The Routledge Companion to English Language Studies - Couverture souple

Maybin, Janet; Swann, Joan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0415403383 ISBN 13 : 9780415403382

Editeur : Routledge, 2009

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Janet Maybin is a senior lecturer in Language and Communication at the Open University. She is co-editor of Using English published by Routledge and The Art of English: Everyday Creativity with Joan Swann.

Joan Swann is a senior lecturer and director of the Centre for Language and Communication at the Open University. She is co-author of A Dictionary of Sociolinguistics and Introducing Sociolinguistics.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0415403383
• ISBN 13: 9780415403382
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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