ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on concepts discussed in preceding chapters of this book. The book covers the key empirical and conceptual developments in English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) studies. ELF's multilingual nature has been foregrounded, and ELF seen as being positioned within a framework of multilingualism rather than multilingualism being an aspect of ELF use. The major ELF corpus chronologically was Asian Corpus of English (ACE) set up by Andy Kirkpatrick in 2009, covering nine countries within East and South-East Asia. While these three largest ELF corpora focused entirely on spoken ELF, Mauranen has more recently established the Corpus of Written ELF in Academic Settings (WrELFA), which is currently in progress. The availability of rich ELF corpus data has enabled ELF researchers to explore ELF forms and functions in a plethora of domains.
