The Routledge Handbook of English Language Studies

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<P><EM>The</EM><I>Routledge Handbook of English Language Studies</I> 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 <EM>Handbook</EM> covers and critically examines:</P><P></P><UL><P><LI>English Language Studies as a discipline that is changing and evolving in response to local and global pressures;</LI><P></P><P><LI>definitions of English, including world Englishes, contact Englishes, and historical and colonial perspectives;</LI><P></P><P><LI>the relevance of English in areas such as teaching, politics and the media;</LI><P></P><P><LI>analysis of English situated in wider linguistics contexts, including psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics and linguistic ethnograph