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100 1 $aSeidlhofer, Barbara.
245 10 $aUnderstanding English as a lingua franca /$cBarbara Seidlhofer.
260 $aOxford :$bOxford University Press,$c2011.
300 $axvii, 244 p. ;$c24 cm.
490 1 $aOxford applied linguistics
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p.[211]-231) and index.
520 $a"The spread of English as the dominant international lingua franca (ELF), like other aspects of globalization, calls for a reconsideration of conventional ways of thinking. As the language is taken over and put to effective communicative use by non-native speakers on a global scale, assumptions that its native speakers have exclusive property rights, and are the arbiters of its proper use, are no longer tenable. ELF typically departs from standard usage in a variety of ways which are consistent with the kind of variation that is evident in any natural language. [Title] argues that ELF needs to be understood as an adaptable and creative use of language in its own right and not as a deviant or erroneous version of native speaker English. It demonstrates how its 'non-conformist' formal features are functionally motivated by the dynamics of communicative interaction. In this respect, ELF is of particular relevance to the sociolinguistic study of language variation. This reconceptualization of 'English' also has important pedagogic implications, raising questions about what kind language content and what kind of communicative capability it is appropriate and realistic to teach."--Page [] 4 of cover.
505 0 $aWhat is this thing called English? English as an international language (EIL) ; What's in a name? A note about terminology ; English as a lingua franca (ELF) ; Towards a reconceptualization of English ; A conceptual gap ; English : foreign language verses lingua franca ; The need for description ; Conclusion -- Assumptions and presumptions. Anglo-Saxon attitudes ; The assumptions of native-speaker authority ; Convictions and contradictions ; Conclusion -- Standard English and real English. Standard English ideology ; Setting the standard ; 'Nativeness' ; Foreignness' ; 'Real English' ; Conclusion -- Reconceptualizing 'English'. -- Appropriation and adaptation ; The sociolinguistics of ELF; Established concepts and convenient fictions ; ELF, 'World Englishes', and the concept of 'variety' ; Rethinking the concept of community ; Rethinking the concept of competence ; Conclusion -- The dynamics of ELF usage. Variety and variation : state and process ; Performativity and creativity in ELF ; Exploiting linguistic resources ; The virtual language ; Constitutive rules and regulative conventions ; Conformity and creativity ; Conclusion -- Form and function in ELF. The function of non-conformity ; Communicative interaction and the idiom principle ; ELF and idiomatic usage ; Unilateral idiomaticity ; ELF and the idiomatizing process ; The exploitation of redundancy ; Conclusion -- Designing English as an international language. Linguistic description and prescription ; Language planning and linguistic intervention ; The prescription of an international language ; Nuclear English ; Basic English ; Basic English and ELF ; Conclusion -- ELF and English language teaching. Prescriptions for use and learning ; Natural use and usefulness for learning ; English prescribed : objectives and processes ; Objectives and processes reconsidered ; English as a subject and the relevance of ELF ; Rethinking the subject ; ELF and teacher education ; Conclusion.
650 0 $aEnglish language$xGlobalization.
650 0 $aLanguage, Universal.
650 0 $aCommunication, International.
650 0 $aIntercultural communication.
650 0 $aEnglish language$xStudy and teaching$xForeign speakers.
830 0 $aOxford applied linguistics.
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