Alessia Cogo is Lecturer in Sociolinguistics at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.Martin Dewey is at King's College London, UK.

This book is a ground-breaking investigation into recent developments in the English language. The data underpinning the book has been rigorously collected and meticulously analysed, and Cogo and Dewey's wealth of original examples of ELF lexicogrammar and pragmatics will provide an invaluable resource for students and researchers of ELF alike for years to come. Meanwhile, the authors' penetrating discussions of the processes and motivations involved in ELF communication challenge tired old equations of proficiency with nativeness, and cast important new light on what it means to be proficient in English in our increasingly globalized world.

• AbbreviationsIntroduction1. Researching English in the world2. Investigating lingua franca communication3. Patterns of innovation in ELF lexicogrammar4. Underlying motives and processes of change in ELF5. Achieving understanding in ELF: focus on pragmatics 6. Supporting meaning: interactional pragmaticz 7. The theoretical and practical implications of ELF Notes References Author Index Subject Index

Alessia Cogo is Lecturer in Sociolinguistics at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.Martin Dewey is at King's College London, UK.

This book is a ground-breaking investigation into recent developments in the English language. The data underpinning the book has been rigorously collected and meticulously analysed, and Cogo and Dewey's wealth of original examples of ELF lexicogrammar and pragmatics will provide an invaluable resource for students and researchers of ELF alike for years to come. Meanwhile, the authors' penetrating discussions of the processes and motivations involved in ELF communication challenge tired old equations of proficiency with nativeness, and cast important new light on what it means to be proficient in English in our increasingly globalized world.

• AbbreviationsIntroduction1. Researching English in the world2. Investigating lingua franca communication3. Patterns of innovation in ELF lexicogrammar4. Underlying motives and processes of change in ELF5. Achieving understanding in ELF: focus on pragmatics 6. Supporting meaning: interactional pragmaticz 7. The theoretical and practical implications of ELF Notes References Author Index Subject Index

Alessia Cogo is Lecturer in Sociolinguistics at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.Martin Dewey is at King's College London, UK.

This book is a ground-breaking investigation into recent developments in the English language. The data underpinning the book has been rigorously collected and meticulously analysed, and Cogo and Dewey's wealth of original examples of ELF lexicogrammar and pragmatics will provide an invaluable resource for students and researchers of ELF alike for years to come. Meanwhile, the authors' penetrating discussions of the processes and motivations involved in ELF communication challenge tired old equations of proficiency with nativeness, and cast important new light on what it means to be proficient in English in our increasingly globalized world.

• AbbreviationsIntroduction1. Researching English in the world2. Investigating lingua franca communication3. Patterns of innovation in ELF lexicogrammar4. Underlying motives and processes of change in ELF5. Achieving understanding in ELF: focus on pragmatics 6. Supporting meaning: interactional pragmaticz 7. The theoretical and practical implications of ELF Notes References Author Index Subject Index