"The Routledge Handbook of World Englishes" constitutes a comprehensive introduction to the study of world Englishes drawing on the expertise of leading authors within the field. The handbook is structured in nine sections covering historical perspectives, core issues and topics and new debates which together provide a thorough overview of the field taking into account the new directions in which the discipline is heading. Among the key themes covered are the development of English as a lingua franca among speakers for whom English is a common but not first language, the parallel development of English as a medium of instruction in educational institutions throughout the world and the role ofEnglish as the international language of scholarship and scholarly publishing, as well as the development of 'computer-mediated' Englishes, including 'cyberprose'. The handbook also includes a substantial introduction and conclusion from the editor. "The Routledge Handbook of World Englishes" is the ideal resource for postgraduate students of applied linguistics as well as those in related degrees such as applied English language and TESOL/TEFL. INDICE: Introduction; Andy Kirkpatrick; Section 1 Historical Perspectivesand 'traditional' englishes; 1 Standardized English: The History of the Earlier Circles; Daniel R. Davis; 2 Grammatical variation in the contemporary spoken English of England; David Britain; 3 Phonological Innovation in ContemporarySpoken English; Gerry Docherty; 4 The Englishes of Ireland: Emergence and Transportation; Raymond Hickey; 5 The Development of Standard American English; Bill Kretzschmar, 6 The Englishes of Canada; Stephen Levey; 7 English in Australia; Kate Burridge; 8 The Englishes of New Zealand: migrant and Maori; Margaret Maclagan; Section 2 Regional Varieties; 9 The development of the English language in India. Prof. Dr. Joybrato Mukherjee; 10 Sri Lankan Englishes; Dushyanthi Mendis and Harshana Rumbukwella; 11 East and West African Englishes: Differences and Commonalities; Hans-Georg Wolf; 12 The Development of English in Botswana: Language Policy and Education; Birgit Smieja and Joyce T. Mathangwane;13 Singaporean and Malaysian Englishes: differences and similarities. Low Ee Ling, 14 Periphery ELT: The Policy and Practice of English Teaching in the Philippines Isabel Martin; 15 East Asian Englishes: Japan and Korea; Yuko Takeshita; 16 Chinese Englishes: a future power? Marc Xu Zhichang; 17 Slavic Englishes: education or culture? Zoya Proshina; 18. West Indian Englishes: An Introduction to literature written in selected varieties; Hazel Simmons-McDonald; 19 English and English teaching in Colombia: tensions and possibilities; in the expanding circle; Adriana Gonzalez; Section Three: Emerging Trends and Themes; 20. Lingua Franca English -- the European Context; Barbara Seidlhofer; 21 Developmental patterns of English: similar or different? Edgar Schneider; 22 Variation Across Englishes: Phonology; David Deterding; 23 Variation across Englishes: Syntax; Bernd Kortmann; 24 Mixed codes and /or varieties of English? James McLellan; 25. Semantics and pragmatic conceptualisations within an emerging variety: Persian English; Farzad Sharifian; Section 4 Contemporary Contexts, Functions and Variables; 26 'In Defence of Foreigness'; Ha Jin; 27 'Writing in Englishes'; Tope Omoniyi; 28 On-line Englishes; Mark Warschauer, Rebecca Black, and Yen-Lin Chou; 29 The Englishes of Business; Catherine Nickerson; 30 Englishes in Advertising; Azirah Hashim; 31 The Englishes of Popular Cultures; Andrew Moody; 32 Thank you for calling': Asian Englishes and 'native-like' performance in Asian call centres; Kingsley Bolton; Section 5: Debates and PedagogicalImplications; 33 Which norms in everyday practice -- and why? Ruanni Tupas; 34 Construing meaning in World Englishes; Ahmar Mahboob; 35 Which Test of WhichEnglish and Why? Brian Tomlinson; 36 When does an unconventional form become an innovation? David CS Li; 37 Academic Englishes: a standardised knowledge? Anna Mauranen, Carmen Perez-Llantada and John M. Swales; 38 Which Language: When and Why? Augustin Simo Bobda; Section 6: The Future; 39 The Future of Englishes: one, many or none? Alastair Pennycookæ
- ISBN: 978-0-415-47039-1
- Editorial: Routledge
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 728
- Fecha Publicación: 16/06/2010
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