Language Regulation in English as a Lingua Franca: Focus on Academic Spoken Discourse

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.