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Author Cogo, Alessia, author

Title Analysing English as a lingua franca : a corpus-driven investigation / Alessia Cogo and Martin Dewey
Published London ; New York, NY : Continuum International Publishing Group., [2012]

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Description 1 online resource (217 pages)
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?
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Includes bibliographical references
Notes English
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 22, 2019)
Subject English language -- Variation -- Foreign countries
English language -- Variation -- English-speaking countries
Intercultural communication.
English language -- Globalization.
Bilingualism & multilingualism.
Computational linguistics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General.
Intercultural communication
English language -- Variation -- Foreign countries
English language -- Variation
English language -- Foreign countries
English language -- Globalization
Lingua francas
English-speaking countries
Form Electronic book
Author Dewey, Martin, author
LC no. 2011046610
ISBN 9781441154965
1441154965
1280579218
9781280579219
1441137254
9781441137258
1441158375
9781441158376
9786613608987
661360898X
Other Titles Analyzing English as a lingua franca