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Global Interactions in English as a Lingua Franca: How written communication is changing under the influence of electronic media and new contexts of … Studies in Language and Communication)
Author(s): Franca Poppi (Author)
- Publisher: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
- Publication Date: 27 Feb. 2013
- Edition: New
- Language: English
- Print length: 249 pages
- ISBN-10: 3034312768
- ISBN-13: 9783034312769
Book Description
This volume investigates the changes undergone by written communication in our globalized world as English as a Lingua Franca (ELF). The latter usually functions as a language for communication purposes, but also becomes a language for identification purposes. The study takes into account different web-genres: from the replication of existing genres in other media to cybergenres, whose key evolutionary force is the progressive exploitation of the new functionalities afforded by the new medium. The variety of the contexts of use has made it possible to consider different ELF-using communities of practice, whose members adopt ELF and adapt it to express individual, national and professional identities in international interactions. The analysis focuses on lexicogrammatical innovations, which inevitably change in accordance with the different contexts of use, as well as on the communicative strategies underpinning these changes.
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About the Author
Franca Poppi is Associate Professor of English Language and Translation at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, where she is also Director of the Master Course in Languages for Communicating in Businesses and International Organizations. She has published on various aspects of teacher-learner interaction, learner autonomy and advising in self-instruction. Her current research centers on English as an international lingua franca.
