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A pioneering volume addressing issues related to cultures,
ideologies, and the dictionary. A cross-cultural and
cross-linguistic study with focus on selected Western and
non-Western languages. A number of in-depth case studies
illustrates the dominant role ideology and other types of bias play
in the making of a dictionary. The volume includes invited papers
of 40 internationally recognized scholars.
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World Englishes (Hardcover)
Kingsley Bolton, Braj B. Kachru; Edited by Braj Kachru
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R33,502
Discovery Miles 335 020
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The study of World Englishes has seen a revolutionary shift during
the last twenty years. Before 1980, there was a general assumption
within Britain, the United States and many other societies where
English was taught, that the primary target was the 'Standard
English' of Britain. However, during the 1980s interest grew in the
identification and description of global varieties of English,
marking a shift in focus from 'English' to 'Englishes'.
This collection covers the full range of differing academic
traditions within the subject and also addresses current
theoretical approaches to the field. It provides students and
researchers with instant access to the key articles and theories on
the subject, and is completed by a new introduction from the
editors.
Written from a non-Western perspective, this book exposes the
inadequacy of oppositions such as native versus non-native
Englishes and English versus New Englishes. It explains why the
label 'World Englishes' captures both what the different Englishes
share and how they differ from each other. It also criticizes the
kinds of power asymmetries that have evolved between the Inner,
Outer, and Expanding Circles of English, while showing the extent
to which the Outer Circle has enriched their common language and
made it suitable for both its heritage and non-heritage users. The
narrative is grounded in a wealth of historical knowledge,
especially that of the colonization of the Outer Circle. Readers
are invited to compare the spread and differentiation of English
with those of Latin, which evolved into the Romance languages. This
comparison may leave the reader asking: could English break up into
Anglian languages?
Written from a non-Western perspective, this book exposes the
inadequacy of oppositions such as native versus non-native
Englishes and English versus New Englishes. It explains why the
label 'World Englishes' captures both what the different Englishes
share and how they differ from each other. It also criticizes the
kinds of power asymmetries that have evolved between the Inner,
Outer, and Expanding Circles of English, while showing the extent
to which the Outer Circle has enriched their common language and
made it suitable for both its heritage and non-heritage users. The
narrative is grounded in a wealth of historical knowledge,
especially that of the colonization of the Outer Circle. Readers
are invited to compare the spread and differentiation of English
with those of Latin, which evolved into the Romance languages. This
comparison may leave the reader asking: could English break up into
Anglian languages?
South Asia is a rich and fascinating linguistic area, its many
hundreds of languages from four major language families
representing the distinctions of caste, class, profession,
religion, and region. This comprehensive new volume presents an
overview of the language situation in this vast subcontinent in a
linguistic, historical and sociolinguistic context. An invaluable
resource, it comprises authoritative contributions from leading
international scholars within the fields of South Asian language
and linguistics, historical linguistics, cultural studies and area
studies. Topics covered include the ongoing linguistic processes,
controversies, and implications of language modernization; the
functions of South Asian languages within the legal system, media,
cinema, and religion; language conflicts and politics, and Sanskrit
and its long traditions of study and teaching. Language in South
Asia is an accessible interdisciplinary book for students and
scholars in sociolinguistics, multilingualism, language planning
and South Asian studies.
South Asia is a rich and fascinating linguistic area, its many
hundreds of languages from four major language families
representing the distinctions of caste, class, profession,
religion, and region. This comprehensive new volume presents an
overview of the language situation in this vast subcontinent in a
linguistic, historical and sociolinguistic context. An invaluable
resource, it comprises authoritative contributions from leading
international scholars within the fields of South Asian language
and linguistics, historical linguistics, cultural studies and area
studies. Topics covered include the ongoing linguistic processes,
controversies, and implications of language modernization; the
functions of South Asian languages within the legal system, media,
cinema, and religion; language conflicts and politics, and Sanskrit
and its long traditions of study and teaching. Language in South
Asia is an accessible interdisciplinary book for students and
scholars in sociolinguistics, multilingualism, language planning
and South Asian studies.
"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.
In recent decades, the cultural and linguistic legacies of the
colonial era have been superseded by the globalization of English
through the international mass media, particularly via satellite
television and the Internet. In many societies that were previously
the colonies of Anglophone powers, 'new Englishes' have appeared,
visible most dramatically in the 'new literatures' of India,
Singapore, the Philippines etc. However, many of these new
Englishes are much older in provenance than many linguists have
previously recognized. The process of British and American imperial
expansion in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries took the
English language to many parts of the Indian subcontinent,
Southeast Asia, China and Japan. Indeed, it is typically in these
initial stages of political, historical and cultural contact that
we can identify the dynamics of 'languages in contact', and the
origins of 'World Englishes', in a range of settings, including
South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia. This Major Work from
Routledge, a new title in the History and Development of World
Englishes series, is a unique reference collection. It brings
together a range of sources, reprinted in facsimile, charting the
spread of English throughout Asia and the development of 'Asian
Englishes' from the eighteenth century through to the 1960s.
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