Discourses, Communities, and Global Englishes.
Title:
Discourses, Communities, and Global Englishes.
Author:
Cagliero, Roberto.
ISBN:
9783035101805
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (253 pages)
Series:
Linguistic Insights ; v.94
Linguistic Insights
Contents:
Contents -- Introduction 9 -- Section 1 Global English, Global Media -- Cosmopolitan Italia and Global Slang 21 -- The 'promotional' English(es) of University Websites 43 -- Global Distribution of Secondary News: A Case Study 61 -- 'Information They Cannot Find Elsewhere': Ideology in Voice of America's Special English 83 -- Section 2 Accepting English as a Lingua Franca? -- ELF Still at the Gate: Attitudes towards English as a Lingua Franca 101 -- Standards of Acceptability in English as an Academic Lingua Franca: Evidence from a Corpus of Peer-reviewed Working Papers by International Scholars 115 -- Popular World Music and World English: Multiple Traditions in New Locations 145 -- Section 3 Internationalization and Discourse Communities -- ELF as the Medium in the Psychoanalytic Discourse Community: Science and International Dissemination 175 -- The Role of English in the Romanian Terminology of Marketing 203 -- Mapping Global English Accounting Terminology in a Multifunctional Electronic Dictionary: A Contribution to Standardising Global English within a Specific Domain? 219 -- Notes on Contributors 237.
Abstract:
The issue of English and its global versions has a lot to do with globalization at large as the most invasive factor currently shaping the way we live, produce cultural artifacts, and communicate across linguistic and political borders. The distinction between correct and incorrect usage being to some extent irrelevant within a global context, this volume looks at Global English in relation to global media, both traditional and electronic (magazines, websites, and news distribution). It then addresses the issue from the point of view of language teaching, academic discourse and world music. The final section is concerned with the role of English within communities of professionals (marketing, accounting, psychoanalysis) in an international context. The volume includes essays from scholars who adopt different viewpoints, ranging from corpus linguistics to lexicology, sociolinguistics, and translation studies.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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