The College English Test (CET) in China, the world’s largest national English test, has far-reaching effects on student’s career prospects and Chinese society as a whole. This book reports on an extensive study of the impact of the CET on Chinese students and teachers, universities and governmental institutions.

Using a corpus-based Discourse-Historical Approach in Critical Discourse Analysis, the author analyses the representation of the 2008 Olympic torch relay in the British and Chinese media, shedding light on the importance of the Olympic Games for East–West media discourse and analysis.

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brings together work which utilises brings together work which utilises the comparative method of language study. the comparative method of language study. Topics include the examination of Topics include the examination of language change over time, the genetic language change over time, the genetic classification of language, lexicography, classification of language, lexicography, dialectology and etymology. dialectology and etymology. Pronunciation, lexis, morphology and syntax are Pronunciation, lexis, morphology and syntax are examined within the examined within the framework of historical linguistics. Both synchronic and framework of historical linguistics. Both synchronic and diachronic approaches diachronic approaches are used so that language is examined both at one time and across time. are used so that language is examined both at one time and across time. Historical Linguistics is still a young area of academic study, but it has its foundations in one of the oldest - philology. This series recognises both the seminal importance of philology, and the recent development through the conceptual framework provided by linguistic science. is based at the Department of Media, Culture and Languages at the University of Roehampton.

This collection of articles by colleagues and students of Leiv Egil Breivik presents studies within both core and peripheral areas of English historical linguistics. Topics range from core areas such as word order and pragmatics to the emergence of new syntactic constructions, language contact and aspects of style in Early Modern English.