Analyzing English as a lingua franca
Subtitle: a corpus-driven investigation
By: Alessia Cogo and Martin Dewey
Contributors: Dewey, Martin
Publisher: Continuum International Pub. Group; Continuum
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9781441137258; 9781441158376
Subjects: Globalization; English language; Variation; Intercultural communication
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Researching English in the world; title: Investigating lingua franca communication; title: Patterns of innovation in ELF lexicogrammar; title: Underlying motives and adaptive processes in ELF; title: Achieving understanding in ELF: focus on pragmatics; title: Supporting meaning: interactional pragmatics; title: The theoretical and practical implications of ELF.