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Dr Philip Seargeant

Profile summary

  • Central Academic Staff
  • Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics
  • Faculty of Wellbeing, Education & Language Studies
  • School of Languages & Applied Linguistics
  • English Language & Applied Linguistics
  • philip.seargeant
  • philip.seargeant@open.ac.uk

Professional biography

I am an applied linguist, specialising in the relationship between language, politics and social media.

@philipseargeant

philipseargeant.com

Research

My research focuses on:

In addition to this I have worked as a consultant for the BBC on a number of programmes, and written for publications such as The New European, The Huffington Post, Times Higher Education, Prospect, The Independent, The Washington Post, OpenDemocracy, The New Statesman and Libération. Please see philipseargeant.com for more details.

Teaching 

I teach language and communication studies, focusing on topics including linguistic creativity, English around the world, and the relationship between language, politics and society. 

I am currently chair of the Level 2 undergaduate module L201. Previously I was chair of L101 An Introduction to English Language Studies, production chair of the undergraduate module E302 Language and Creativity, (winner of a Teaching Excellence Award) and have contributed to A105 Voices, Texts and Material Culture, A150 Voices and Texts, U214 Worlds of English, U211 Exploring the English Language, EA300 Children’s Literature (winner of OU Teaching Award), E854 Investigating Language in Action and EE817 Applied Linguistics and English Language.

I have also authored several award-winning Open Educational Resources. Please see philipseargeant.com for more details.

Publications

Authored books (for full details of books see philipseargeant.com)

Seargeant, P. (2023) The Future of Language: How Technology, Politics and Utopianism are Transforming the Way we Communicate, London: Bloomsbury. 

Seargeant, P. (2023) Political activism and the linguistic landscape: Or, how to use Public Space as a Medium for Protest, Bristol: Multilingual Matters.

Seargeant, P. (2023) Crisis Leadership: Boris Johnson and Political Persuasion during the Covid Pandemic, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Seargeant, P. (2020) The Art Of Political Storytelling: Why Stories Win Votes In Post-Truth Politics, London: Bloomsbury

Seargeant, P. (2019) The Emoji Revolution: How Technology is Shaping the Future of Communication. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Tagg, C, Seargeant, P. and Brown, A. A. (2017) Taking offence on social media: conviviality and communication on Facebook. London: Palgrave Macmillan.

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.

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

Edited books

Maci, S., Demata, M., McGlashan, M. and Seargeant, P. (eds) (2023) The Routledge Handbook of Discourse and Disinformation. Abingdon: Routledge. 

Seargeant, P., Hewings, A. and Pihlaja, S. (eds) (2018) The Routledge handbook of English Language Studies. Abingdon: Routledge.

Demjén, Z. and Seargeant, P. (eds) (2016) Creativity in language: From everyday style to verbal art. Milton Keynes: Open University.

Hewings, H., Prescott, L. and Seargeant, P. (eds) (2016) Futures for English Studies: Teaching language, literature and creative writing in higher education. Hounslow: Palgrave Macmillan.

Seargeant, P. and Tagg, C. (eds) (2014) The language of social media: identity and community on the internet. London: Palgrave Macmillan.

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. London: Palgrave Macmillan.

Journal articles

Pan Lin and Seargeant, P. (2023) China English and Chinese culture: A student and teacher perspective, English Today, 39: 3, 174-177.

Seargeant, P. (2021) Obituary: Jan Blommaert (1961–2021), Applied Linguistics Review.

Tagg, C. and Seargeant, P. (2019) Context design and critical language/media awareness: implications for a social digital literacies education, Linguistics and Education, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.linged.2019.100776

Seargeant , P. and Chapman, C. (2019) Using Shakespeare to teach English in the digital age. ELT Journal, 73: 1, pp. 21–30 .

Erling, E. J., Hasan Chowdhury, Q., Solly, M. and Seargeant, P. (2018) ‘Successful’ migration, (English) language skills and global inequality: The case of Bangladeshi migrants to the Middle East, Multilingua, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/multi-2018-0021

Seargeant, P. and Tagg, C. (2018) Social media and the Future of Open Debate: a User-Oriented Approach to Facebook’s Filter Bubble Conundrum, Discourse, Context & Media, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcm.2018.03.005

Seargeant, P. (2017) The symbolism of English on the Brexit battleground. World Englishes, 36: 3, pp. 356–359.

Seargeant , P., Erling, E. J., Solly, M. and Hasan Chowdhury, Q. (2017) The communicative needs of Bangladeshi economic migrants: The functional values of host country languages versus English as a lingua franca. Journal of English as a Lingua Franca, 6: 1, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jelf-2017-0008 

Seargeant , P., Erling, E. J., Solly, M., Hasan Chowdhury, Q. and Rahman, S. (2016) Analysing perceptions of English in rural Bangladesh: insights from postcolonial theory and world Englishes. World Englishes, DOI: 10.1111/weng.12215 

Erling, E. J., Seargeant , P. and Solly, M. (2014) English in rural Bangladesh: How is language education perceived as a resource for development in rural communities? English Today. 30: 4, pp. 15-21.

Hewings, A. and Seargeant, P. (2014) Constructing the discipline: pedagogically-focused knowledge production in English language studies. Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning. 29: 2, pp. 131-144.

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

Maci, S. M., Demata, M., Seargeant, P., and McGlashan, M. (2023) The various dimensions of disinformation: an introduction, in Maci, S. M., Demata, M., Seargeant, P., and McGlashan, M. (eds) The Routledge Handbook of Discourse and Disinformation. Abingdon: Routledge. 

Seargeant, P., Smith, D., and Moore, D. (2023) Citizens’ perspectives on the news media and democracy: a citizens’ panel case study from Wales, in Maci, S. M., Demata, M., Seargeant, P., and McGlashan, M. (eds) The Routledge Handbook of Discourse and Disinformation. Abingdon: Routledge.

Seargeant, P. (2023) Politics and applied linguistics, in Li Wei, Zhu Hua and Simpson, J. (eds) The Routledge Handbook of Applied Linguistics, Volume Two: Applied Linguistics in Action, Abingdon: Routledge.

Seargeant, P., Hamlett, S. and Lambert, C. (2023) Filming linguistics: the use of video in online pedagogy, in Leedham, M., Tagg, C., and Tuck, J. (eds). Online Pedagogy and the Student Experience: Teaching Applied Linguistics and Beyond. London: Open University Press, McGraw-Hill.

Seargeant, P. (2023) Shakespeare and English Language Education, in Bickley, P. and Stevens, J. (eds) Shakespeare, Education and Pedagogy: Representations, Interactions and Adaptations, Abingdon: Routledge.

Seargeant, P. (2022) Complementary concepts of disinformation. In: Demata, M., Zorzi, V. and Zottola, A. (eds) Conspiracy Theory Discourses. Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture, 98. John Benjamins, pp. 193–214.

Seargeant, P. (2020) English in Japan, in Bolton, K. and Kirkpatrick, T. A. (eds) The Handbook of Asian Englishes. Oxford: Wiley Blackwell. ISBN: 978-1-118-79165-3. (The book was winner of the 2021 PROSE Award in the Language and Linguistics category.)

Seargeant, P. and Giaxoglou, K. (2020) Discourse and the linguistic landscape. In De Fina, A. and Georgakopoulou, A. (eds) Handbook of Discourse Studies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 

Seargeant, P. (2020) Social media and self-fashioning: the construction of a political persona from Elizabeth I to Donald J. Trump, in Tagg, C. and Evans, M. (eds) Historicising the Digital: English language practices in new and old media. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.

Edwards, A. and Seargeant, P. (2020) Beyond English as a second or foreign language: Local uses and the cultural politics of identification, in Schreier, D., Hundt, M. and Schneider, E. (eds) The Cambridge Handbook of World Englishes, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 311-359.

Seargeant, P. (2019) English in Japan in an era of global uncertainty. In Reinders, H., Ryan, S. and Nakamura, S. (eds) Innovation in Language Learning & Teaching: The Case of Japan. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 9-22. 

Seargeant, P. and Tagg, C. (2018) Critical digital literacy education in the ‘fake news’ era, in Reedy, K. and Parker, J. (eds) Digital literacy unpacked. London: Facet, pp. 179-190.

Seargeant, P., Hewings, A. and Pihlaja, S. (2018) An introduction to English Language Studies, in Seargeant, P., Hewings, A. and Pihlaja, S. (eds) The Routledge handbook of English Language Studies. Abingdon: Routledge , pp. 1-12.

Seargeant, P. (2018) The idea of English, in Seargeant, P., Hewings, A. and Pihlaja, S. (eds) The Routledge handbook of English Language Studies. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 15-27.

Solly, M., Hasan Chowdhury, Q. Erling, E. J. and Seargeant , P. (2017) The role of English in the safety, stability, and resilience of economic migrants from Bangladesh to the Middle East, in Erling, E. J. (ed.) English across the Fracture Lines: the Contribution and Relevance of English to Security, Stability and Peace, London: British Council, pp. 109-114.

Seargeant, P. (2017) Teaching the history of English online: open education and student engagement. In Hayes, M. and Burkette, A. (eds) The Future of the History of the English Language: Pedagogical Practices. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 

Tagg, C. and Seargeant, P. (2017) Negotiating social roles in semi-public online contexts. In Sirpa Leppänen, P., Kytölä, S., Peuronen, S., Jousmäki, H. and Westinen, E. (eds) Discourse and identification: diversity and heterogeneity in social media practices. Abingdon: Routledge. 

Seargeant, P. (2016) Language and art. In Demjén, Z. and Seargeant, P. (eds) Creativity in language: From everyday style to verbal art. Milton Keynes: Open University. pp. 277-328.

Seargeant, P. (2016) World Englishes and English as a Lingua Franca: a changing context for ELT, in Hall, G. (ed) The Routledge handbook of English language teaching. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 13-25.

Prescott, L., Hewings, A. and Seargeant, P. (2016) Introduction, in Hewings, H., Prescott, L. and Seargeant, P. (eds) Futures for English Studies: Teaching language, literature and creative writing in higher education. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 1-10. 

Hewings, H. and Seargeant, P. (2016) English language studies: a critical appraisal. In Hewings, H., Prescott, L. and Seargeant, P. (eds) Futures for English Studies: Teaching language, literature and creative writing in higher education. Hounslow: Palgrave Macmillan.

Tagg, C. and Seargeant, P. (2015) Facebook and the discursive construction of the social network, in Spilioti, T. and Georgakopoulou, A. (eds) The Routledge handbook of language and digital communication. Abingdon: Routledge.

Seargeant, P. and Tagg, C. (2014) The language of social media, in Seargeant, P. and Tagg, C. (eds) The language of social media: identity and community on the internet. London: Palgrave Macmillan.

Tagg, C. and Seargeant, P. (2014) Audience design and language choice in the construction and maintenance of translocal communities on social network sites, in Seargeant, P. and Tagg, C. (eds) The language of social media: identity and community on the internet. London: Palgrave Macmillan. 

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.

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.

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.

Reports

Seargeant, P. (2023) Tax narratives in public discourse, Unchecked, https://unchecked.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/REPORT_Tax-Narratives-in-Public-Discourse_FINAL.pdf

Moore, D., Seargeant, P. and Smith, D. (2022) Citizens’ Voices, People’s News: Making the Media Work for Wales, OU in Wales and IWA, https://www.open.ac.uk/wales/sites/www.open.ac.uk.wales/files/files/IWA-OU_Citizens-Voice-Peoples-News_ENG.pdf

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

Erling, E. J., Seargeant , P., Solly, M., Hasan Chowdhury, Q. and Rahman, S. (2015), English for economic development: a case study of migrant workers from Bangladesh. London: British Council. Available at http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/english-economic-development-a-case-study-migrant-workers-bangladesh

Book reviews

Seargeant, P. (2020) The existential paradoxes of English: Book review of Ontologies of English: Conceptualising the Language for Learning, Teaching, and Assessment, edited by Christopher J. Hall and Rachel Wicaksono, Journal of English as a Lingua Franca, 9: 2, pp. 309-312.

Seargeant, P. (2018) Book review of Multilingual Subjects: On Standard English, Its Speakers, and Others in the Long Eighteenth Century, by Daniel DeWispelare, Journal of British Studies, 57: 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jbr.2018.93

Publications

English as a global language in China: Teachers' and students' views in Chinese schools (2024)
Pan, Lin and Seargeant, Philip
English Today ((Early Access))

Exploring Preservice Teachers' Translanguaging Practices and Perceptions in Teacher Training: A Global Englishes Perspective (2024)
Li, Hongqin; Pan, Lin; Seargeant, Philip and Block, David
TESOL Quarterly ((Early access))

Linguistic ideologies and the fabric of everyday life (2023-11-29)
Seargeant, Philip
International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 2023(284) (pp. 159-165)

China English and Chinese culture: A student and teacher perspective (2023-09-18)
Pan, Lin and Seargeant, Philip
English Today, 39(3) (pp. 174-177)

Context design and critical language/media awareness: implications for a social digital literacies education (2021-04)
Tagg, Caroline and Seargeant, Philip
Linguistics and Education, 62, Article 100776

Obituary: Jan Blommaert (1961–2021) (2021)
Seargeant, Philip
Applied Linguistics Review, 14(2) (pp. 415-420)

The existential paradoxes of English: Book review of Ontologies of English: Conceptualising the Language for Learning, Teaching, and Assessment (2020)
Seargeant, Philip
Journal of English as a Lingua Franca, 9(2) (pp. 309-312)

“Successful” migration, (English) language skills and global inequality: The case of Bangladeshi migrants to the Middle East (2019-05-27)
Erling, Elizabeth J.; Hasan Chowdhury, Qumrul; Solly, Mike and Seargeant, Philip
Multilingua, 38(3) (pp. 253-281)

Social media and the future of open debate: a user-oriented approach to Facebook's filter bubble conundrum (2019-03-31)
Seargeant, Philip and Tagg, Caroline
Discourse, Context & Media, 27 (pp. 41-48)

Using Shakespeare to teach English in the digital age (2019-01)
Seargeant, Philip and Chapman, Catherine
ELT Journal, 73(1) (pp. 21-30)

Analysing perceptions of English in rural Bangladesh (2017-12)
Seargeant, Philip; Erling, Elizabeth J.; Solly, Mike; Chowdhury, Qumrul Hasan and Rahman, Sayeedur
World Englishes, 36(4) (pp. 631-644)

[Comment] The symbolism of English on the Brexit battleground (2017-10-30)
Seargeant, Philip
World Englishes, 36(3) (pp. 356-359)

The communicative needs of Bangladeshi economic migrants: The functional values of host country languages versus English as a lingua franca (2017-03-01)
Seargeant, Philip; Erling, Elizabeth J.; Solly, Mike and Chowdhury, Qumrul Hasan
Journal of English as a Lingua Franca, 6(1) (pp. 141-165)

English in rural Bangladesh: how is language education perceived as a resource for development in rural communities? (2014-12)
Erling, Elizabeth; Seargeant, Philip and Solly, Michael
English Today, 30(4) (pp. 15-21)

Constructing a discipline: pedagogically focused knowledge production in open and distance education (2014)
Hewings, Ann and Seargeant, Philip
Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-learning, 29(2) (pp. 131-144)

Language choice and addressivity strategies in Thai-English social network interactions (2012-09)
Seargeant, Philip; Tagg, Caroline and Ngampramuan, Wipapan
Journal of Sociolinguistics, 16(4) (pp. 510-531)

Disciplinarity and the study of world Englishes (2012-03)
Seargeant, Philip
World Englishes, 31(1) (pp. 113-129)

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

Is English a threat to Chinese language and culture? (2012)
Seargeant, Philip and Pan, Lin
English Today, 28(3) (pp. 60-66)

English on the internet and a ‘post-varieties’ approach to language (2011-12)
Seargeant, Philip and Tagg, Caroline
World Englishes, 30(4) (pp. 496-514)

Lexicography as a philosophy of language (2011)
Seargeant, Philip
Language Sciences, 33(1) (pp. 1-10)

Naming and defining in world Englishes (2010-02-03)
Seargeant, Philip
World Englishes, 29(1) (pp. 97-113)

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

Metaphors of possession in the conceptualisation of language (2009-10)
Seargeant, Philip
Language and Communication, 29(4) (pp. 383-393)

Philosophies of language in the fictions of Jorge Luis Borges (2009-10)
Seargeant, Philip
Philosophy and Literature, 33(2) (pp. 386-401)

Language ideology, language theory, and the regulation of linguistic behaviour (2009)
Seargeant, Philip
Language Sciences, 31(4) (pp. 345-349)

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

Ideologies of English in Japan: the perspective of policy and pedagogy (2008-06-14)
Seargeant, Philip
Language Policy, 7(2) (pp. 121-142)

Language, ideology and 'English within a globalized context' (2008-05)
Seargeant, Philip
World Englishes, 27(2) (pp. 217-232)

Discursive diversity in the textual articulation of epidemic disease in Early Modern England (2007)
Seargeant, Philip
Language and Literature, 16(4) (pp. 323-344)

‘More English than England itself’: the simulation of authenticity in foreign language practice in Japan (2005-11)
Seargeant, Philip
International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 15(3) (pp. 326-345)

Globalisation and reconfigured English in Japan (2005-08)
Seargeant, Philip
World Englishes, 24(3) (pp. 309-319)

Political Activism and the Linguistic Landscape: Or, how to use Public Space as a Medium for Protest (2023-06-30)
Seargeant, Philip; Giaxoglou, Korina and Monaghan, Frank
ISBN : 9781800416819 | Publisher : Multilingual Matters | Published : Bristol

Crisis Leadership: Boris Johnson and Political Persuasion during the Covid Pandemic (2023-02-10)
Seargeant, Philip
Elements in Applied Linguistics
ISBN : 9781009321983 | Publisher : Cambridge University Press | Published : Cambridge

The Future of Language: How Technology, Politics and Utopianism are Transforming the Way we Communicate (2023)
Seargeant, Philip
ISBN : 9781350278851 | Publisher : Bloomsbury | Published : London

The Art of Political Storytelling: Why Stories Win Votes in Post-truth Politics (2020-06-11)
Seargeant, Philip
ISBN : 9781350107380 | Publisher : Bloomsbury | Published : London

The emoji revolution: how technology is shaping the future of communication (2019-07)
Seargeant, Philip
ISBN : 9781108677387 | Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Taking Offence on Social Media: Conviviality and Communication on Facebook (2017-08-30)
Tagg, Caroline; Seargeant, Philip and Brown, Amy Aisha
Pivot
ISBN : 978-3-319-56716-7 | Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan

From Language to Creative Writing: An Introduction (2013-01-17)
Seargeant, Philip and Greenwell, Bill
ISBN : 978-1408175217 | Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing | Published : London

Exploring World Englishes: Language in a Global Context (2012-06-15)
Seargeant, Philip
Routledge Introductions to Applied Linguistics
ISBN : 978-0-415-57210-1 | Publisher : Routledge | Published : Abingdon

The idea of English in Japan: ideology and the evolution of a global language (2009-08-01)
Seargeant, Philip
ISBN : 978-1-84769-201-6 | Publisher : Multilingual Matters | Published : Bristol

Politics and applied linguistics (2024)
Seargeant, Philip
In: Wei, Li; Zhu, Hua and Simpson, James eds. The Routledge Handbook of Applied Linguistics, Second Edition. Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics
ISBN : 9780367536244 | Publisher : Routledge | Published : Abingdon, Oxon

Citizens’ perspectives on the news media and democracy: a citizens’ panel case study from Wales (2024)
Seargeant, Philip; Smith, Donna and Moore, Dylan
In: Maci, Stefania M.; Demata, Massimiliano; McGlashan, Mark and Seargeant, Philip eds. The Routledge Handbook of Discourse and Disinformation. Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics (pp. 258-274)
ISBN : 9781032124254 | Publisher : Routledge | Published : Abingdon, Oxon

The Various Dimensions of Disinformation: An introduction (2024)
Maci, Stefania M.; Demata, Massimiliano; Seargeant, Philip and McGlashan, Mark
In: Maci, Stefania M.; Demata, Massimiliano; McGlashan, Mark and Seargeant, Philip eds. The Routledge Handbook of Discourse and Disinformation. Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics (pp. 1-13)
ISBN : 9781032124254 | Publisher : Routledge | Published : Abingdon, Oxon

Political influencers as flashpoints for manufactured online aggression (2024)
Seargeant, Philip and Giaxoglou, Korina
In: Blitvitch Garces-Conejos, Pilar and Georgakopoulou, Alexandra eds. Affect, hate and relationality in the discourse of, with and about influencers. Pragmatics and beyond
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company (In Press) | Published : Amsterdam, NL

Shakespeare and English Language Education (2023)
Seargeant, Philip
In: Bickley, Pamela and Stevens, Jenny eds. Shakespeare, Education and Pedagogy : Representations, Interactions and Adaptations. Literature and Education (pp. 163-171)
ISBN : 9781003188704 | Publisher : Routledge | Published : Abingdon, Oxon

Complementary concepts of disinformation (2022-12-01)
Seargeant, Philip
In: Demata, Massimiliano; Zorzi, Virginia and Zottola, Angela eds. Conspiracy Theory Discourses. Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture (pp. 193-214)
ISBN : 9789027212702 | Publisher : John Benjamins

Beyond English as a second or foreign language: Local uses and the cultural politics of identification (2020)
Seargeant, Philip and Edwards, Alison
In: Schreier, D; Hundt, M and Schneider, Edgar eds. The Cambridge Handbook of World Englishes (pp. 311-359)
ISBN : 9781108425957 | Publisher : Cambridge University Press

"New" media and self-fashioning: The construction of a political persona by Elizabeth I and Donald Trump (2020)
Seargeant, Philip
In: Tagg, C. and Evans, M. eds. Message and Medium: English Language Practices Across Old and New Media. Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] Series
ISBN : 9783110620399 | Publisher : de Gruyter Mouton | Published : Berlin

English in Japan in an era of global uncertainty (2019-03-31)
Seargeant, Philip
In: Reinders, Hayo; Ryan, Stephen and Nakamura, Sachiko eds. Innovation in Language Learning & Teaching: The Case of Japan. New Language Learning and Teaching Environments (pp. 9-22)
ISBN : 978-3-030-12567-7 | Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan

Discourse and the Linguistic Landscape (2019)
Seargeant, Philip and Giaxoglou, Korina
In: De Fina, Anna and Georgakopoulou, Alexandra eds. The Handbook of Discourse Studies (pp. 306-326)
Publisher : Cambridge University Press | Published : Cambridge

Critical digital literacy education in the ‘fake news’ era (2018-08-14)
Seargeant, Philip and Tagg, Caroline
In: Reedy, Katharine and Parker, Jo eds. Digital Literacy Unpacked
ISBN : 9781783301997 | Publisher : Facet Publishing | Published : London

The idea of English (2018-07-06)
Seargeant, Philip
In: Seargeant, Philip; Hewings, Ann and Pihlaja, Stephen eds. The Routledge Handbook of English Language Studies
ISBN : 9781138913455 | Publisher : Routledge

An introduction to English language studies (2018-05-31)
Seargeant, Philip; Hewings, Ann and Pihlaja, Stephen
In: Seargeant, Philip; Hewings, Ann and Pihlaja, Stephen eds. The Routledge Handbook of English Language Studies. Routledge Handbooks in English Language Studies (pp. 1-12)
ISBN : 9781138913455 | Publisher : Routledge | Published : London

The role of English in the safety, stability and resilience of Bangladeshi economic migrants working in the Middle East (2017)
Solly, Mike; Hasan Chowdhury, Qumrul; Erling, Elizabeth J. and Seargeant, Philip
In: Erling, Elizabeth J. ed. English Across the Fracture Lines: the contribution and relevance of English to security, stability and peace (pp. 109-114)
ISBN : 978-0-86355-878-8 | Publisher : British Council

Teaching the history of English online: open education and student engagement (2017)
Seargeant, Philip
In: Hayes, Mary and Burkette, Allison eds. Approaches to Teaching the History of the English Language: Pedagogy in Practice (pp. 357-364)
ISBN : 9780190611057 | Publisher : Oxford University Press

Negotiating social roles in semi-public online contexts (2016-12-08)
Tagg, Caroline and Seargeant, Philip
In: Leppänen, Sirpa; Westinen, Elina and Kytölä, Samu eds. Social Media Discourse, (Dis)identifications and Diversities. Routledge Studies in Sociolinguistics (13) (pp. 211-234)
ISBN : 978-1-138-65141-8 | Publisher : Routledge | Published : London

English language studies: A critical appraisal (2016-01-31)
Hewings, Ann and Seargeant, Philip
In: Hewings, Ann; Prescott, Lynda and Seargeant, Philip eds. Futures for English Studies: Teaching language, literature and creative writing (pp. 61-77)
ISBN : 978-1-137-43178-3 | Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan | Published : Basingstoke

Introduction: Futures for English Studies (2016-01)
Prescott, Lynda; Hewings, Ann and Seargeant, Philip
In: Hewings, Ann; Prescott, Lynda and Seargeant, Philip eds. Futures for English Studies: Teaching Language, Literature and Creative Writing (pp. 1-8)
ISBN : 978-1-137-43178-3 | Publisher : Palgrave Macmilan | Published : Basingstoke

World Englishes and English as a Lingua Franca: a changing context for ELT (2016)
Seargeant, Philip
In: Hall, Graham ed. The Routledge handbook of English language teaching (pp. 13-25)
ISBN : 9780415747394 | Publisher : Routledge

Facebook and the discursive construction of the social network (2015-07-27)
Tagg, Caroline and Seargeant, Philip
In: Georgakopoulou, Alexandra and Spilioti, Tereza eds. The Routledge Handbook of Language and Digital Communication (pp. 339-353)
ISBN : 9780415642491 | Publisher : Routledge | Published : Abingdon

Audience design and language choice in the construction and maintenance of translocal communities on social network sites (2014-02-18)
Tagg, Caroline and Seargeant, Philip
In: Seargeant, Philip and Tagg, Caroline eds. The Language of Social Media: Identity and Community on the Internet (pp. 161-185)
ISBN : 9781137029300 | Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan | Published : Basingstoke

Introduction: The language of social media (2014-02)
Seargeant, Philip and Tagg, Caroline
In: Seargeant, Philip and Tagg, Caroline eds. The Language of Social Media: Identity and Community on the Internet (pp. 1-19)
ISBN : 9781137029300 | Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan | Published : Basingstoke

Introduction: English and development (2013-05)
Seargeant, Philip and Erling, Elizabeth J.
In: Erling, Elizabeth J. and Seargeant, Philip eds. English and Development: Policy, Pedagogy and Globalization. Critical Language and Literacy Studies (pp. 1-20)
ISBN : 9781847699466 | Publisher : Multilingual Matters | Published : Bristol

Grassroots attitudes to English as a language for international development in Bangladesh (2013)
Erling, Elizabeth J.; Hamid, M. Obaidul and Seargeant, Philip
In: Erling, Elizabeth J. and Seargeant, Philip eds. English and Development: Policy, Pedagogy and Globalization. Critical Language and Literacy Studies (pp. 88-110)
ISBN : 9781847699466 | Publisher : Multilingual Matters | Published : Bristol

English and linguistic globalisation (2012-12-13)
Seargeant, Philip
In: Seargeant, Philip and Swann, Joan eds. English in the World: History, Diversity, Change. Worlds of English (pp. 178-187)
ISBN : 978-0-415-67421-8 | Publisher : Routledge | Published : Abingdon

A colonial language (2012-12-13)
Leith, Dick and Seargeant, Philip
In: Seargeant, Philip and Swann, Joan eds. English in the world: history, diversity, change (pp. 101-135)
ISBN : 978-0-415-67421-8 | Publisher : Routledge | Published : Abingdon

English in the world today (2011-12-13)
Seargeant, Philip
In: Seargeant, Philip and Swann, Joan eds. English in the World: History, Diversity, Change. Worlds of English (pp. 5-35)
ISBN : 978-0-415-67421-8 | Publisher : Routledge | Published : Abingdon

Introduction: English in Japan in the era of globalization (2011-07-19)
Seargeant, Philip
In: Seargeant, Philip ed. English in Japan in the era of globalization (pp. 1-12)
ISBN : 9780230237667 | Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan | Published : Hounslow, UK

The symbolic meaning of visual English in the social landscape of Japan (2011-07-19)
Seargeant, Philip
In: Seargeant, Philip ed. English in Japan in the era of globalization (pp. 187-204)
ISBN : 9780230237667 | Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan | Published : Hounslow, UK

The discourse of ‘English as a language for international development’: policy assumptions and practical challenges (2011-04)
Seargeant, Philip and Erling, Elizabeth
In: Coleman, Hywel ed. Dreams and Realities: Developing Countries and the English Language (pp. 248-267)
ISBN : 978-086355-659-3 | Publisher : British Council | Published : London

Time, tense and perception in the narrative voice of Bret Easton Ellis’s Lunar Park (2010-12-08)
Seargeant, Philip
In: Cook, Guy and North, Sarah eds. Applied Linguistics in Action: A Reader (pp. 246-256)
ISBN : 9780415545471 | Publisher : Routledge | Published : Oxford

The Routledge Handbook of Discourse and Disinformation (2023)
Maci, Stefania M.; Demata, Massimiliano; McGlashan, Mark and Seargeant, Philip eds.
Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics
ISBN : 9781032124254 | Publisher : Routledge | Published : Abingdon

The Routledge Handbook of English Language Studies (2018-05-31)
Seargeant, Philip; Hewings, Ann and Pihlaja, Stephen eds.
Routledge Handbooks in English Language Studies
ISBN : 9781138913455 | Publisher : Routledge | Published : London

Futures for English Studies: Teaching language, literature and creative writing in Higher Education (2016-01)
Hewings, Ann; Prescott, Lynda and Seargeant, Philip eds.
ISBN : 978-1-137-43180-6 | Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan | Published : Basingstoke

The Language of Social Media: Identity and Community on the Internet (2014-02)
Seargeant, Philip and Tagg, Caroline eds.
ISBN : 978-1-137-02930-0 | Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan | Published : Basingstoke

English and Development: Policy, Pedagogy and Globalization (2013-05)
Erling, Elizabeth J. and Seargeant, Philip eds.
Critical Language and Litearcy Studies
ISBN : 9781847699466 | Publisher : Multilingual Matters | Published : Bristol

English in the World: History, Diversity, Change (2011-12-13)
Seargeant, Philip and Swann, Joan eds.
Worlds of English
ISBN : 978-0-415-67421-8 | Publisher : Routledge | Published : Abingdon

English in Japan in the Era of Globalization (2011-08)
Seargeant, Philip ed.
ISBN : 9780230237667 | Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan | Published : Basingstoke

Grassroots attitudes to the positioning of English as a language for international development (2010)
Erling, Elizabeth. J.; Hamid, M. Obaidul and Seargeant, Philip
In : Sociolinguistics Symposium 18: Negotiating Transnational Space and Multilingual Encounters (1-4 Sep 2010, Southampton, UK)

Discourses of international development: an analysis of the role of English in language education policies in South Asia (2009)
Erling, Elizabeth J. and Seargeant, Philip
In : 8th International Language and Development Conference (23-25 Jun 2009, Dhaka, Bangladesh)

Citizens’ voices, people's news: making the media work for Wales (2022-11)
Moore, Dylan; Seargeant, Philip and Smith, Donna
OU Wales / Institute of Welsh Affairs

English for economic development: a case study of migrant workers from Bangladesh (2015)
Erling, Elizabeth J.; Seargeant, Philip; Solly, Michael; Chowdhury, Qumrul Hasan and Rahman, Sayeedur
British Council

Attitudes to English as a language for international development in rural Bangladesh (2012)
Erling, Elizabeth; Seargeant, Philip; Solly, Michael; Chowdhury, Qumrul Hasan and Rahman, Sayeedur
British Council, London.