Title:
World Englishes : the study of new linguistic varieties
Author:
Mesthrie, Rajend.
ISBN:
9780521756853
9780521793414
9780521797337
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Publication Information:
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c2008.
Physical Description:
xvii, 276 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series:
Key topics in sociolinguistics
Series Title:
Key topics in sociolinguistics
Contents:
1. History: the spread of English -- 1.1. Introduction: the English Language Complex -- 1.2. The field of 'World Englishes' -- 1.3. Language spread: integrating New Englishes into the history of the English Language Complex -- 1.4. The spread of English in former British colonies -- 1.5. Models of English -- 1.6. A controversy in World English studies: the native speaker -- 1.7. Conclusion -- 2. Structural features of New Englishes I: morphology and phrasal syntax -- 2.1. A note on method -- 2.2. A note on terminology and varieties studied -- 2.3. The Noun Phrase -- 2.4. The Verb Phrase -- 2.5. Other function words -- 2.6. Conclusion -- 3. Structural features of New Englishes II: cross-clausal syntax and syntactic theory -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Cross-clausal syntax -- 3.3. New English syntax and sociolinguistic variation -- 3.4. Optimality Theory -- 3.5. Conclusion -- 4. More on structure: lexis and phonology -- 4.1. The vocabulary of New Englishes -- 4.2. Phonetics and phonology -- 4.3. Conclusion -- 5. Pragmatics and discourse -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. The pragmatics of syntactic forms -- 5.3. The pragmatics of discourse particles -- 5.4. Speech acts in New Englishes -- 5.5. Discourse across cultures -- 5.6. Discourse context in New English literature -- 5.7. Style shifting and code-switching -- 5.8. Conclusion -- 6. Language contact and language acquisition issues in New English research -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. New Englishes and Second Language Acquisition: a paradigm gap? -- 6.3. Degrees of contact and transmission -- 6.4. New Englishes and Creolistics -- 6.5. Historical retentions in New Englishes -- 6.6. Conclusion -- 7. Conclusion: current trends in the spread of English -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Some educational issues -- 7.3. The Expanding Circle again -- 7.4. Metropolis, Outer Circle and global communication -- 7.5. Language spread, purism and cultural imperialism again -- 7.6. Conclusion.
Abstract:
"The spread of English around the world has been and continues to be both rapid and unpredictable. World Englishes deals with this inescapable result of colonisation and globalisation from a social and linguistic perspective. The main focus of the book is on the second-language varieties of English that have developed in the former British colonies of East and West Africa, the Caribbean and South and South-East Asia. The book provides a historical overview of the common circumstances that gave rise to these varieties, and a detailed account of their recurrent similarities in structure, patterns of usage, vocabulary and accents. Also discussed are debates about language in education, the rise of English in China and Western Europe, and other current developments in a world of global travel and migration."--BOOK JACKET.
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