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English as a lingua franca : perspectives and prospects : contributions in honour of Barbara Seidlhofer /
In the past 15 years, English as a lingua franca (ELF) has evolved from a 'niche topic' of a relatively small group of specialists to a highly productive research area that now has a firm place on the map of linguistics. Looking back (as well as forward), this edited volume addresses persp...
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Berlin :
De Gruyter,
[2016]
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| Colección: | Trends in Applied Linguistics TAL.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Table of contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- Contributing authors
- Preface
- English as a lingua franca: Perspectives and prospects
- Introduction
- I. Perspectives on the study of ELF
- Barbara Seidlhofer: Another 'mother's' reflection
- ELF corpora: Design, difficulties and triumphs
- ELF, adaptive variability and virtual language
- Visibility and absence: Ideologies of 'diversity' in BELF
- ELF in Responsible Tourism: Power relationships in unequal migration encounters
- English-medium instruction and English as the lingua franca in Higher Education in central and northern Europe
- Language education policies and practice in (Mediterranean) Europe: An ELF perspective
- ELF research
- Its impact on language education in Japan and East Asia
- From ELF communication to lingua franca pedagogy
- Standards and lingua francas
- A personal account
- II. The study of ELF in a wider context
- Section A: Sociolinguistics, variation and ELF
- World Englishes and English as a lingua franca: Relationships and interfaces
- ELF and new-dialect formation
- Historical linguistics and ELF
- What's in a word? Reflections on labels such as 'ELF' or 'English'
- Complexity theory and ELF: A matter of nonteleology
- (Morpho)syntactic transparency and ELF
- Conversation analysis and ELF
- Section B: Multilingual/-cultural perspectives and ELF
- Intercultural Communication and ELF
- Multilingual identity and ELF
- ELF and translation
- Multi, pluri, trans. . . and ELF: Lingualisms, languaging and the current lingua franca concept
- Section C: Policy, pedagogy and ELF
- Cosmopolitan combat: Politics, teaching and interpreting
- Learner language in ELF and SLA
- Language Testing and ELF: Making the connection
- Content and Language Integrated Learning and ELF
- Closing the gender gap: The role of English
- The Seidlhofer Effect: Gaining traction for ELF in language planning and educational change
- Afterword
- Expanding frontiers: Prospects on the creativity of ELF
- A select bibliography
- Index.