The Routledge Handbook of English Language Studies

by Philip Seargeant (Editor), Ann Hewings (Editor), Stephen Pihlaja (Editor)

The Routledge Handbook of English Language Studies 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 Handbook covers and critically The Routledge Handbook of English Language Studies is essential reading for researchers and students working in fields related to the teaching and study of the English language in any context.

484 pages, Paperback

Published June 13, 2022

About the author

Philip Seargeant is Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics in the Centre for Language and Communication, The Open University. He is author of The Idea of English in Japan: Ideology and the Evolution of a Global Language (2009), Exploring World Englishes: Language in a Global Context (2012) and From Language to Creative Writing (with Bill Greenwell, 2013); he is also editor of English in Japan in the Era of Globalization (2011) and English in the World Today: History, Diversity, Change (with Joan Swann, 2012).