EAN: 9781501510625

CULTURE AND IDENTITY THROUGH ENGLISH AS A LINGU...

The use of English as a global lingua franca has given rise to new challenges and approaches in
our understanding of language and communication. One area where ELF (English as a lingua
franca) studies  both from an empirical and theoretical orientation  have the potential for
significant developments is in our understanding of the relationships between language  culture
and identity. ELF challenges traditional assumptions concerning the purposed 'inexorable' link
between a language and a culture. Due to the multitude of users and contexts of ELF
communication the supposed language  culture and identity correlation  often conceived at the
national level  appears simplistic and naïve. However  it is equally naïve to assume that ELF
is a culturally and identity neutral form of communication. All communication involves
participants  purposes  contexts and histories  none of which are 'neutral'. Thus  we need new
approaches to understanding the relationship between language  culture and identity which are
able to account for the multifarious and dynamic nature of ELF communication.

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