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EPISTEMIC EXTRACTIVISM IN ENGAGED URBAN AND HOUSING RESEARCH: Implications and Counter‐measures

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract What is ‘epistemic extractivism’, and how does it affect researchers who are engaged in urban and housing movements? This essay first explores the contexts of both engaged research and epistemic extractivism, clarifying their meanings and implications. It also disentangles the ethical and methodological risks posed by epistemic extractivism in
Miguel A. Martínez
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Interpreting successful lingua-franca interaction. An analysis of non-native-/non-native small talk conversation in English

open access: yesLinguistik Online, 2000
In the last few decades, English has become the most widely spread global lingua franca. Being used as a means of communication by non-native speakers of different linguistic and cultural background, norms for the use of lingua franca English cannot be ...
Christiane Meierkord
doaj   +1 more source

Tagging the Emirate: Language, Coordination and the Taliban's Digital Pursuit of Legitimacy

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how political actors leverage social media in Afghanistan as a tool for political legitimation. Framing social media as a potential supply of legitimacy, it analysed X (formerly known as Twitter) content posted by the former Afghan government, humanitarian and Taliban political accounts between January 2020 and December ...
Hannah Oates
wiley   +1 more source

Describing and analyzing English as a Lingua Franca [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
textResearchers are becoming increasingly interested in responding to the effects of the English language’s viability as a Lingua Franca. English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) is being used predominantly in communication from one non-native speaker to another,
Dunlap, Katie J.
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English as a Lingua Franca and its Impact on Willingness to Communicate in a Second Language [PDF]

open access: yes
Accelerating globalization has created an interest in studying the use of different languages in intercultural communication. This paper is based upon a small-scale study of expatriates’ use of English as a lingua franca in Denmark and Germany.
Gertrud Tarp
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Paola Vettorel, English as a Lingua Franca in Wider Networking: Blogging Practices [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Recensione di English as a Lingua Franca in Wider Networking: Blogging Practices di Paola VettorelReview of English as a Lingua Franca in Wider Networking: Blogging Practices by Paola ...
Vigo, Francesca
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Native-speaker and English as a lingua franca pronunciation norms: English majors’ views

open access: yesStudies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2011
Within the communicative approach to English as a foreign language (EFL) teaching, the aims of instruction are primarily to enable learners to communicate; hence, functional and communicative intelligibility has become the goal of pronunciation training.
Aleksandra Wach
doaj   +1 more source

English as Lingua Franca [PDF]

open access: yesArmenian Folia Anglistika, 2015
The article highlights English as Lingua Franca and emphasizes the importance of teaching Language for Special Purposes (LSP). The content of the notion “lingua-franca” is analysed on the basis of a number of linguistic works devoted to the English language status.
openaire   +2 more sources

Globalization, internal migration, and public goods provision in emerging economies

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Globalization can introduce new employment opportunities to emerging economies in multinational corporations and exporting firms. Who is best positioned to benefit, and what are the political consequences for “left behind” areas? We argue that primarily advantaged groups seize these opportunities through internal migration toward centers of ...
Benjamin Helms, Junghyun Lim
wiley   +1 more source

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