The Handbook of World Englishes

by Kachru, Braj B.; Kachru, Yamuna; Nelson, Cecil L.

• ISBN13: 9781405188319
• ISBN10: 1405188316
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-02-09
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

The Handbook of World Englishes is a collection of newly commissioned articles focusing on selected critical dimensions and case studies of the theoretical, ideological, applied and pedagogical issues related to English as it is spoken around the world. Represents the cross-cultural and international contextualization of the English languageArticulates the visions of scholars from major varieties of world Englishes - African, Asian, European, and North and South AmericanDiscusses topics including the sociolinguistic contexts of varieties of English in the inner, outer, and expanding circles of its users; the ranges of functional domains in which these varieties are used; the place of English in language policies and language planning; and debates about English as a cause of language death, murder and suicide.

Author Biography

Braj B. Kachru is Centre for Advanced Study Emeritus Professor of Linguistics and Jubilee Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is co-founder and co-editor of the journal World Englishes, published by Wiley-Blackwell.

Yamuna Kachru is Professor Emerita in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has authored and edited over a dozen books and monographs and published over a hundred papers and reviews on South Asian languages, cross-cultural discourse, and communicative styles in world Englishes.

Cecil L. Nelson is Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics at Indiana State University, Terre Haute. He is the review editor of the journal World Englishes and co-authored, with Yamuna Kachru, World Englishes in Asian Contexts (2006).

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables

List of Contributors

Preface

Introduction: The World of World Englishes

The Historical Context:

The Beginnings

First Steps: Wales and Ireland

English in Scotland

English in North America

English in Australia and New Zealand

South Asian Englishes

East Asian Englishes

Southeast Asian Englishes

South American Englishes

South African Englishes

West African Englishes

East African Englishes

Caribbean Englishes

Euro-Englishes

World Englishes Today

Variational Contexts

Contact Linguistics and World Englishes

Varieties of World Englishes

Pidgins and Creoles

African American Englishes

Acculturation

Written Language, Standard Language, Global Language

Speaking and Writing in World Englishes

Genres and Styles in World Englishes

Crossing Borders

Literary Creativity in World Englishes

World Englishes and Issues of Intelligibility

World Englishes and Culture Wars

Grammar Wars and Standards

Grammar Wars: 17th and 18th Century England

Grammar Wars: The United States

World Englishes and Descriptive Grammars

Ideology, Identity and Constructs

Colonial/Postcolonial Critique: The Challenge from World Englishes

Cultural Studies and Discursive Constructions of World Englishes

World Englishes and Gender Identities

World Englishes and Globalization

World Englishes in the Media

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