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Linguistic Diversity on the EMI Campus presents an in-depth
ethnographic case study of the language policies and practices of
universities in nine countries around the world. Each chapter
provides a detailed presentation of the findings from that
university, considering the presence of linguistic diversity in
institutions from Australia, China, Finland, UK, Turkey, Malaysia,
Italy, Spain, and Japan. Split into three parts, these nine case
studies demonstrate the extent to which international-oriented
institutions can learn from each other's practices and improve
their language policies. Linguistic Diversity on the EMI Campus is
vital reading for students and scholars working in the fields of
applied linguistics, multilingualism, and education.
Reflexive language - the capacity of language to speak about itself
- is unique to human languages; yet little is known of its use in
actual dialogue. Fundamental features of language are manifest in
dialogic speech and in lingua francas. Both are taken on board in
this book, which radically widens our conception of reflexivity in
discourse. Reflexivity, or metadiscourse, is central to successful
communication. It is also vital in understanding academic
argumentation, essential to academic self-understanding, and at the
same time it has wide applications.
This book examines the special nature of English both as a global
and a local language, focusing on some of the ongoing changes and
on the emerging new structural and discoursal characteristics of
varieties of English. Although it is widely recognised that
processes of language change and contact bear affinities, for
example, to processes observable in second-language acquisition and
lingua franca use, the research into these fields has so far not
been sufficiently brought into contact with each other. The
articles in this volume set out to combine all these perspectives
in ways that give us a better understanding of the changing nature
of English in the modern world.
This book examines the special nature of English both as a global
and a local language, focusing on some of the ongoing changes and
on the emerging new structural and discoursal characteristics of
varieties of English. Although it is widely recognised that
processes of language change and contact bear affinities, for
example, to processes observable in second-language acquisition and
lingua franca use, the research into these fields has so far not
been sufficiently brought into contact with each other. The
articles in this volume set out to combine all these perspectives
in ways that give us a better understanding of the changing nature
of English in the modern world.
Linguistic Diversity on the EMI Campus presents an in-depth
ethnographic case study of the language policies and practices of
universities in nine countries around the world. Each chapter
provides a detailed presentation of the findings from that
university, considering the presence of linguistic diversity in
institutions from Australia, China, Finland, UK, Turkey, Malaysia,
Italy, Spain, and Japan. Split into three parts, these nine case
studies demonstrate the extent to which international-oriented
institutions can learn from each other's practices and improve
their language policies. Linguistic Diversity on the EMI Campus is
vital reading for students and scholars working in the fields of
applied linguistics, multilingualism, and education.
In this book, a solid and emerging group of international
researchers contributes to the theory of metadiscourse and to our
understanding of the role metadiscourse and related 'meta'
phenomena may play in digital forms of communication. Providing
examples of new research methods and approaches, the authors
investigate progressively hybridized academic and non-academic
genres that have migrated from analogue to digital format. The book
offers valuable insights on how digital communication has changed
today's communication environments and provides examples of
research methods needed to capture that change. This volume will be
appreciated by scholars and graduate students interested in
linguistics, corpus linguistics and metadiscourse.
Writing is crucial to the academic world. It is the main mode of
communication among scientists and scholars and also a means for
students for obtaining their degrees. The papers in this volume
highlight the intercultural, generic and textual complexities of
academic writing. Comparisons are made between various traditions
of academic writing in different cultures and contexts and the
studies combine linguistic analyses with analyses of the social
settings in which academic writing takes place and is acquired. The
common denominator for the papers is writing in English and
attention is given to native-English writers' and non-native
writers' problems in different disciplines. The articles in the
book introduce a variety of methodological approaches for analyses
and search for better teaching methods and ways of improving the
syllabi of writing curricula. The book as a whole illustrates how
linguists strive for new research methods and practical
applications in applied linguistics.
English as a lingua franca (ELF) has become ubiquitous in today's
globalised, mobile and fast-changing world. It is clear that it
will have an unprecedented impact not only on how we communicate
but also on our understanding of language use and change. What
exactly ELF brings to our life and to language theory is a question
which requires an interdisciplinary take. This book gathers
together leading scholars from world Englishes, typology, language
history, cognitive linguistics, translation studies,
multilingualism, sociolinguistics and ELF research itself to seek
state-of-the-art answers. Chapters present original insights on
language change, based on theoretical approaches and empirical
studies, and provide clear examples of social, interactional and
cognitive changes that ELF instigates. The picture which unfolds on
the pages of this book is complex, dynamic and makes a convincing
case for the importance of English as a lingua franca on language
change at a global scale.
English as a lingua franca (ELF) has become ubiquitous in today's
globalised, mobile and fast-changing world. It is clear that it
will have an unprecedented impact not only on how we communicate
but also on our understanding of language use and change. What
exactly ELF brings to our life and to language theory is a question
which requires an interdisciplinary take. This book gathers
together leading scholars from world Englishes, typology, language
history, cognitive linguistics, translation studies,
multilingualism, sociolinguistics and ELF research itself to seek
state-of-the-art answers. Chapters present original insights on
language change, based on theoretical approaches and empirical
studies, and provide clear examples of social, interactional and
cognitive changes that ELF instigates. The picture which unfolds on
the pages of this book is complex, dynamic and makes a convincing
case for the importance of English as a lingua franca on language
change at a global scale.
This book explores the emerging area of English as a Lingua Franca
(ELF) in academic settings. The emergence and recognition of
English used as a Lingua Franca (ELF) offers new opportunities for
investigating language change and language contact. This volume
explores the use of English in an academic context and between
speakers from a range of language backgrounds, and is the only book
to date to present spoken academic English from a non-native
speaker perspective. Data examined from the one-million-word
English as a Lingua Franca in Academic Settings (ELFA) corpus
provides an in-depth account of how speakers use and shape the
language through dialogue in intellectually and verbally demanding
situations. Available separately as a paperback.
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