The Routledge Handbook of World Englishes

Description

The Routledge Handbook of World Englishes constitutes a comprehensive introduction to the study of world Englishes drawing on the expertise of leading authors within the field.

The handbook is structured in nine sections covering historical perspectives, core issues and topics and new debates which together provide a thorough overview of the field taking into account the new directions in which the discipline is heading.

Among the key themes covered are the development of English as a lingua franca among speakers for whom English is a common but not first language, the parallel development of English as a medium of instruction in educational institutions throughout the world and the role of English as the international language of scholarship and scholarly publishing, as well as the development of ‘computer-mediated’ Englishes, including ‘cyberprose’. The handbook also includes a substantial introduction and conclusion from the editor.

The Routledge Handbook of World Englishes is the ideal resource for postgraduate students of applied linguistics as well as those in related degrees such as applied English language and TESOL/TEFL.

Selected Contents: Section 1 Historical Context Section 2 Variational Contexts Section 3 Acculturation Section 4 Crossing Borders Section 5 Grammar Wars vs Standard Section 6 Ideology, Identity Section 7 World Englishes and Globalization Section 8 World Englishes and Applied Theory Section 9 Resources on World Englishes.

Contents

Introduction

Andy Kirkpatrick

Section 1 Historical Perspectives and ‘traditional’ englishes

1 Standardized English: The History of the Earlier Circles

Daniel R. Davis

2 Grammatical variation in the contemporary spoken English of England

David Britain

3 Phonological Innovation in Contemporary Spoken English

Gerry Docherty

4 The Englishes of Ireland: Emergence and Transportation

Raymond Hickey

5 The Development of Standard American English

Bill Kretzschmar,

6 The Englishes of Canada

Stephen Levey

7 English in Australia

Kate Burridge

8 The Englishes of New Zealand: migrant and Maori

Margaret Maclagan

Section 2 Regional Varieties

9 The development of the English language in India.

Prof. Dr. Joybrato Mukherjee

10 Sri Lankan Englishes

Dushyanthi Mendis and Harshana Rumbukwella

11 East and West African Englishes: Differences and Commonalities

Hans-Georg Wolf

12 The Development of English in Botswana: Language Policy and Education

Birgit Smieja and Joyce T. Mathangwane

13 Singaporean and Malaysian Englishes: differences and similarities.

Low Ee Ling,

14 Periphery ELT: The Policy and Practice of English Teaching in the Philippines Isabel Martin

15 East Asian Englishes: Japan and Korea

Yuko Takeshita

16 Chinese Englishes: a future power?

Marc Xu Zhichang

17 Slavic Englishes: education or culture?

Zoya Proshina

18. West Indian Englishes: An Introduction to literature written in selected varieties

Hazel Simmons-McDonald

19 English and English teaching in Colombia: tensions and possibilities

in the expanding circle

Adriana González

Section Three: Emerging Trends and Themes

20. Lingua Franca English – the European Context

Barbara Seidlhofer

21 Developmental patterns of English: similar or different?

Edgar Schneider

22 Variation Across Englishes: Phonology

David Deterding

23 Variation across Englishes: Syntax

Bernd Kortmann

24 Mixed codes and /or varieties of English?

James McLellan

25. Semantics and pragmatic conceptualisations within an emerging variety: Persian English

Farzad Sharifian

Section 4 Contemporary Contexts, Functions and Variables

26 ‘In Defence of Foreigness’

Ha Jin

27 ‘Writing in Englishes’

Tope Omoniyi

28 On-line Englishes

Mark Warschauer, Rebecca Black, and Yen-Lin Chou

29 The Englishes of Business

Catherine Nickerson

30 Englishes in Advertising

Azirah Hashim

31 The Englishes of Popular Cultures

Andrew Moody

32 Thank you for calling’: Asian Englishes and ‘native-like’ performance in Asian call centres

Kingsley Bolton

Section 5: Debates and Pedagogical Implications

33 Which norms in everyday practice – and why?

Ruanni Tupas

34 Construing meaning in World Englishes

Ahmar Mahboob

35 Which Test of Which English and Why?

Brian Tomlinson

36 When does an unconventional form become an innovation?

David CS Li

37 Academic Englishes: a standardised knowledge?

Anna Mauranen, Carmen Pérez-Llantada and John M. Swales

38 Which Language: When and Why?

Augustin Simo Bobda

Section 6: The Future

39 The Future of Englishes: one, many or none?

Alastair Pennycook

Author Bio

Andy Kirkpatrick is Chair Professor of English as an International Language at the Hong Kong Institute of Education.

Related Subjects

1. Applied Linguistics
2. English Language
3. World Englishes