Culture and Identity through English as a Lingua Franca

Culture and Identity through English as a Lingua Franca
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages : 439
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ISBN-10 : 9781501502163
ISBN-13 : 1501502166
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Download or read book Culture and Identity through English as a Lingua Franca written by Will Baker and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The use of English as a global lingua franca has given rise to new challenges and approaches in our understanding of language and communication. One area where ELF (English as a lingua franca) studies, both from an empirical and theoretical orientation, have the potential for significant developments is in our understanding of the relationships between language, culture and identity. ELF challenges traditional assumptions concerning the purposed 'inexorable' link between a language and a culture. Due to the multitude of users and contexts of ELF communication the supposed language, culture and identity correlation, often conceived at the national level, appears simplistic and naïve. However, it is equally naïve to assume that ELF is a culturally and identity neutral form of communication. All communication involves participants, purposes, contexts and histories, none of which are 'neutral'. Thus, we need new approaches to understanding the relationship between language, culture and identity which are able to account for the multifarious and dynamic nature of ELF communication.

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