Analysing English as a Lingua Franca: A Corpus-Driven Investigation 1441154965, 9781441154965

There have been considerable recent demographic shifts in the use of English worldwide. English is now undoubtedly(and

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Analysing English as a Lingua Franca: A Corpus-Driven Investigation
1441154965, 9781441154965

Unites two major concepts in language education research: English as a Lingua Franca and English as a Foreign Language

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With English-medium higher education burgeoning in Europe and elsewhere outside the English-speaking world, this book is

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Using a corpus of data drawn from naturally-occurring second language conversations, this book explores the role of idio

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In the past 15 years, English as a lingua franca (ELF) has evolved from a ‘niche topic’ of a relatively small group of s

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This edited collection responds to a gap in the literature by presenting a much-needed examination of both the theoretic

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This book investigates the cultural and intercultural aspects of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF). The chapters consider

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This book explores the use of multilingual practices such as translanguaging, code-switching and stylization by speakers

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In the past 15 years, English as a lingua franca (ELF) has evolved from a ‘niche topic’ of a relatively small group of s

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Language regulation has often been approached from a top-down policy perspective, whereas this book examines regulatory

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This volume is not only the first book-length investigation into adolescents’ use of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF), i

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