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This series welcomes book proposals detailing innovative and cutting edge research and theorisation in the field of English as a lingua franca (ELF). The purpose of the series is to offer a wide forum for work on ELF, including aspects such as descriptions and analyses of ELF; ELF use in a range of domains including education (primary, secondary and tertiary), business, tourism; conceptual works challenging current assumptions about English use and usage; works exploring the implications of ELF for English language policy, pedagogy, and practice; and ELF in relation to global multilingualism.

• Acknowledgements
• Contents
• Notational conventions
• Contributors
• Findings and developments in ELF pragmatics research: An introduction
• Part 1: Developments in ELF pragmatic theory
• Accommodation in ELF: Where from? Where now? Where next?
• Pragmatic strategies in ELF communication: Key findings and a way forward
• From cross to inter to trans – *cultural pragmatics on the move: The need for expanding methodologies in lingua franca research
• (Im)politeness in video-mediated first conversations amongst speakers of English as a lingua franca
• Part 2: Pragmalinguistic studies in English as a lingua franca
• The pragmatics of other-initiated repair in ELF interactions among Southeast Asians
• Pragmatic strategies of Asian ELF users in institutional settings
• Interjections in spoken ELF interactions
• Part 3: Sociopragmatic studies in English as a lingua franca
• ‘You’re very rich, right?’: Personal finance as an (in)appropriate or (im)polite conversational topic among Asian ELF users
• From SLA pragmatics to ELF pragmatics: (Re)conceptualising norms of appropriateness
• Unpacking pragmatic norms of Chinese speakers of English for English as a lingua franca (ELF) communication
• Where to now? Future directions in ELF pragmatics research
• Index