Routledge Handbook Of English Language Studies, The

Description: 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: English Language Studies as a discipline that is changing and evolving in response to local and global pressures; definitions of English, including world Englishes, contact Englishes, and historical and colonial perspectives; the relevance of English in areas such as teaching, politics and the media; analysis of English situated in wider linguistics contexts, including psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics and linguistic ethnography. The Routledge Handbook of English Language Studies is essential reading for researchers and students working in fields related to the teaching and study of the English language in any context.

Contents: Lists of figures List of tables List of contributors Acknowledgements Introduction - Philip Seargeant, Ann Hewings & Stephen Pihlaja PART 1: Defining English The idea of English - Philip Seargeant The historical study of English - Simon Horobin English and colonialism - Edgar W. Schneider World Englishes: disciplinary debates and future directions - Kingsley Bolton English and multilingualism: a contested history - Ofelia Garcia & Angel M. Y. Lin Standards in English - Lionel Wee Contact Englishes - Christina Higgins & Gavin Furukawa The phonology of English - Robert Fuchs The grammars of English - Anne O'Keeffe & Geraldine Mark PART 2: The Relevance of English The relevance of English language studies in higher education - Ann Hewings Literacy in English: Literacies in Englishes - Carolyn McKinney Teaching English as an additional language in Anglophone and Brazilian contexts: different curriculum approaches Constant Leung & Paula Tatianne Carrerra Szundy Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) - Diane Pecorari English and social identity - Esther Asprey & Robert Lawson Language, gender and sexuality - Melissa Yoong The politics of English - Joe Bennett Persuasive language - David Hann Literature and the English language - Geoff Hall The language of creative writing - Jeremy Scott Media, power, and representation - Clara Neary & Helen Ringrow The language of social media - Tereza Spilioti PART 3: Analysing English Stylistics: studying literary and everyday style in English - Dan McIntyre & Hazel Price Sociolinguistics: studying English and its social relations - Ana Deumert Corpus linguistics: studying language as part of the digital humanities - Gill Philip Discourse analysis: studying and critiquing language in use - Stephen Pihlaja Linguistic ethnography: studying English language, cultures and practices - Lian Madsen The psycholinguistics of English - Christopher J. Hall Metaphor Studies and English - Zsofia Demjen Multimodal English - Louise J. Ravelli English and translation - Sara Laviosa Index

Author Biography: Philip Seargeant is Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the Open University, UK. Ann Hewings is Director of Applied Linguistics and English Language at the Open University, UK. Stephen Pihlaja is Reader in Stylistics at Newman University, Birmingham, UK.