Overview

The Routledge Handbook of English Language Studies provides a comprehensive overview of English Language Studies. The book 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. The Routledge Handbook of English Language Studies is essential reading for researchers and students working in fields related to the teaching and study of the English language in any context.

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Author:   Philip Seargeant ,  Ann Hewings (The Open University, UK) ,  Stephen Pihlaja (Newman University, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.820kg
ISBN:  

9781138913455

ISBN 10:   1138913456
Pages:   482
Publication Date:   20 June 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

An introduction to English Language Studies PART 1: Defining English The idea of English The historical study of English English and colonialism World Englishes: disciplinary debates and future directions English and multilingualism: a contested history Standards in English Contact Englishes The phonology of English The grammars of English PART 2: The Relevance of English The relevance of English language studies in higher education Literacy in English: Literacies in Englishes Teaching English as an additional language in Anglophone and Brazilian contexts: different curriculum approaches Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) English and social identity Language, gender and sexuality The politics of English Persuasive language Literature and the English language The language of creative writing Media, power, and representation The language of social media PART 3: Analysing English Stylistics: studying literary and everyday style in English Sociolinguistics: studying English and its social relations Corpus linguistics: studying language as part of the digital humanities Discourse analysis: studying and critiquing language in use Linguistic ethnography: studying English language, cultures and practices The psycholinguistics of English Metaphor Studies and English Multimodal English English and translation

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Philip Seargeant is Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the Open University, UK. Ann Hewings is Director of Applied Linguistics and English Language at the Open University, UK. Stephen Pihlaja is Reader in Stylistics at Newman University, Birmingham, UK.

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