1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910789931403321

Autore

Cogo Alessia

Titolo

Analyzing English as a lingua franca [[electronic resource] ] : a corpus-driven investigation / / Alessia Cogo and Martin Dewey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Continuum International Pub. Group, 2012

ISBN

1-280-57921-8

9786613608987

1-4411-5496-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DeweyMartin

Disciplina

427

Soggetti

English language - Variation - Foreign countries

English language - Variation - English-speaking countries

Intercultural communication

English language - Globalization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Halftitle; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; Introduction; Introducing English as a lingua franca; ELF research to date; Introducing our work in ELF; Chapter One: Researching English in the world; 1.1 Clarifying our terms of reference; 1.2 Defining ELF; 1.3 A paradigm shift: the need for empirical data in ELF; 1.4 The 'international' spread of corpus linguistics to date; Chapter Two: Investigating lingua franca communication; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Intercultural communication and ELF; 2.3 Our approach to ELF communication; 2.4 Our corpora

2.5 Summary: theoretical perspectives and methodological approachChapter Three: Patterns of innovation in ELF lexicogrammar; 3.1 Overview; 3.2 Concluding remarks and matters arising; Chapter Four: Underlying motives and adaptive processes in ELF; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Exploiting redundancy; 4.3 Regularization; 4.4 Added prominence; 4.5 Accommodation; 4.6 Explicitness and clarity of proposition; 4.7 Summary; Chapter Five: Achieving understanding in ELF: focus on pragmatics; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Initiating the negotiation; 5.3 Negotiation strategies; 5.4 Summary



Chapter Six: Supporting meaning: interactional pragmatics6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Backchannels; 6.3 Simultaneous talk; 6.4 Utterance completions; 6.5 Summary; Chapter Seven: The theoretical and practical implications of ELF; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 A theoretical account of globalization: localization of global phenomena; 7.3 Re-evaluating the notion of speech community; 7.4 Reconceptualizing language and communication; 7.5 Communicative competence revisited; 7.6 Implications for current pedagogic models and practices; 7.7 Where do we go from here?; NOTES; REFERENCES; AUTHOR INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

There have been considerable recent demographic shifts in the use of English worldwide. English is now undoubtedly(and particularly) an international lingua franca, a lingua mundi. The sociolinguistic reality of English language use worldwide, and its implications, continue to be hotly contested. Plenty of research has questioned, for example, the ownership of English, but less attention has been paid to the linguistic consequences of the escalating role English plays.This is one of the first books to provide a detailed and comprehensive account of recent empirical findings in the field of Eng

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Record Nr.

UNISA996248207603316

Autore

Peers Glenn

Titolo

Subtle bodies : representing angels in Byzantium / / Glenn Peers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2001

ISBN

9786612356308

0-520-92513-0

1-282-35630-5

1-59734-924-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Collana

The transformation of the classical heritage ; ; 32

Disciplina

235/.3/088219

Soggetti

Iconoclasm - Byzantine Empire - History

Angels - Biblical teaching

Angels in art

Angels in literature

Church history - Middle Ages, 600-1500

Byzantine Empire Church history

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa



Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-230) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: On the Tension between Theology and Cult -- One. Issues in representing angels -- Two. Arguments against images of angels -- Three. Representing angels -- Four. The veneration of angels and their images -- Five. Apprehending the archangel Michael -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Throughout the course of Byzantine history, Christian doctrine taught that angels have a powerful place in cosmology. It also taught that angels were immaterial, bodiless, invisible beings. But if that were the case, how could they be visualized and depicted in icons and other works of art? This book describes the strategies used by Byzantine artists to represent the incorporeal forms of angels and the rationalizations in defense of their representations mustered by theologians in the face of iconoclastic opposition. Glenn Peers demonstrates that these problems of representation provide a unique window on Late Antique thought in general.