Having emerged as the most widespread global language, English now
has substantially more second and foreign-language speakers than
native speakers. Long associated with an 'educated elite',
including academics, politicians and business professionals,
English is now increasingly spreading at the grassroots of
societies, among speakers with limited access to formal education a
process which is becoming increasingly visible and
influential.Bringing together an international roster of
contributors, this book explores uses of English in a variety of
grassroots multilingual contexts; drawing on a diverse range of
experiences, such as motorcycle taxi drivers, market vendors,
cleaners, hotel staff, tour guides, migrant domestic workers,
refugees and asylum seekers. Divided into three parts, the book
explores the spread of English in former areas of British
domination including Africa and the East, in trade and work
migration, and in forced migration by refugees. The chapters
present cutting edge case studies which draw on spoken data from
Bahrainis, South Africans, Tanzanians, Ugandans, Bangladeshis in
the Middle East, Italians in the UK, Indians in the US, and
Nigerians and Syrians in Germany. This important and innovative
volume presents a first documentation of world Englishes at the
grassroots of societies and an empirical basis for their further
study and for the theorising of world Englishes by integrating
Englishes at the grassroots into existing models of English.
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