English as a lingua franca : a corpus-based analysis /

Prodromou, Luke,

English as a lingua franca : a corpus-based analysis / Luke Prodromou. - xiv, 295 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-286) and index.

Corpora : what have they uncovered? -- Uncovering ELF -- The idiomatic puzzle -- Idiomaticity and fluency -- L2 conversation -- From conversation to dialogue -- Corpus data and methodology -- Two-word lexical phrases : frequency -- Sort of and company -- A sort of puzzle for the L2-user -- You see and friends : small words, big meanings -- You see, it's different for the L2-user -- Idiomaticity : unilateral, creative -- Implications for ELF.

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English language--Globalization
English language--Idioms.
English language--Terms and phrases
Intercultural communication.

PE1073 / .P76 2008

420.9

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