English As a Lingua Franca A Corpus-Based Analysis

Using a corpus of data drawn from naturally-occurring second language conversations, this book explores the role of idiomaticity in English as a native language, and its comparative role in English as a lingua franca. Through examining how idiomaticity enables first language learners to achieve a gr...

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Main Author Prodromou, Luke
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published London Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 2010
Bloomsbury
Edition1
Subjects
English language
Globalization
Idioms
Intercultural communication
Terms and phrases
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Summary:Using a corpus of data drawn from naturally-occurring second language conversations, this book explores the role of idiomaticity in English as a native language, and its comparative role in English as a lingua franca. Through examining how idiomaticity enables first language learners to achieve a greater degree of fluency, the book explores why idiomatic language poses such a challenge for users of English as a lingua franca. The book puts forward a new definition of competence and fluency within the context of English as a lingua franca, concluding with an analysis of practical implications for the lingua franca classroom. This in-depth study of English language learning using corpus data will be of interest to researchers in applied linguistics and corpus linguistics and to teachers of English as an international lingua franca.
ISBN:0826425852
9780826425850
DOI:10.5040/9781474212175