EAN: 9783110764307

ON THE SUBJECT OF ENGLISH - HENRY WIDDOWSON KAR...

The globalized use of language calls into question conventional ways of thinking in linguistics
applied linguistics and language pedagogy. This book critically examines this thinking from an
historical  at times satirical  perspective and proposes an alternative conceptualization. The
first section defines a number of key concepts about communication which are taken up in
subsequent sections and shown to be relevant to the different but related areas of language
study. Issues about the relationship between linguistics and applied linguistics set the scene
for a discussion of the nature of discourse  and then how this bears on the understanding of
the globalised use of English as a lingua franca.The final section considers the implications
of this perspective on communication for how the subject of English language teaching might be
redefined. The book is relevant for anyone who sees the need for a critical consideration of
established concepts in linguistics and language pedagogy.

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