<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><p class="" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: CalifornianFB; background-color: rgb(81, 192, 212); font-size: 14px;">THE CULTURAL AND INTERCULTURAL DIMENSIONS OF ENGLISH AS A LINGUA FRANCA Edited by Prue Holmes (Durham University) and Fred Dervin (University of Helsinki) </span></p><p class="" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span class="" style="font-family: CalifornianFB; font-size: 14px;">Usual price: £29.95/US$49.95/CA$59.95/€34.95</span></p><p class="" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: CalifornianFB;">50% discount available until 30th June 2016<br class=""></span><span class="" style="font-family: CalifornianFB;">To use this discount, visit our site <a href="http://www.multilingual-matters.com" class="">www.multilingual-matters.com</a> and search for the book using the box at the top of the page. Add the book to your basket and use the code PREORDER50 at the checkout to get 50% off the list price & free shipping. </span></span><font face="CalifornianFB" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.multilingual-matters.com/display.asp?sort=sort_date/d&sf1=title_exact&st1=theculturalandinterculturaldimensionsofenglishasalinguafranca" class="">http://www.multilingual-matters.com/display.asp?sort=sort_date/d&sf1=title_exact&st1=theculturalandinterculturaldimensionsofenglishasalinguafranca</a></span></font></p><div class="" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="section" style="background-color: rgb(1, 0, 66);"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: CalifornianFB; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">This edited volume is exemplary in threading together two hitherto parallel intellectual traditions – Intercultural Communication Studies and English as a Lingua Franca – innovatively and critically through a constellation of theoretical and analytical synergies. The empirical case studies across diverse settings will no doubt pave the way for future research-cum-pedagogy in the above two traditions and their intersection.<br class=""></span><span class="" style="font-family: CalifornianFB; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Srikant Sarangi, Aalborg University, Denmark</span></span></p><p class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: CalifornianFB; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">This timely book fills a gap in thinking about interculturality by recognising that lingua francas are not cultural vacuums but that in all contexts of </span><span class="" style="font-family: CalifornianFB; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">language use language and culture are fundamentally connected. The wide-ranging contributions in this collection open up new ways of thinking about </span><span class="" style="font-family: CalifornianFB; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">lingua francas and cultures and is a must for anyone working in the field of intercultural understanding.<br class=""></span><span class="" style="font-family: CalifornianFB; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Anthony J. Liddicoat, University of South Australia, Australia</span></span></p><p class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: CalifornianFB; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">This is a rich and multifaceted volume that tackles the difficult question of the relation between interculturality and English as a Lingua Franca. By bringing two fields together, ELF and intercultural communication, that up to now have shown little interest in one another, the contributors to this volume are able to ask provocative questions, present innovative views and make bold suggestions that will benefit research in both ELF and intercultural </span><span class="" style="font-family: CalifornianFB; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">communication.</span></span></p><p class=""><span class="" style="font-family: CalifornianFB; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 14px;">Claire Kramsch, University of California, Berkeley, USA </span></p></div></div></div></div></div><div class="" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="section" style="background-color: rgb(81, 192, 212);"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p class=""><span class="" style="font-family: CalifornianFB; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 14px;">This book investigates the cultural and intercultural aspects of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF). Authors discuss how ‘culture’ and the ‘intercultural’ can be understood, theorised and operationalised in ELF, and how the concepts can be integrated into formats of ELF-oriented learning and teaching. The various cultural connotations are also discussed (ideological, political, religious and historical) and whether it is possible to use and/or teach a lingua franca as if it were culturally neutral. The chapters consider the communication and pedagogical implications of the cultural and intercultural dimensions of ELF and offer suggestions for new directions in ELF research, pedagogy and curriculum development. </span></p><div class=""><br class=""></div><p class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="756D18B2-7621-469D-BCAF-BB3656E38766" height="300" width="204" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:62EBB2A3-D088-454B-9A2E-050D264C037A@home" class=""></p></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>