Routledge Handbook of English Language Studies

<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><ul> <li>English Language Studies as a discipline that is changing and evolving in response to local and global pressures;</li> <li>definitions of English including world Englishes contact Englishes and historical and colonial perspectives;</li> <li>the relevance of English in areas such as teaching politics and the media;</li> <li>analysis of English situated in wider linguistics contexts including psycholinguistics sociolinguistics and linguistic ethnography. </li> </ul><p>The <i>Routledge Handbook of English Language Studies </i>is essential reading for researchers and students working in fields related to the teaching and study of the English language in any context.</p>