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Fri Jul 16 2010

Books: Sociolinguistics: Facchinetti, Crystal, Seidlhofer (Eds)

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        1.    Christian Bieri, From International to Local English - And Back Again: Facchinetti, Crystal, Seidlhofer (Eds)
Message 1: From International to Local English - And Back Again: Facchinetti, Crystal, Seidlhofer (Eds)
Date: 13-Jul-2010
From: Christian Bieri <publicitypeterlang.com>
Subject: From International to Local English - And Back Again: Facchinetti, Crystal, Seidlhofer (Eds)
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Title: From International to Local English - And Back Again Series Title: Linguistic Insights. Studies in Language and Communication. Vol. 95 Published: 2010 Publisher: Peter Lang AG
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Book URL: http://www.peterlang.com/Index.cfm?vLang=E&vSiteID=4&vSiteName=BookDetail%2Ecfm&VID=430011

Editor: Roberta Facchinetti Editor: David Crystal Editor: Barbara Seidlhofer Paperback: ISBN: 9783034300117 Pages: 268 Price: U.S. $ 68.95
Paperback: ISBN: 9783034300117 Pages: 268 Price: U.K. £ 40.10
Paperback: ISBN: 9783034300117 Pages: 268 Price: Europe EURO 44.50 Comment: for Germany EURO 47.60, for Austria EURO 49.00 (incl. VAT)
Abstract:

All languages encode aspects of culture and every culture has its ownspecificities to be proud of and to be transmitted. The papers in this bookexplore aspects of this relationship between language and culture,considering issues related to the processes of internationalization andlocalization of the English language. The volume is divided into two sections,complementing each other; the first one (Localizing English) focuses on thesignificance of ethnic knowledge, local culture, and tradition wherever Englishis used. The second one (Internationalizing English) deals with the degreesand patterns of internationalization of English deriving from its contact withdiverse cultures and its adaptation to different professional settings andcommunicative purposes.

Contents:- Roberta Facchinetti/David Crystal/Barbara Seidlhofer: Introduction- David Crystal: The future of Englishes: going local- Jill Hallett: Code switching in diasporic Indian and Jewish English languagemedia- Cristiana Chiarini: Israeli politeness in English: an intercultural perspective- Wannapa Trakulkasemsuk/Namtip Pingkarawat: A comparative analysis ofEnglish feature articles in magazines published in Thailand and Britain:Linguistic aspects- Franca Poppi: Investigating ELF group membership: A case study focusingon The Baltic Times- Mara Logaldo: 'Only the immigrants can speak the Queen's English thesedays' but all kids have a Jamaican accent: Overcompensation vs. urbanslang in multiethnic London- Barbara Seidlhofer: Giving VOICE to English as a Lingua Franca- Marta Degani: The Pakeha myth of one New Zealand/Aotearoa: Anexploration in the use of Maori loanwords in New Zealand English- Irina Khoutyz: The pragmatics of anglicisms in modern Russian discourse- Maria Cristina Gatti: A 'persuasive' upturn. Textual and semiotic variationsin the intercultural recontextualisation of financial discourse- Elisabetta Adami: ELF and sign-making practices on YouTube: Betweenglobalisation and specificities.

The Editors:Roberta Facchinetti is Professor of English Language and Linguistics at theUniversity of Verona, Italy. Her research field and publications are mainlyconcerned with language description, textual analysis and pragmatics. This isdone mostly by means of computerized corpora of both synchronic anddiachronic English.

David Crystal is a writer, broadcaster, lecturer and editor. He is HonoraryProfessor of Linguistics at the University of Bangor, received an OBE in 1995for his services to the study of the English language, and was made a Fellowof the British Academy in 2000. He has published extensively on Englishlanguage and Linguistics.

Barbara Seidlhofer, Professor of English and Applied Linguistics at theUniversity of Vienna, is the founding director of the Vienna-OxfordInternational Corpus of English (VOICE). She has published widely ininternational journals on English language, discourse analysis and languageeducation.

Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics                             Comparative Linguistics                             General Linguistics
Subject Language(s): English (eng)
Written In: English (eng )

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