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Philip Seargeant

Snr Lecturer (English Lang/App Ling)

The Open University Faculty of Education and Language Studies Centre for Language and Communication


Profile

Teaching

I am currently chairing the production of the undergraduate module E302 Language and Creativity, which is a remake of E301 The art of English. I have previously contributed to A150 Voices and Texts, U214 Worlds of English, U211 Exploring the English Language, EA300 Children’s Literature, and E854 Investigating Language in Action. 

Audio-visual

YouTube: 'The History of English in Ten Minutes’ (winner of 'Learning on Screen' award, 2012)

iTunesU: Global English; Worlds of English; English: Personal Experiences; Postcolonial English

OpenLearn: English in the world today

Research

I am currently convenor of the Applied Language and Literacies Research Unit (ALLRU).

The Language of Social Media: @LinguaSocMedia

Contemporary Cultures of Writing

Publications

Books - authored

Seargeant, P. and Greenwell, B. (2013) From language to creative writing: an introduction. London: Bloomsbury Academic.

Seargeant, P. (2012) Exploring World Englishes: language in a global context. Abingdon: Routledge. Companion website.

Seargeant, P. (2009) The idea of English in Japan: ideology and the evolution of a global language. Bristol: Multilingual Matters.

Books - edited

Erling, E. J. and Seargeant, P. (eds) (2013) English and development: policy, pedagogy and globalization. Bristol: Multilingual Matters. 

Seargeant, P. and Swann, J. (eds) (2012) English in the world: history, diversity, change. Abingdon: Routledge. Companion website.

Seargeant, P. (ed.) (2011) English in Japan in the era of globalization. Hounslow: Palgrave Macmillan.

Journal articles

Tagg, C. and Seargeant, P. (2012) Writing systems at play in Thai-English online interactions. Writing Systems Research. 4: 2, pp. 195-213.

Seargeant, P., Tagg, C. and Ngampramuan, W. (2012) Language choice and addressivity strategies in Thai-English social network interactions. Journal of Sociolinguistics. 16: 4, pp. 510–531.

Pan Lin and Seargeant, P. (2012) Is English threatening Chinese language and culture? English Today. 28: 3, pp. 60-66.

Seargeant, P. (2012) Disciplinarity and the study of world Englishes. World Englishes. 31: 1, pp. 113–129.

Seargeant, P. and Tagg, C. (2011) English on the internet and a ‘post-varieties’ approach to language. World Englishes. 30: 4, pp. 496–514. 

Seargeant, P. (2011) Lexicography as a philosophy of language. Language Sciences, 33: 1, 1–10.

Seargeant, P. (2010) Naming and defining in World Englishes. World Englishes. 29:1, pp. 99-115.

Seargeant, P. (2010) The historical ontology of language. Language Sciences, 32: 1, pp. 1-13.

Seargeant, P. (2009) Philosophies of language in the fictions of Jorge Luis Borges. Philosophy and Literature. 33: 2, pp. 386-401.

Seargeant, P. (2009) Metaphors of possession in the conceptualisation of language. Language & Communication, 29: 4, pp. 383-393.

Seargeant, P. (2009) Language ideology, language theory, and the regulation of linguistic behaviour. Language Sciences, 31: 4, pp. 345-359.

Seargeant, P. (2009) Ideologies of English in Shakespeare’s Henry V. Language and Literature, 18: 1, pp. 25–44.

Seargeant, P. (2008) Language, ideology and ‘English within a globalized context’. World Englishes, 27: 2, pp. 217-232.

Seargeant, P. (2008) Ideologies of English in Japan: the perspective of policy and pedagogy. Language Policy, 7: 2, pp. 121-142.

Seargeant, P. (2007) Discursive diversity in the textual articulation of epidemic disease in Early Modern England, Language and Literature, 16: 4, pp. 339-360.

Seargeant, P. (2005) ‘More English than England itself’: the simulation of authenticity in foreign language practice in Japan, International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 15: 3, pp. 326-345.

Seargeant, P. (2005) Globalisation and reconfigured English in Japan, World Englishes, 24: 3, pp. 309-319.

Chapters in books

Erling, E. J., Hamid, M. O., and Seargeant, P. (2013) Grassroots attitudes to the positioning of English as a language for international development: Insights from Bangladesh, in Erling, E. J. and Seargeant, P. (eds) English and development: policy, pedagogy and globalization. Bristol: Multilingual Matters.

Seargeant, P. and Erling, E. J. (2013) English and development in a global world, in Erling, E. J. and Seargeant, P. (eds) English and development: policy, pedagogy and globalization. Bristol: Multilingual Matters.

Seargeant, P. (2013) Ideologies of nativism and linguistic globalisation, in Houghton, S. and Rivers, D. (eds) Native-speakerism in Japan: intergroup dynamics in foreign language education, pp. 231-242. Bristol: Multilingual Matters.

Seargeant, P. (2012) Between script and language: the ambiguous ascription of ‘English’ in the linguistic landscape, in Hélot, C., Barni, M., Janssens, R. and Bagna, C. (eds) Linguistic landscapes, multilingualism and social change. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, pp. 187-200. Extract.

Seargeant, P. (2012) The politics and policies of global English, in Hewings, A. and Tagg, C. (eds) The politics of English: conflict, competition, coexistence. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 5-32.

Seargeant, P. (2012) Imagining the future of English, in Hewings, A. and Tagg, C. (eds) The politics of English: conflict, competition, coexistence. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 339-346.

Seargeant, P. (2012) Ideologies of English in Shakespeare’s Henry V, in Lee, M. (ed.) Shakespearean Criticism. Vol. 144. Detroit: Gale, Cengage Learning, pp. 208-220.

Seargeant, P. (2012) English in the world today, in Seargeant, P. and Swann, J. (eds) English in the world: history, diversity, change. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 5-35.

Leith, D. and Seargeant, P. (2012) A colonial language, in Seargeant, P. and Swann, J. (eds) English in the world: history, diversity, change. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 101-135.

Seargeant, P. (2012) English and linguistic globalisation, in Seargeant, P. and Swann, J. (eds) English in the world: history, diversity, change. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 178-187.

Seargeant, P. (2011) English in Japan in the era of globalization, in Seargeant, P. (ed.) English in Japan in the era of globalization. Hounslow: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 1-12. Available at www.palgrave.com/PDFs/9780230237667.Pdf

Seargeant, P. (2011) The symbolic meaning of visual English in the social landscape of Japan, in Seargeant, P. (ed.) English in Japan in the era of globalization, pp. 187-204. Hounslow: Palgrave Macmillan.

Seargeant, P. and Erling, E. J. (2011) The discourse of ‘English as a language for international development’: policy assumptions and practical challenges, in Coleman, H. (ed.) Dreams and realities: developing countries and the English language. London: British Council, pp. 248-267. Available at www.teachingenglish.org.uk/sites/teacheng/files/Z413%20EDB%20Section12.pdf

Seargeant, P. (2010) Time, tense and perception in the narrative voice of Bret Easton Ellis’s Lunar Park, in Cook, G. and North, S. (eds) Applied linguistics in action: a reader. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 246-256.

Report

Erling, E. J., Seargeant , P., Solly, M., Hasan Chowdhury, Q. and Rahman, S. (2012) Attitudes to English as a language for international development in rural Bangladesh. London: British Council. Available at www.teachingenglish.org.uk/sites/teacheng/files/B497%20ELTRP%20Report%20Erling_FINAL.pdf

Publications

Authored Book
Seargeant, Philip (2012). Exploring World Englishes: Language in a Global Context. Routledge Introductions to Applied Linguistics. Abingdon: Routledge.
Seargeant, Philip (2009). The idea of English in Japan: ideology and the evolution of a global language. Bristol: Multilingual Matters.
Book Chapter
Seargeant, Philip and Erling, Elizabeth J. (2013). Introduction: English and development. In: Erling, Elizabeth J. and Seargeant, Philip eds. English and Development: Policy, Pedagogy and Globalization. Critical Language and Literacy Studies. Bristol: Multilingual Matters, pp. 1–20.
Erling, Elizabeth J.; Hamid, M. Obaidul and Seargeant, Philip (2013). Grassroots attitudes to English as a language for international development in Bangladesh. In: Erling, Elizabeth J. and Seargeant, Philip eds. English and Development: Policy, Pedagogy and Globalization. Critical Language and Literacy Studies. Bristol: Multilingual Matters, pp. 88–110.
Seargeant, Philip (2012). English and linguistic globalisation. In: Seargeant, Philip and Swann, Joan eds. English in the World: History, Diversity, Change. Worlds of English. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 178–187.
Leith, Dick and Seargeant, Philip (2012). A colonial language. In: Seargeant, Philip and Swann, Joan eds. English in the world: history, diversity, change. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 101–135.
Seargeant, Philip (2011). English in the world today. In: Seargeant, Philip and Swann, Joan eds. English in the World: History, Diversity, Change. Worlds of English. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 5–35.
Seargeant, Philip (2011). Introduction: English in Japan in the era of globalization. In: Seargeant, Philip ed. English in Japan in the era of globalization. Hounslow, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 1–12.
Seargeant, Philip (2011). The symbolic meaning of visual English in the social landscape of Japan. In: Seargeant, Philip ed. English in Japan in the era of globalization. Hounslow, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 187–204.
Seargeant, Philip and Erling, Elizabeth (2011). The discourse of ‘English as a language for international development’: policy assumptions and practical challenges. In: Coleman, Hywel ed. Dreams and Realities: Developing Countries and the English Language. London: British Council, pp. 248–267.
Seargeant, Philip (2010). Time, tense and perception in the narrative voice of Bret Easton Ellis’s Lunar Park. In: Cook, Guy and North, Sarah eds. Applied Linguistics in Action: A Reader. Oxford: Routledge, pp. 246–256.
Conference Item
Erling, Elizabeth. J.; Hamid, M. Obaidul and Seargeant, Philip (2010). Grassroots attitudes to the positioning of English as a language for international development. In: Sociolinguistics Symposium 18: Negotiating Transnational Space and Multilingual Encounters, 1-4 Sep 2010, Southampton, UK.
Erling, Elizabeth J. and Seargeant, Philip (2009). Discourses of international development: an analysis of the role of English in language education policies in South Asia. In: 8th International Language and Development Conference, 23-25 June 2009, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Journal Article
Seargeant, Philip; Tagg, Caroline and Ngampramuan, Wipapan (2012). Language choice and addressivity strategies in Thai-English social network interactions. Journal of Sociolinguistics, 16(4), pp. 510–531.
Seargeant, Philip (2012). Disciplinarity and the study of world Englishes. World Englishes, 31(1), pp. 113–129.
Tagg, Caroline and Seargeant, Philip (2012). Writing systems at play in Thai-English online interactions. Writing Systems Research, 4(2), pp. 195–213.
Seargeant, Philip and Pan, Lin (2012). Is English a threat to Chinese language and culture? English Today, 28(3), pp. 60–66.
Seargeant, Philip and Tagg, Caroline (2011). English on the internet and a ‘post-varieties’ approach to language. World Englishes, 30(4), pp. 496–514.
Seargeant, Philip (2011). Lexicography as a philosophy of language. Language Sciences, 33(1), pp. 1–10.
Seargeant, Philip (2010). Naming and defining in world Englishes. World Englishes, 29(1), pp. 97–113.
Seargeant, Philip (2010). The historical ontology of language. Language Sciences, 32(1), pp. 1–13.
Seargeant, Philip (2009). Metaphors of possession in the conceptualisation of language. Language and Communication, 29(4), pp. 383–393.
Seargeant, Philip (2009). Philosophies of language in the fictions of Jorge Luis Borges. Philosophy and Literature, 33(2), pp. 386–401.
Seargeant, Philip (2009). Language ideology, language theory, and the regulation of linguistic behaviour. Language Sciences, 31(4), pp. 345–349.
Seargeant, Philip (2009). Ideologies of English in Shakespeare’s Henry V. Language and Literature, 18(1), pp. 25–44.
Seargeant, Philip (2008). Ideologies of English in Japan: the perspective of policy and pedagogy. Language Policy, 7(2), pp. 121–142.
Seargeant, Philip (2008). Language, ideology and 'English within a globalized context'. World Englishes, 27(2), pp. 217–232.
Seargeant, Philip (2007). Discursive diversity in the textual articulation of epidemic disease in Early Modern England. Language and Literature, 16(4), pp. 339–360.
Seargeant, Philip (2005). ‘More English than England itself’: the simulation of authenticity in foreign language practice in Japan. International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 15(3), pp. 326–345.
Seargeant, Philip (2005). Globalisation and reconfigured English in Japan. World Englishes, 24(3), pp. 309–319.
Other
Erling, Elizabeth; Seargeant, Philip; Solly, Michael; Chowdhury, Qumrul Hasan and Rahman, Sayeedur (2012). Attitudes to English as a language for international development in rural Bangladesh. British Council, London.