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The Routledge companion to English language studies / edited by Janet Maybin and Joan Swann.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge companionsPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.Description: xii, 324 p. : ill., mapsISBN:
  • 9780415401739 (hbk.)
  • 0415401739 (hbk.)
  • 9780415403382 (pbk.)
  • 0415403383 (pbk.)
  • 9780203878958 (ebook)
  • 0203878957 (ebook)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 410 MAY-R
Contents:
Introduction / Janet Maybin and Joan Swann -- Describing English / Caroline Coffin and Kieran O'Halloran -- Texts and practices / Ann Hewings and Sarah North -- From variation to hybridity / Rajend Mesthrie and Joan Swann -- English and globalization / Alastair Pennycook -- English and creativity / Rob Pope -- 'Hearts and minds' : persuasive language in ancient and modern public debate / Guy Cook -- Computer-mediated English / Brenda Danet -- English language teaching in the outer and expanding circles / Suresh Canagarajah and Selim Ben Said -- English at school in England / Richard Andrews -- Institutional discourse / Celia Roberts -- Using English in the legal process / Diana Eades -- Language, gender and sexuality / Deborah Cameron -- Perspectives on children learning English : from structures to practices / Barbara Mayor -- Academic literacies : new directions in theory and practice / Brian Street -- Spelling as a social practice / Mark Sebba -- Multilingual discourses on wheels and public English in Africa : a case for 'vague linguistique' / Sinfree Makoni and Busi Makoni -- Domesticating the other : English and translation / Susan Bassnett.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Janet Maybin and Joan Swann -- Describing English / Caroline Coffin and Kieran O'Halloran -- Texts and practices / Ann Hewings and Sarah North -- From variation to hybridity / Rajend Mesthrie and Joan Swann -- English and globalization / Alastair Pennycook -- English and creativity / Rob Pope -- 'Hearts and minds' : persuasive language in ancient and modern public debate / Guy Cook -- Computer-mediated English / Brenda Danet -- English language teaching in the outer and expanding circles / Suresh Canagarajah and Selim Ben Said -- English at school in England / Richard Andrews -- Institutional discourse / Celia Roberts -- Using English in the legal process / Diana Eades -- Language, gender and sexuality / Deborah Cameron -- Perspectives on children learning English : from structures to practices / Barbara Mayor -- Academic literacies : new directions in theory and practice / Brian Street -- Spelling as a social practice / Mark Sebba -- Multilingual discourses on wheels and public English in Africa : a case for 'vague linguistique' / Sinfree Makoni and Busi Makoni -- Domesticating the other : English and translation / Susan Bassnett.

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