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Language regulation in English as a lingua franca, focus on academic spoken discourse, Niina Hynninen

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Language regulation in English as a lingua franca, focus on academic spoken discourse, Niina Hynninen

Language

eng

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no index present

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non fiction

Main title

Language regulation in English as a lingua franca

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electronic resource

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Niina Hynninen

Series statement

Developments in English as a lingua franca, 9

Sub title

focus on academic spoken discourse

Summary

Language regulation has often been approached from a top-down policy perspective. This book examines regulatory practices employed by speakers in interaction. It focuses on language regulation in academic English as a lingua franca (ELF), and contributes to debates about what counts as acceptable English in ELF contexts., <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> Language regulation has often been approached from a top-down policy perspective, whereas this book examines regulatory practices employed by speakers in interaction. With its ethnographically informed focus on language regulation in academic English as a lingua franca (ELF), the book is a timely contribution to debates about what counts as acceptable English in ELF contexts, who can act as language expert, and when regulation is needed

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