World Englishes: A Resource Book for StudentsRoutledge English Language Introductionscover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students. Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the series offer an accessible overview of the subject, with activities, study questions, sample analyses, commentaries and key readings - all in the same volume. The innovative and flexible 'two-way' structure is built around four sections - introduction, development, exploration and extension - which offer self-contained stages for study. Each topic can also be read across these sections, enabling the reader to build gradually on the knowledge gained. World Englishes: *is a comprehensive introduction to the subject *covers the major historical and sociopolitical developments in world Englishes, from the reign of Queen Elizabeth I to the present day *explores the current debates in world Englishes, from English in postcolonial America and Africa and Asian Englishes in the Outer Circle, to Creole development in the UK and US, and the best way to teach and test World Englishes *draws on a range of real texts, data and examples, including articles from the New York Times and The Economist, emails and transcripts of speech *provides classic readings by the key names in the discipline including Chinua Achebe, Charles Alobwede d'Epie, Ulrich Ammon, David Graddol, David Li, Lesley Milroy, Marko Modiano, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Alastair Pennycook and Henry Widdowson. The accompanying website can be found at http://www.routledge.com/textbooks/0415258065 |
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Contents
The historical social and political context | |
The origins of pidgins and creoles | |
Who speaks English today? | 2 |
Types of variation across Englishes | 10 |
Standard language ideology | 17 |
The internationalisation of English | 21 |
The role of English in Asia and Europe | 26 |
The future of World Englishes | 31 |
Teaching and testing World Englishes | 94 |
Emerging subvarieties | 98 |
Standards across channels | 104 |
Core approaches to English as an International Language EIL | 113 |
Asian Englishes in the Outer Circle | 120 |
Language killer or language promoter? | 126 |
Extension readings in World Englishes | 133 |
The discourses of postcolonialism Alastair Pennycook | 134 |
Development implications and issues | 37 |
The legacy of colonialism | 38 |
Characteristics of pidgins and creoles | 43 |
The legitimate and illegitimate offspring of English | 52 |
Standards across space | 59 |
Native and nonnative speakers of English | 68 |
En route to new standard Englishes | 72 |
Possible future scenarios | 77 |
Exploration current debates in World Englishes | 81 |
Postcolonial America and Africa | 82 |
Creole developments in the UK and US | 87 |
The status of pidgins and creoles Charles Alobwede dEpic | 142 |
Who owns English today? Henry Widdowson | 150 |
From language to literature Chinua Achebe Ngugi wa Thiongo | 157 |
Is language still power? Lesley Milroy Alfred Lee Dennis Bloodworth | 165 |
What does it mean to speak an international variety of English? Marko Modiano Loreto Todd Alan S Kaye | 173 |
Attitudes to local norms David Li Ulrich Ammon | 182 |
Looking ahead David Graddol | 191 |
Further reading | 201 |
References | 204 |
Glossarial index | 218 |
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