There have been noticeable demographic changes recently in the use of English around the world. English as a medium of communication is now the contact language

Intercultural pragmatics addresses one of the major issues of human communication in the globalized world: how do people interact with each other in a language

Communicating in English: Talk, Text, Technology looks at how people use spoken and written English to communicate in their everyday lives. Exploring the comple

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"A fascinating examination of how an English-language mandate at a Japanese firm, Rakuten, unfolded over time and how employees reacted to it"--Back of jacket.