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Summary
An accessible guide to the major topics, debates and issues in English Language Studies. Established knowledge and more recent developments in the field are clearly examined and explained by well-known language specialists from a range of backgrounds.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | |
| The Fabric of English | |
| Describing English | |
| Texts and Practices | |
| From Variation to Hybridity Further Reading | |
| Issues and Debates | |
| English and Globalization | |
| English and Creativity | |
| 'Hearts and Minds.' Persuasive Language in Ancient and Modern Public Debate | |
| Computer-Mediated English | |
| English Language Teaching in the Outer and Expanding Circles | |
| English at School in England | |
| Institutional Discourse | |
| Using English in the Legal Process | |
| Language, Gender and Sexuality | |
| Perspectives on Children Learning English: From Structures to Practices | |
| Academic Literacies: New Directions in Theory and Practice | |
| Spelling as a Social Practice | |
| Multilingual Discourses on Wheels and Public English in Africa: a Case for Vague Linguistique | |
| Domesticating the Other: English and Translation | |
| Bibliography | |
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