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This volume aims to familiarize readers with the varieties of world
Englishes used across cultures and to create awareness of some of
the linguistic and socially relevant contexts and functions that
have given rise to them. It emphasizes that effective communication
among users of different Englishes requires awareness of the
varieties in use and their cultural, social, and ideational
functions. Cultures, Contexts and World Englishes: demonstrates the
rich results of integrating theory, methodology and application
features critical and detailed discussion of the sociolinguistics
of English in the globalized world gives equal emphasis to grammar
and pragmatics of variation and to uses of Englishes in spoken and
written modes in major English-using regions of the world. The
Introduction outlines out the underlying sociocultural reasons for
language variation and discusses the status and functions of
English in various parts of the world. Part one provides the
background necessary to appreciate variation in English. Part two
presents select features of grammatical and lexical variation to
relate sociocultural contexts to the structural features of
Englishes. Part three sets out the conventions of language use in
the spoken and written modes across cultures. The conclusion
briefly discusses topics such as issues of standardization and
codification, ideological stances with regard to linguistic
imperialism and hegemony, violation of linguistic human rights
attributed to the English language, and monolingual and
native-speaker bias' associated with practices in the ELT
profession. Each chapter includes suggestions for further reading
and challenging discussion questions and appropriateresearch
projects designed to enhance the usefulness of this volume in
courses such as world Englishes, English in the Global Context,
Sociolinguistics, Critical Applied Linguistics, Language Contact
and Convergence, Ethnography of Communication, and Crosscultural
Communication.
This volume aims to familiarize readers with the varieties of world
Englishes used across cultures and to create awareness of some of
the linguistic and socially relevant contexts and functions that
have given rise to them. It emphasizes that effective communication
among users of different Englishes requires awareness of the
varieties in use and their cultural, social, and ideational
functions. Cultures, Contexts and World Englishes: demonstrates the
rich results of integrating theory, methodology and application
features critical and detailed discussion of the sociolinguistics
of English in the globalized world gives equal emphasis to grammar
and pragmatics of variation and to uses of Englishes in spoken and
written modes in major English-using regions of the world. Each
chapter includes suggestions for further reading and challenging
discussion questions and appropriate research projects designed to
enhance the usefulness of this volume in courses such as world
Englishes, English in the Global Context, Sociolinguistics,
Critical Applied Linguistics, Language Contact and Convergence,
Ethnography of Communication, and Crosscultural Communication.
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