Analyzing English as a lingua franca : a corpus-driven investigation /
Alessia Cogo and Martin Dewey.
- London : Continuum, 2012.
- vi, 207 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [186]-202) and indexes.
Researching English in the world -- Investigating lingua franca communication -- Patterns of innovation in ELF lexicogrammar -- Underlying motives and adaptive processes in ELF -- Achieving understanding in ELF: focus on pragmatics -- Supporting meaning: interactional pragmatics -- The theoretical and practical implications of ELF.
English language--Variation--Foreign countries. English language--Variation--English-speaking countries. Intercultural communication. English language--Globalization.