Language Regulation in English as a Lingua Franca : Focus on Academic Spoken Discourse
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1614517681
ISBN-13
9781614517689
Publisher
De Gruyter
Imprint
De Gruyter Mouton
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 11th, 2016
Print length
326 Pages
Weight
600 grams
Product Classification:
Linguistics
Ksh 21,700.00
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Language regulation has often been approached from a top-down policy perspective. This book examines regulatory practices employed by speakers in interaction. It focuses on language regulation in academic English as a lingua franca (ELF), and contributes to debates about what counts as acceptable English in ELF contexts.
Language regulation has often been approached from a top-down policy perspective, whereas this book examines regulatory practices employed by speakers in interaction. With its ethnographically informed focus on language regulation in academic English as a lingua franca (ELF), the book is a timely contribution to debates about what counts as acceptable English in ELF contexts, who can act as language expert, and when regulation is needed.
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