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.
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 st
An introduction to English Language Studies
PART 1: Defining English
The idea of English
The historical study of English
English and colonialism
World Englishes: disciplinary debates and future directions
English and multilingualism: a contested history
Standards in English
Contact Englishes
The phonology of English
The grammars of English
PART 2: The Relevance of English
The relevance of English language studies in higher education
Literacy in English: Literacies in Englishes
Teaching English as an additional language in Anglophone and Brazilian
contexts: different curriculum approaches
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
English and social identity
Language, gender and sexuality
The politics of English
Persuasive language
Literature and the English language
The language of creative writing
Media, power, and representation
The language of social media
PART 3: Analysing English
Stylistics: studying literary and everyday style in English
Sociolinguistics: studying English and its social relations
Corpus linguistics: studying language as part of the digital humanities
Discourse analysis: studying and critiquing language in use
Linguistic ethnography: studying English language, cultures and practices
The psycholinguistics of English
Metaphor Studies and English
Multimodal English
English and translation
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.
