Bloomsbury Linguistics

Book Launch - Analysing English as a Lingua Franca: A Corpus-driven Investigation

The Bloomsbury Linguistics team had a great evening at the launch of the coursebook Analysing English as a Lingua Franca last night. 

Hosted by authors Martin Dewey and Alessia Cogo, the launch was held at a lovely venue in Somerset House- looking wonderfully festive at the moment as you can see below! 

The book was introduced by guest speaker Professor Jennifer Jenkins from the University of Southampton, UK, who has already supplied a magnificent endorsement (read this in full on our website). Gurdeep, our Senior Commissioning Editor also said a few words. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Many thanks to Martin and Alessia for organising the event. The wine and canapés were lovely!

Click here for more information on this great book, which is now available at a 25% discount on UK orders (along with all of our books) to celebrate the launch of our new website.

Best wishes,

Ellena

 

Analysing English as a Lingua Franca- exclusive digital preview now available

Publishing this month, Analysing English as a Lingua Franca details innovative developments in the pragmatics and lexicogrammar of speakers using English as a lingua franca. This exciting new coursebook has already received very positive reviews:

'This book is a ground-breaking investigation into recent developments in the English language. The data underpinning the book has been rigorously collected and meticulously analysed, and Cogo and Dewey’s wealth of original examples of ELF lexicogrammar and pragmatics will provide an invaluable resource for students and researchers of ELF alike for years to come.' Professor Jennifer Jenkins, Chair of Global Englishes and Director of the Centre for Global Englishes, University of Southampton, UK

'... the book is easy to read and can be recommended for both teachers and researching sociolinguists as an excellent contribution to world Englishes theory and practice.' World Englishes, Vol. 30, No. 2

Click on the 'preview' button above to read the introduction and first chapter.

This book is also available for inspection- if you are a lecturer and would like to receive a copy, please click here!

Best wishes,

Ellena Moriarty (your new Linguistics marketeer)