LEADER 03383nam 2200745 a 450 001 9910809251003321 005 20211029015612.0 010 $a3-11-027954-1 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110279542 035 $a(CKB)2670000000337205 035 $a(EBL)1108081 035 $a(OCoLC)829461919 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000906905 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11489572 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000906905 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10855118 035 $a(PQKB)11307993 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1108081 035 $a(DE-B1597)175413 035 $a(OCoLC)834577819 035 $a(OCoLC)979759792 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110279542 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1108081 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10662041 035 $a(PPN)175507309 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000337205 100 $a20130307d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEnglish as an academic lingua franca$b[electronic resource] $ean investigation of form and communicative effectiveness /$fby Beyza Bjo?rkman 210 $aBoston $cDe Gruyter Mouton$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (278 p.) 225 0 $aDevelopments in English as a lingua franca,$x2192-8177 ;$v3 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a3-11-027914-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tAcknowledgments --$tContents --$tAbbreviations --$tChapter 1: Introduction --$tChapter 2: Previous research on ELF --$tChapter 3: Exploring an academic ELF setting in Sweden: The site --$tChapter 4: Operating in a Swedish ELF site --$tChapter 5: Theoretical and practical implications --$tChapter 6: Looking ahead --$tAppendices --$tReferences --$tIndex 330 $aOpen publication As a result of globalization, higher education institutions throughout the world are adopting English for parts of their education. Higher education is becoming increasingly international and thus linguistically diverse, for educational, idealistic and financial reasons. This book presents a much-needed description of English as a lingua franca (ELF) from an international university setting and focuses on form and pragmatic issues, using authentic spoken data. It provides useful insights into how communicative effectiveness can be achieved in spoken lingua franca communication 410 0$aDevelopments in English as a Lingua Franca [DELF] 606 $aEnglish language$xVariation$zForeign countries 606 $aEnglish language$xVariation$zEnglish-speaking countries 606 $aIntercultural communication 606 $aEnglish language$xGlobalization 610 $aAcademia. 610 $aCommunicative Effectiveness. 610 $aEnglish as a Lingua Franca (ELF). 610 $aHigher Education. 610 $aInternationalization. 615 0$aEnglish language$xVariation 615 0$aEnglish language$xVariation 615 0$aIntercultural communication. 615 0$aEnglish language$xGlobalization. 676 $a420.71 686 $aHE 150$2rvk 700 $aBjo?rkman$b Beyza$01688985 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809251003321 996 $aEnglish as an academic lingua franca$94063647 997 $aUNINA