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"English as Corporate Language" in the Multilingual Reality of Multinational Companies
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Kankaanranta, Anne; Karhunen, Päivi; Louhiala-Salminen, Leena – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2018
This conceptual paper advances the notion of "English as corporate language" in the multilingual reality of multinational companies (MNC) with novel insights from the English as lingua franca (ELF) paradigm of sociolinguistics. Inspired by Goffman, Erving. 1959. "The presentation of self in everyday life." New York: Doubleday.…
Descriptors: Corporations, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Native Speakers
Academic Journalese for the Internet: A Study of Native English-Speaking Editors' Changes to Texts Written by Danish and Finnish Professionals
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Yli-Jokipii, Hilkka; Jorgensen, Poul Erik Flyvholm – Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 2004
The purpose of the present study is to investigate, within the textual framework of "academic journalese", what happens to Danish and Finnish writers' English texts when edited by native English-speaking editors for publication on the World Wide Web. We use the term academic journalese to describe texts written by researchers or…
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Internet, English for Academic Purposes, Electronic Publishing