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Seargeant, Philip; Giaxoglou, Korina and Monaghan, Frank (2023). Political Activism and the Linguistic Landscape: Or, how to use Public Space as a Medium for Protest. Bristol: Multilingual Matters.

Seargeant, Philip (2023). Crisis Leadership: Boris Johnson and Political Persuasion during the Covid Pandemic. Elements in Applied Linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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

Seargeant, Philip (2020). The Art of Political Storytelling: Why Stories Win Votes in Post-truth Politics. London: Bloomsbury.

Seargeant, Philip (2019). The emoji revolution: how technology is shaping the future of communication. Cambridge University Press.

Tagg, Caroline; Seargeant, Philip and Brown, Amy Aisha (2017). Taking Offence on Social Media: Conviviality and Communication on Facebook. Pivot. Palgrave Macmillan.

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Seargeant, Philip and Greenwell, Bill (2013). From Language to Creative Writing: An Introduction. London: Bloomsbury Publishing.

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.

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

Seargeant, Philip; Hewings, Ann and Pihlaja, Stephen eds. (2018). The Routledge Handbook of English Language Studies. Routledge Handbooks in English Language Studies. London: Routledge.

Hewings, Ann; Prescott, Lynda and Seargeant, Philip eds. (2016). Futures for English Studies: Teaching language, literature and creative writing in Higher Education. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Seargeant, Philip and Tagg, Caroline eds. (2014). The Language of Social Media: Identity and Community on the Internet. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Erling, Elizabeth J. and Seargeant, Philip eds. (2013). English and Development: Policy, Pedagogy and Globalization. Critical Language and Litearcy Studies. Bristol: Multilingual Matters.

Seargeant, Philip and Swann, Joan eds. (2011). English in the World: History, Diversity, Change. Worlds of English. Abingdon: Routledge.

Seargeant, Philip ed. (2011). English in Japan in the Era of Globalization. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Seargeant, Philip and Giaxoglou, Korina (2024). Political influencers as flashpoints for manufactured online aggression. In: Blitvitch Garces-Conejos, Pilar and Georgakopoulou, Alexandra eds. Affect, hate and relationality in the discourse of, with and about influencers. Pragmatics and Beyond. Amsterdam, NL: John Benjamins Publishing Company, pp. 128–147.

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Seargeant, Philip (2024). Politics and applied linguistics. In: Wei, Li; Zhu, Hua and Simpson, James eds. The Routledge Handbook of Applied Linguistics, Second Edition. Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics, 2. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.

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

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

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

Seargeant, Philip (2022). Complementary concepts of disinformation. In: Demata, Massimiliano; Zorzi, Virginia and Zottola, Angela eds. Conspiracy Theory Discourses. Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture, 98. John Benjamins, pp. 193–214.

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

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

Seargeant, Philip (2019). English in Japan in an era of global uncertainty. In: Reinders, Hayo; Ryan, Stephen and Nakamura, Sachiko eds. Innovation in Language Learning & Teaching: The Case of Japan. New Language Learning and Teaching Environments. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 9–22.

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

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

Seargeant, Philip (2018). The idea of English. In: Seargeant, Philip; Hewings, Ann and Pihlaja, Stephen eds. The Routledge Handbook of English Language Studies. Routledge.

Seargeant, Philip; Hewings, Ann and Pihlaja, Stephen (2018). An introduction to English language studies. In: Seargeant, Philip; Hewings, Ann and Pihlaja, Stephen eds. The Routledge Handbook of English Language Studies. Routledge Handbooks in English Language Studies. London: Routledge, pp. 1–12.

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

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

Tagg, Caroline and Seargeant, Philip (2016). Negotiating social roles in semi-public online contexts. In: Leppänen, Sirpa; Westinen, Elina and Kytölä, Samu eds. Social Media Discourse, (Dis)identifications and Diversities. Routledge Studies in Sociolinguistics (13). London: Routledge, pp. 211–234.

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Hewings, Ann and Seargeant, Philip (2016). English language studies: A critical appraisal. In: Hewings, Ann; Prescott, Lynda and Seargeant, Philip eds. Futures for English Studies: Teaching language, literature and creative writing. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 61–77.

Prescott, Lynda; Hewings, Ann and Seargeant, Philip (2016). Introduction: Futures for English Studies. In: Hewings, Ann; Prescott, Lynda and Seargeant, Philip eds. Futures for English Studies: Teaching Language, Literature and Creative Writing. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmilan, pp. 1–8.

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

Tagg, Caroline and Seargeant, Philip (2015). Facebook and the discursive construction of the social network. In: Georgakopoulou, Alexandra and Spilioti, Tereza eds. The Routledge Handbook of Language and Digital Communication. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 339–353.

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

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

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.

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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.

Li, Hongqin; Pan, Lin; Seargeant, Philip and Block, David (2025). Exploring Preservice Teachers' Translanguaging Practices and Perceptions in Teacher Training: A Global Englishes Perspective. TESOL Quarterly, 59(1) pp. 103–135.

Pan, Lin and Seargeant, Philip (2024). English as a global language in China: Teachers' and students' views in Chinese schools. English Today, 40(3) pp. 212–218.

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

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

Tagg, Caroline and Seargeant, Philip (2021). Context design and critical language/media awareness: implications for a social digital literacies education. Linguistics and Education, 62, article no. 100776.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Seargeant, Philip; Erling, Elizabeth J.; Solly, Mike and Chowdhury, Qumrul Hasan (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) pp. 141–165.

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

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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. 323–344.

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.

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 Jun 2009, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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

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Erling, Elizabeth J.; Seargeant, Philip; Solly, Michael; Chowdhury, Qumrul Hasan and Rahman, Sayeedur (2015). English for economic development: a case study of migrant workers from Bangladesh. ELT Research Papers 15.03; British Council.

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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.

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