TY  - BOOK
AU  - Prodromou,Luke
TI  - English as a lingua franca: a corpus-based analysis 
SN  - 0826497756
AV  - PE1073 .P76 2008
U1  - 420.9 22
PY  - 2008///]
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Continuum
KW  - English language
KW  - Globalization
KW  - Idioms
KW  - Terms and phrases
KW  - Intercultural communication
N1  - 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
ER  -