The Handbook of World Englishes

by Kachru, Braj; Kachru, Yamuna; Nelson, Cecil

• ISBN13: 9781405111850
• ISBN10: 1405111852
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-12-08
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This collection of specially 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. The Handbook represents the cross-cultural and international contextualization of the English language, and the contributions articulate the visions of scholars from major varieties of world Englishes - African, Asian, European, and North and South American.Topics discussed include 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; attitude-marked love -hate relationships with the language; the place of English in language policies and language planning in Anglophone societies; and debates about English as a cause of language death, murder, and suicide. This innovative and unique volume is a valuable resource for researchers and students of world Englishes.

Author Biography

Braj B. Kachru is Center 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 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 Associate 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	xi
List of Contributors	xiii
Preface	xvii
Introduction: The World of World Englishes	1	(16)
Braj B. Kachru
Yamuna Kachru
Cecil L. Nelson
Part I The Historical Context	17	(254)
The Beginnings	19	(11)
Robert D. King
First Diaspora
First Steps: Wales and Ireland	30	(11)
Robert D. King
English in Scotland	41	(17)
Fiona Douglas
Second Diaspora
English in North America	58	(16)
Edgar W. Schneider
English in Australia and New Zealand	74	(16)
Scott F. Kiesling
Third Diaspora
South Asian Englishes	90	(24)
Ravinder Gargesh
East Asian Englishes	114	(16)
Nobuyuki Honna
Southeast Asian Englishes	130	(15)
Maria Lourdes S. Bautista
Andrew B. Gonzalez
South American Englishes	145	(13)
Kanavillil Rajagopalan
South African Englishes	158	(14)
Nkonko M. Kamwangamalu
West African Englishes	172	(16)
Tope Omoniyi
East African Englishes	188	(15)
Josef Schmied
Caribbean Englishes	203	(20)
Michael Aceto
Euro-Englishes	223	(17)
Marko Modiano
Fourth Diaspora
World Englishes Today	240	(31)
Kingsley Bolton
Part II Variational Contexts	271	(76)
Contact Linguistics and World Englishes	273	(16)
Rajend Mesthrie
Varieties of World Englishes	289	(24)
Kingsley Bolton
Pidgins and Creoles	313	(15)
Salikoko S. Mufwene
African American English	328	(19)
Walt Wolfram
Part III Acculturation	347	(56)
Written Language, Standard Language, Global Language	349	(17)
M. A. K. Halliday
Speaking and Writing in World Englishes	366	(20)
Yamuna Kachru
Genres and Styles in World Englishes	386	(17)
Vijay K. Bhatia
Part IV Crossing Borders	403	(70)
Literary Creativity in World Englishes	405	(23)
Edwin Thumboo
World Englishes and Issues of Intelligibility	428	(18)
Larry E. Smith
Cecil L. Nelson
World Englishes and Culture Wars	446	(27)
Braj B. Kachru
Part V Grammar Wars and Standards	473	(54)
Grammar Wars: Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century England	475	(21)
Linda C. Mitchell
Grammar Wars: The United States	496	(13)
John Algeo
World Englishes and Descriptive Grammars	509	(18)
Daniel R. Davis
Part VI Ideology, Identity, and Constructs	527	(54)
Colonial/Postcolonial Critique: The Challenge from World Englishes	529	(16)
Pradeep A. Dhillon
Cultural Studies and Discursive Constructions of World Englishes	545	(22)
Wimal Dissanayake
World Englishes and Gender Identities	567	(14)
Tamara M. Valentine
Part VII World Englishes and Globalization	581	(62)
World Englishes in the Media	583	(18)
Elizabeth A. Martin
World Englishes in Global Advertising	601	(19)
Tej K. Bhatia
World Englishes and Global Commerce	620	(23)
Stanley Yunick Van Horn
Part VIII World Englishes and Applied Theory	643	(88)
A Recurring Decimal: English in Language Policy and Planning	645	(16)
Ayo Bamgbose
Teaching World Englishes	661	(19)
Robert J. Baumgardner
Models, Methods, and Curriculum for ELT Preparation	680	(14)
Kimberley Brown
World Englishes and Lexicography	694	(15)
Fredric Dolezal
World Englishes and Test Construction	709	(9)
Fred Davidson
World Englishes and Communicative Competence	718	(13)
Margie Berns
Part IX Resources on World Englishes	731	(32)
World Englishes and Corpora Studies	733	(18)
Gerald Nelson
Comparing World Englishes: A Research Guide	751	(12)
Helen Fallon
Author Index	763	(16)
Subject Index	779