Author : Philip Seargeant,Ann Hewings,Stephen Pihlaja
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : English language
ISBN : 1138913456
The Routledge Handbook of English Language Studies by Philip Seargeant,Ann Hewings,Stephen Pihlaja Pdf
Providing a comprehensive overview of English Language Studies, this title takes a three-pronged approach to examine what constitutes the phenomenon of the English language; why and in what contexts it is an important subject to study; and what the chief methodologies are that are used to study it. In 30 chapters written by leading scholars from around the world, this handbook covers and critically examines: English Language Studies as a discipline that is changing and evolving in response to local and global pressures; definitions of English, including world Englishes, contact Englishes, and historical and colonial perspectives; the relevance of English in areas such as teaching, politics and the media; analysis of English situated in wider linguistics contexts, including psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics and linguistic ethnography.