Contributors from language and from diplomacy present a resource that instructors, students, and independent learners of diplomatic English can use to address crucial linguistic and
sociolinguistic considerations of that specific use. Their topics include toward a non-killing linguistics, English as a lingua franca in East and Southeast Asia: implications for diplomatic
and intercultural communication, the contribution of world Englishes and peace linguistics to English for diplomatic purposes, and a pedagogy of positiveness applied to English for diplomatic
purposes. Distributed in the US by UTP Distribution. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
