In the last decades, the research paradigm of World Englishes has experienced a proliferation of detailed studies of different aspects of Englishes across the world. These descriptions have largely focused on phonological, lexical, morphosyntactic, and, more recently, also pragmatic and cultural-cognitive aspects of World Englishes. The massive spread and diversification of the English language, its dominance as a second/foreign language and its use as a global lingua franca has also implications for the way English is learned and how it should be taught.

In this seminar we will review recent trends and current research topics and methods in the field (e.g. model formation, lexico-grammatical variation and innovation, pragmatics, metaphor and idioms, as well as the implications of the global spread and diversification of the English language for English language teaching).

IMPORTANT NOTICE !!!

This seminar is also offered for M.Ed. students in their 3. semester who need a credit in either the LING or KULT modules. After half of the semester, for these students different topics will be covered, i.e. the socio-historical contexts of selected World Englishes as well as the sociolinguistic and pedagogical implications of the global spread of English.

MA students will develop and work on corpus-based empirical research projects in which they examine selected aspects of World Englishes.

Obligatory preparatory reading for this seminar: tba

In the last decades, the research paradigm of World Englishes has experienced a proliferation of detailed studies of different aspects of Englishes across the world. These descriptions have largely focused on phonological, lexical, morphosyntactic, and, more recently, also pragmatic and cultural-cognitive aspects of World Englishes. The massive spread and diversification of the English language, its dominance as a second/foreign language and its use as a global lingua franca has also implications for the way English is learned and how it should be taught.

In this seminar we will review recent trends and current research topics and methods in the field (e.g. model formation, lexico-grammatical variation and innovation, pragmatics, metaphor and idioms, as well as the implications of the global spread and diversification of the English language for English language teaching).

IMPORTANT NOTICE !!!

This seminar is also offered for M.Ed. students in their 3. semester who need a credit in either the LING or KULT modules. After half of the semester, for these students different topics will be covered, i.e. the socio-historical contexts of selected World Englishes as well as the sociolinguistic and pedagogical implications of the global spread of English.

MA students will develop and work on corpus-based empirical research projects in which they examine selected aspects of World Englishes.

Obligatory preparatory reading for this seminar: tba

In the last decades, the research paradigm of World Englishes has experienced a proliferation of detailed studies of different aspects of Englishes across the world. These descriptions have largely focused on phonological, lexical, morphosyntactic, and, more recently, also pragmatic and cultural-cognitive aspects of World Englishes. The massive spread and diversification of the English language, its dominance as a second/foreign language and its use as a global lingua franca has also implications for the way English is learned and how it should be taught.

In this seminar we will review recent trends and current research topics and methods in the field (e.g. model formation, lexico-grammatical variation and innovation, pragmatics, metaphor and idioms, as well as the implications of the global spread and diversification of the English language for English language teaching).

IMPORTANT NOTICE !!!

This seminar is also offered for M.Ed. students in their 3. semester who need a credit in either the LING or KULT modules. After half of the semester, for these students different topics will be covered, i.e. the socio-historical contexts of selected World Englishes as well as the sociolinguistic and pedagogical implications of the global spread of English.

MA students will develop and work on corpus-based empirical research projects in which they examine selected aspects of World Englishes.

Obligatory preparatory reading for this seminar: tba