The Routledge Companion to English Language Studies [Paperback]

The Routledge Companion to English Language Studies is an accessible guide to the major topics, debates and issues in English Language Studies. This authoritative collection includes entries written by well-known language specialists from a diverse range of backgrounds who examine and explain established knowledge and recent developments in the field. Covering a wide range of topics such as globalization, gender and sexuality and food packaging, this volume provides critical overviews of:

• approaches to researching, describing and analyzing English
• the position of English as a global language
• the use of English in texts, practices and discourses
• variation and diversity throughout the English-speaking world.

Fully cross-referenced throughout and featuring useful definitions of key terms and concepts, this is an invaluable guide for teachers wishing to check, consolidate or update their knowledge, and is an ideal resource for all students of English Language Studies.

1. INTRODUCTION Janet Maybin & Joan Swann

PART 1: THE FABRIC OF ENGLISH

2. DESCRIBING ENGLISH Caroline Coffin & Kieran OHalloran

3. TEXTS AND PRACTICES Ann Hewing & Sarah North

4. FROM VARIATION TO HYBRIDITY Joan Swann & Rajend Mesthrie

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PART 2: ISSUES AND DEBATES

5. ENGLISH AND GLOBALIZATION Alastair Pennycook

6. ENGLISH AND CREATIVITY Rob Pope

7. HEARTS AND MINDS. PERSUASIVE LANGUAGE IN ANCIENT AND MODERN PUBLIC DEBATE Guy Cook

8. COMPUTER-MEDIATED ENGLISH Brenda Danet

9. ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING IN THE OUTER AND EXPANDING CIRCLES Suresh Canagarajah & Selim Ben Said

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