The Routledge Companion to English Studies /
The Routledge Companion to English Studies /
edited by Constant Leung, Brian V. Street.
- New York : Routledge, 2014.
- xxx, 520 pages ; 25 cm.
Includes index.
Part I: English as a subject -- English and literacy in education: national policies -- World Englishes -- Literary criticism -- Part II: English in studies of language -- Polylingualism and languaging -- Multulingualism and language education -- English as an international language/English as a lingua franca in postcolonial and neomillenial contexts -- Systematic functional linguistics -- Sociolinguistics -- Linguistic anthropology -- Semiotics -- Pragmatics -- Interactional sociolinguistics -- Semantics -- Formal syntax -- Phonetics and phonology -- Corpus linguistics -- Conversation analysis -- Communicative repertoire -- Critical discourse analysis -- Critial applied linguistics -- Narrative as cultural practice -- Language and identities -- Part III: English in education -- Academic literacies -- US first-year composition and writing in the disciplines -- English for academic purposes -- Writing in the disciplines/writing across the curriculum -- Literacy education: "about being in the world" -- New literacy studies -- Part IV: English in new communicative technologies -- Englishes and digital literacy practices -- English studies through a new literacy studies - multimodal lens -- New technologies for English language learning and teaching -- Games and broadcast language -- Language of advertising.
"The Routledge Companion to English Studies will re-define the discipline of English studies and provide an authoritative overview of this area. This handbook will take account of both historical trajectories and contemporary perspectives whilst also showcasing the state-of-the-art contributions made by the more established components of English language studies. It will also highlight new and under-explored dimensions of this field such as English as lingua franca and multimodality to provide cutting-edge account of this dynamic and diverse field. This collection of forty newly commissioned articles provides a comprehensive and up-to-date picture of the field of English language studies and will be an invaluable text for researchers in this area"-- Provided by publisher
9780415676182 (hbk)
English language--History
English language--Study and teaching
PE1075 / R75 2014
Includes index.
Part I: English as a subject -- English and literacy in education: national policies -- World Englishes -- Literary criticism -- Part II: English in studies of language -- Polylingualism and languaging -- Multulingualism and language education -- English as an international language/English as a lingua franca in postcolonial and neomillenial contexts -- Systematic functional linguistics -- Sociolinguistics -- Linguistic anthropology -- Semiotics -- Pragmatics -- Interactional sociolinguistics -- Semantics -- Formal syntax -- Phonetics and phonology -- Corpus linguistics -- Conversation analysis -- Communicative repertoire -- Critical discourse analysis -- Critial applied linguistics -- Narrative as cultural practice -- Language and identities -- Part III: English in education -- Academic literacies -- US first-year composition and writing in the disciplines -- English for academic purposes -- Writing in the disciplines/writing across the curriculum -- Literacy education: "about being in the world" -- New literacy studies -- Part IV: English in new communicative technologies -- Englishes and digital literacy practices -- English studies through a new literacy studies - multimodal lens -- New technologies for English language learning and teaching -- Games and broadcast language -- Language of advertising.
"The Routledge Companion to English Studies will re-define the discipline of English studies and provide an authoritative overview of this area. This handbook will take account of both historical trajectories and contemporary perspectives whilst also showcasing the state-of-the-art contributions made by the more established components of English language studies. It will also highlight new and under-explored dimensions of this field such as English as lingua franca and multimodality to provide cutting-edge account of this dynamic and diverse field. This collection of forty newly commissioned articles provides a comprehensive and up-to-date picture of the field of English language studies and will be an invaluable text for researchers in this area"-- Provided by publisher
9780415676182 (hbk)
English language--History
English language--Study and teaching
PE1075 / R75 2014