1st Edition

ELF Research Methods and Approaches to Data and Analyses Theoretical and Methodological Underpinnings

Edited By Kumiko Murata Copyright 2020
300 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

300 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

300 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book systematically explores and discusses English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) research methods frequently deployed by ELF researchers in analysing their data. It mainly covers three different approaches: corpus-based, both written and spoken, conversation analytic and narrative approaches. In addition to exploring these different approaches to ELF data, the volume also introduces case... Read more

1. ELF Research Methods and Different Approaches to Data and Analyses: Introduction

Kumiko Murata

Part 1: ELF Research: Some Theoretical Underpinnings and Development

2. Research Perspectives on ELF: Linguistic Usage and Communicative Use

Henry Widdowson

3. Researching ELF Communication: Focus on High-stake Encounters

Barbara Seidlhofer

4. ELF and Translanguaging: Covert and Overt Resources in a Transnational Workplace

Alessia Cogo

Part 2: Spoken and Written Corpora in ELF Research

5. Good Texts in Nonstandard English: ELF and Academic Writing

Anna Mauranen

6. Exploring Diachronic Changes in Research Articles from an ELF Perspective: A Small Corpus Study

Sayoko Maswana

7. Tracing the Emergence of Multilingual Practices in a BELF Meeting: Micro-diachronic Analysis and Implications of Corpus Design

Marie-Luise Pitzl

8. Asian Corpus of English (ACE): Features and Applications

Lixun Wang

9. Interpersonal Formulaic Sequences in ELF Academic Lectures: Methodological Challenges

Ying Wang

Part 3: Conversation Analytic Approaches to ELF Interactions

10. Applying Conversation Analysis to ELF Interaction Data

Jagdish Kaur

11. Analysing Multilingual/Lingua Franca Interactions using Conversation Analysis: Notes on Transcription and Representability

Kaisa Pietikäinen

12. Accounting for Asymmetries in ELF Interactions: Three Disparate Asian Settings

Alan Thompson

Part 4: Narrative Approaches in ELF Research: Exploring Attitudes Towards ELF

13. ‘Place-reflexivity’ as an Imaginary Kaleidoscope to Explore Methodological Issues in Elf Research

Masuko Miyahara

14. Understanding the ELF Phenomenon through Narrative Inquiry: A Diary Study on Identities of Japanese ELF Users

Yoko Nogami

15. Rigour in ELF Language Attitude Research: An Example of Conversational Interview Study

Tomokazu Ishikawa

Biography

Kumiko Murata is a retired professor, formerly with the School of Education and Graduate School of Education in the Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University, Japan.