English as a Lingua Franca: Applied Linguistics, Marxism, and Post-Marxist theory

ABSTRACT This paper is motived by a reading of “English as a Lingua Franca: An Immanent Critique” (O’REGAN, 2014), who claims that ELF researchers place their work at the forefront of debates with regard to what function and form English should play in the lives of its numerous speakers worldwide. O...

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Main Author: John Robert Schmitz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais 2017-03-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Linguística Aplicada
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-63982017000200335&lng=en&tlng=en