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Alessia Cogo - Analysing English as a Lingua Franca: A Corpus-driven Investigation - 9781441158376 - V9781441158376
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Analysing English as a Lingua Franca: A Corpus-driven Investigation

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Description for Analysing English as a Lingua Franca: A Corpus-driven Investigation Paperback. There have been considerable demographic shifts in the use of English worldwide. The sociolinguistic reality of English language use worldwide, and its implications, continue to be hotly contested. This book details the developments in the pragmatics and lexicogrammar of speakers using English as a lingua franca. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFB; CFDM; CFG; CFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 372. A Corpus-driven Investigation. 256 pages. There have been considerable demographic shifts in the use of English worldwide. The sociolinguistic reality of English language use worldwide, and its implications, continue to be hotly contested. This book details the developments in the pragmatics and lexicogrammar of speakers using English as a lingua franca. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFB; CFDM; CFG; CFM. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 13. Weight: 372.
This book details innovative developments in the pragmatics and lexicogrammar of speakers using English as a lingua franca. 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 ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Continuum Publishing Corporation
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781441158376
SKU
V9781441158376
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About Alessia Cogo
Dr Martin Dewey is at King's College London, UK Dr Alessia Cogo is at King's College London, UK

Reviews for Analysing English as a Lingua Franca: A Corpus-driven Investigation
This book is a ground-breaking investigation into recent developments in the English language. The data underpinning the book has been rigorously collected and meticulously analysed, and Cogo and Dewey's wealth of original examples of ELF lexicogrammar and pragmatics will provide an invaluable resource for students and researchers of ELF alike for years to come. Meanwhile, ... Read more

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