The Routledge companion to English language studies
An accessible guide to the major topics, debates and issues in English Language Studies.¨Established knowledge and more recent developments in the field are clearly examined and explained by well-known language specialists fromäÈrange of backgrounds.
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2010.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction / Janet Maybin and Joan Swann
- Describing English / Caroline Coffin and Kieran O'Halloran
- Texts and practices / Ann Hewings and Sarah North
- From variation to hybridity / Rajend Mesthrie and Joan Swann
- English and globalization / Alastair Pennycook
- English and creativity / Rob Pope
- 'Hearts and minds' : persuasive language in ancient and modern public debate / Guy Cook
- Computer-mediated English / Brenda Danet
- English language teaching in the outer and expanding circles / Suresh Canagarajah and Selim Ben Said
- English at school in England / Richard Andrews
- Institutional discourse / Celia Roberts
- Using English in the legal process / Diana Eades
- Language, gender and sexuality / Deborah Cameron
- Perspectives on children learning English : from structures to practices / Barbara Mayor
- Academic literacies : new directions in theory and practice / Brian Street
- Spelling as a social practice / Mark Sebba
- Multilingual discourses on wheels and public English in Africa : a case for 'vague linguistique' / Sinfree Makoni and Busi Makoni
- Domesticating the other : English and translation / Susan Bassnett.