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| ISBN-13: | 9781614518907 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | De Gruyter |
| Publication date: | 08/22/2016 |
| Series: | Language and Social Life [LSL] , #10 |
| Pages: | 335 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.10(w) x 9.06(h) x (d) |
| Age Range: | 18 Years |
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Table of Contents
Series preface v
Contributors xiii
1 Introduction Andrew Linn 1
1.1 English and Europe 1
1.2 The English in Europe project 4
1.3 Aims and contents of the book 5
2 Historical context 13
2.1 The study and teaching of English in the schools Andrew Linn 13
2.1.1 Research context 13
2.1.2 Main historical developments 14
2.1.3 The "procession-of-methods" 16
2.1.4 New approaches to this history 18
2.2 English as a university subject Andrew Linn 19
2.2.1 Research context 19
2.2.2 Historical overview 20
2.2.3 Three national case studies (Spain, Greece and Ukraine) 24
2.3 Lingua francas of Europe Jeroen Darquennes 28
2.3.1 Classical Antiquity 28
2.3.2 Middle Ages 29
2.3.3 Early modern Europe 30
2.3.4 Nineteenth century 31
2.3.5 Early twentieth century 33
2.4 English as a language of science Ulrich Ammon 34
2.4.1 The status of English and competing languages in science in history and present times 34
2.4.2 Linguistic justice, fairness and the challenges of a solution 38
2.5 English in muttilingual European economic space Nigel Holden 40
2.5.1 Some general points about language and business 40
2.5.2 English in European multilingual economic space 44
2.5.3 Is 'lingua franca' a misdesignation? 49
2.6 Summary: The importance of a historical approach Andrew Linn 50
3 Standards, varieties and repertoires 53
3.1 English in the language ecology of Europe Josep Soler-Carbonell 53
3.1.1 Not a uniform picture 53
3.1.2 An ecological and repertoire approach to knowing English 54
3.1.3 Knowledge of English in Europe: three contexts 55
3.1.4 Unity and diversity 58
3.2 Early approaches to conceptualizing English in Europe Heiko Motschenbacher 59
3.2.1 English in Europe and Linguistic Imperialism 59
3.2.2 English En Europe and the World Englishes Paradigm 62
3.2.3 Euro-English 64
3.3 Native speaker English Gabriel Ozón 66
3.3.1 A useful and elusive concept 67
3.3.2 The problem with the native speaker 68
3.3.3 Life and death of the English native speaker 70
3.3.4 The future of the English native speaker: recent research trends 72
3.4 European Englishes Gabriel Ozón 72
3.4.1 European varieties of English: the 'other' native speakers 72
3.4.2 European varieties of English: closing a paradigm gap 73
3.4.3 European varieties of English: case studies 74
3.4.4 Prospectus 78
3.5 English as a Lingua Franca in Europe Alessia Cogo 79
3.5.1 What is ELF? 79
3.5.2 Sociolinguistic studies of ELF in Europe 80
3.5.3 Sociolinguistic studies of ELF and multilingualism in Europe 84
3.5.4 Attitudes, ideologies and controversies around ELF 86
3.5.5 Implications 88
3.5.6 English as a Lingua Franca in the business domain (BELF) Beyza Björkman 89
3.6 Pronunciation Ulrikke Rindal 93
3.6.1 Investigating non-native pronunciation 93
3.6.2 Avoiding native-speaker accents 94
3.6.3 Being neutral 95
3.6.4 Patterned L2 variation 96
3.6.5 Suggestions for future research on pronunciation 97
3.7 English-medium instruction (EMI) David Lasagabaster 98
3.7.1 EMI at pre-university level 100
3.7.2 EMI at university level 102
3.7.3 The side-effects of the rapid expansion of EMI 104
3.7.4 Challenges for EMI 105
3.8 English in Europe and the postmodernist paradigm Heiko Motschenbacher 106
3.8.1 'English' in the postmodern age 106
3.8.2 The identity dimension of English in Europe 110
3.9 Summary: No more standards? Andrew Linn 113
4 Changing practices and policies Carmen Pérez-Llantada 117
4.1 Globalization and the contribution of Applied Linguistics 117
4.1.1 Applied Linguistics 117
4.1.2 Globalization and English 118
4.1.3 An Applied Linguistics agenda 119
4.2 Language and social class in Europe David Block 125
4.2.1 What is class? 126
4.2.2 Social class and English in Europe 129
4.3 Language policymaking 132
4.3.1 Overview and key issues Dag Finn Simonsen 132
4.3.2 EU Language Policy and English Michele Gazzola 138
4.3.3 Policies in the European Higher Education Arena Beyza Björkman 145
4.4 Domain Loss: the rise and demise of a concept Anna Kristina Hultgren 153
4.4.1 The concept 153
4.4.2 "Domain loss": lexical borrowing or language shift? 154
4.4.3 Demise 157
4.5 Parallel Language Use Anna Kristina Hultgren 158
4.5.1 The policy of parallel language use 158
4.5.2 Parallel language use in practice 160
4.5.3 The future for parallel language use 162
4.6 'Top down' and 'bottom up' influences and behaviours Andrew Linn 164
5 Models, metaphors and methods 167
5.1 Quantitative and qualitative approaches to the use of English in Europe Stephen Ryan 167
5.1.1 Methodological origins 167
5.1.2 Methodology in practice 168
5.1.3 Future challenges 173
5.2 Corpus analysis Anne-Line Graedler 174
5.2.1 What is a language corpus? 174
5.2.2 Choice of corpus material 175
5.2.3 Compiling a new corpus 176
5.2.4 Choosing sources 177
5.2.5 Corpus analysis 179
5.2.6 Word frequency and keywords 179
5.2.7 Concordance 180
5.2.8 Macro-level vs. micro-level analysis 181
5.3 Language policy and language planning [LPP]: the development of the discipline Andrew Linn 182
5.4 Economic research on English in Europe Michele Gazzola 185
5.4.1 English in the economy: the labour market, added value and trade 186
5.4.2 Efficiency and English in language policy and planning 188
5.4.3 Linguistic inequalities and redistribution 191
5.5 Language Management and Language Management Theory [LMT] Tamah Sherman 192
5.5.1 What is LMT 192
5.5.2 Scope of LMT in previous research 196
5.5.3 Methodological aspects 197
5.5.4 LMT and English in Europe 198
6 The Nordic experience Andrew Linn 201
6.1 Introduction 201
6.2 History 206
6.2.1 The 18th century and earlier 206
6.2.2 The 19th century 208
6.2.3 Into the twentieth century 213
6.3 Planning English in the Nordic context 214
6.3.1 Norway and the emergence of the 'English problem' 214
6.3.2 Pan-Nordic language co-operation 224
6.3.3 National responses 229
6.4 The influence of English 235
6.5 Attitudes to English 239
6.6 English in academic writing 241
6.7 English in higher education teaching and learning 248
6.8 Lessons from The North 253
7 The way ahead Andrew Linn 259
7.1 Lessons from the English in Europe project 259
7.2 New research agendas 262
References 265
Index 317