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6 - Beyond Language Change

ELF and the Study of Sociolinguistic Change

from Part I - Pooling Perspectives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 December 2020

By
Janus Mortensen
Edited by
Anna Mauranen  and
Svetlana Vetchinnikova
Anna Mauranen
Affiliation:
University of Helsinki
Svetlana Vetchinnikova
Affiliation:
University of Helsinki
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Summary

In this chapter, I argue that the study of English as a lingua franca (ELF) can be fruitfully framed as the study of sociolinguistic change. In adopting a sociolinguistic change perspective, researchers who take an interest in ELF and change are invited to move beyond a focus on language change and to pursue a more comprehensive and holistic interest in the processes of social and linguistic change that arise from – and give rise to – the contemporary widespread use of English as a lingua franca. I illustrate the argument by providing examples from research into the internationalization of Danish universities since the late 1990s, showing how the introduction of ELF as a language of teaching and learning involves change in multiple dimensions, including language ideology, discursive practices and social norms.

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sociolinguistic changeuniversity internationalizationEnglish as a lingua francalanguage ideologylanguage practice
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The Impact of English as a Lingua Franca
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