The Routledge Handbook of English Language Studies - 9781138913455

Name: The Routledge Handbook of English Language Studies - 9781138913455
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

The Routledge Handbook of English Language Studies provides a comprehensive overview of English Language Studies. The book takes a three-pronged approach to examine what constitutes the phenomenon of the English language; why and in what contexts it is an important subject to study; and what the chief methodologies are that are used to study it. In 30 chapters written by leading scholars from around the world, this Handbook covers and critically examines:\n\n--English Language Studies as a discipline that is changing and evolving in response to local and global pressures; \n--definitions of English, including world Englishes, contact Englishes, and historical and colonial perspectives; \n--the relevance of English in areas such as teaching, politics and the media; \n--analysis of English situated in wider linguistics contexts, including psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics and linguistic ethnography.\nThe Routledge Handbook of English Language Studies is essential reading for research.