  • Chapter 5. Achieving understanding in ELF : focus on pragmatics
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Initiating the negotiation
  • 5.3 Negotiation strategies
  • 5.4 Summary
  • Chapter 6. Supporting meaning : interactional pragmatics
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Backchannels
  • 6.3 Simultaneous talk
  • 6.4 Utterance completions
  • 6.5 Summary
  • Chapter 7. The theoretical and practical implications of ELF
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 A theoretical account of globalization : localization of global phenomena
  • 7.3 Re-evaluating the notion of speech community
  • 7.4 Reconceptualizing language and communication
  • 7.5 Communicative competence revisited
  • 7.6 Implications for current pedagogic models and practices
  • 7.7 Where do we go from here?

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