1st Edition
English in East and South Asia Policy, Features and Language in Use
This book provides a first systematic and comprehensive account of English in East and South Asia (EESA) based on current research by scholars in the field. It has several unique features. Firstly, it provides a rigorous theoretical overview that is necessary for the understanding of EESA in relation to the burgeoning works on World Englishes as a discipline. Secondly, in the section on linguistic features, a systematic template was made available to the contributors so that linguistic coverage of the variety/varieties is similar. Thirdly, the vibrancy of the sociolinguistic and pragmatic realities that govern actual English in use in a wide variety of domains such as social media, the Internet and popular culture/music are discussed. Finally, this volume includes an extensive bibliography of works on EESA, thus providing a useful and valuable resource for language researchers, linguists, classroom educators, policymakers and anyone interested in the topic of EESA or World Englishes. This volume hopes to advance understanding of the spread and development of the different sub-varieties reflecting both the political developments and cultural norms in the region.
Chapter 1: English in East and South Asia: Context and Issues
Ee-Ling Low and Anne Pakir
PART 1. POLICY
Chapter 2: English Language Policy in Mainland China: History, Issues and Challenges
Guangwei Hu
Chapter 3: English Language Policy in Japan: History, Current Realities and Challenges Ahead
Kayoko Hashimoto and Gregory Paul Glasgow
Chapter 4: The Place of English in Korean Language Policy: History, Realities, and Issues
Jamie Shinhee Lee
Chapter 5: English Language Policy in Multilingual India
Tej Bhatia
Chapter 6: English in Pakistan: Past, Present and Future
Ahmar Mahboob
Chapter 7: English Language Education Policy in Sri Lanka: Historical Developments, Current Realities and Future Challenges
Indika Liyanage
PART 2. FEATURES
Chapter 8: Features of Chinese English
Rong Yang, Ran Ao and Ee Ling Low
Chapter 9: Features of Japanese English
Jim D’Angelo, Toshiko Yamaguchi and Yasuhiro Fujiwara
Chapter 10: Emerging Patterns of Korean English
Jieun Kiaer and Hyejeong Ahn
Chapter 11: Indian English: Features and Development
Pingali Sailaja
Chapter 12: Features of Sri Lankan English
Tobias Bernaisch
PART 3. LANGUAGE IN USE
Chapter 13: Exploring the Use of English in Chinese Social Media
Zhichang Xu and Danya Zhang
Chapter 14: Using English as Identity Markers in Japanese Popular Music: J-pop and Beyond
James Stanlaw
Chapter 15: English and K-pop: The Case of BTS
Hyejeong Ahn
Chapter 16: English in India's Multilingual Ecology: Present-day Use, Users and Usage
S. N. Sridhar and Kamal Meena Sridhar
Chapter 17: English in Pakistan: Language Policy, Features and Present-Day Use
Sham Haidar and Syed Abdul Manan
Chapter 18: Language in Use: The Case of Sri Lankan English
Manel Herat
Chapter 19: English in East and South Asia in the Post-Kachruvian Era
Ee Ling Low
Chapter 20: Works on English in East and South Asia
Ee Ling Low, Anne Pakir, Ran Ao and Rong Yang
Biography
Ee Ling Low is Dean of Academic and Faculty Affairs and Professor of Education (Applied Linguistics and Teacher Education) at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Anne Pakir is an Honorary Fellow with the Department of English Language and Literature at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and was the Associate Vice President of Global Relations at the University before she retired in 2019.
'To date, while there have been accounts of different individual varieties of English, English has rarely been explored together in a systematic way as part of a broader region. This volume edited by Ee Ling Low and Anne Pakir has bridged this gap, exploring in depth English(es) in East and South Asia (EESA).'
- James Chonglong Gu, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
