English as a Lingua Franca: Perspectives and Prospects : : Contributions in Honour of Barbara Seidlhofer /

English as a Lingua Franca: Perspectives and Prospects : : Contributions in Honour of Barbara Seidlhofer / / ed. by Marie-Luise Pitzl, Ruth Osimk-Teasdale.

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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 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 perspectives an...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2016 Part 1
MitwirkendeR:
Bianco, Joseph Lo,
Björkman, Beyza,
Brutt-Griffler, Janina,
Cogo, Alessia,
Cook, Guy,
Dalton-Puffer, Christiane,
Guido, Maria Grazia,
House, Juliane,
Hua, Zhu,
Hülmbauer, Cornelia,
Jenkins, Jennifer,
Kaur, Jagdish,
Keizer, Evelien,
Kim, Sumi,
Kirkpatrick, Andy,
Kohn, Kurt,
Kramsch, Claire,
Larsen-Freeman, Diane,
Lopriore, Lucilla,
Mauranen, Anna,
McNamara, Tim,
Murata, Kumiko,
Osimk-Teasdale, Ruth,
Pitzl, Marie-Luise,
Ritt, Nikolaus,
Schendl, Herbert,
Schneider, Edgar W.,
Seidlhofer, Barbara,
Shohamy, Elana,
Smit, Ute,
Tarone, Elaine,
Trudgill, Peter,
Widdowson, Henry,
HerausgeberIn:
Osimk-Teasdale, Ruth,
Pitzl, Marie-Luise,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2016]
©2016
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Trends in Applied Linguistics [TAL] , 24
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Physical Description:1 online resource (XXII, 294 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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