Issues in researching English as a lingua franca: a conceptual enquiry  

Oleh:

Ferguson, Gibson

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: International Journal of Applied Linguistics (Full Text) vol. 19 no. 2 (2009), page 117-135.
Topik: English; lingua franca; variation; standard; codification
Fulltext: Ferguson_Gibson.pdf (137.11KB)

Isi artikel

This paper discusses a number of as yet unresolved conceptual issues in researching English as a lingua franca (ELF). These include: (i) the status of ELF as a variety, or set of varieties; (ii) the status of ELF features as errors or as legitimate variants; (iii) the definition of the expert ELF user; and (iv) the desirability, and consequences, of any future codification of ELF norms. Argumentation leads to the conclusions that codification may not ultimately be as advantageous as sometimes supposed, that work remains to be done in defining the expert ELF user, that EFL features cannot usefully be regarded as errors, and that if ELF cannot yet be considered a delimited variety, this may not be of such import as some believe.

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