Hynninen Niina. Language Regulation In English As A Lingua Franca: Focus On Academic Spoken Discourse

Walter de Gruyter, 2017. — 327 p. — (Developments in English as a Lingua Franca). — ISBN10: 1614517681. — ISBN: 978-1614517689.Language regulation has often been approached from a top-down policy perspective, whereas this book examines regulatory practices employed by speakers in interaction. With its ethnographically informed focus on language regulation in academic English as a lingua franca (ELF), the book is a timely contribution to debates about what counts as acceptable English in ELF contexts, who can act as language expert, and when regulation is needed.