Handbook of world Englishes

The definitive reference work on World Englishes-fully revised, expanded, and updated The Handbook of World Englishes is a collection of articles on the cross-cultural and transnational linguistic convergence and change of the English language. Now in its second edition, this Handbook brings togethe...

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Other Authors: Nelson, Cecil L. (Editor), Proshina, Z. G. (Editor), Davis, Daniel R. (Editor), Kachru, Braj B. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, NJ Wiley Blackwell 2020
Edition:Second edition
Series:Blackwell handbooks in linguistics
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Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Halliday 20 Speaking and Writing in World Englishes; Yamuna Kachru 21 Genres and Styles in World Englishes; Vijay K. Bhatia Part IV Crossing Borders 22 Literary Creativity in World Englishes; Edwin Thumboo 23 Bilingual Language Play and World Englishes; Alexandra A. Rivlina 24 World Englishes and Issues of Intelligibility; Larry E. Smith and Cecil L. Nelson 25 World Englishes and Culture Wars; Braj B. Kachru Part V Grammar wars and standards 26 Grammar Wars: Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century England; Linda C. Mitchell 27 Grammar Wars: The United States; John Algeo 28 World Englishes and Descriptive Grammars; Daniel R.
  • Davis 29 World Englishes and Corpora Studies; Gerald Nelson Part VI Ideology, Identity, and Constructs 30 Colonial/Postcolonial Critique: The Challenge from World Englishes; Pradeep A. Dhillon 31 Postcolonial Theory and World Englishes: Toward a Dialogue; Wimal Dissanayake 32 Creative Acts of Gender in World Englishes; Tamara M. Valentine Part VII World Englishes and Globalization 33 World Englishes in the Media; Elizabeth A. Martin 34 World Englishes in Global Advertising; Tej K.
  • Includes bibliographical references and index
  • Kamwangamalu 10 African Englishes and Creative Writing; Eyamba G. Bokamba Fourth Diaspora 11 South American Englishes and English in South America; Patricia Friedrich 12 Euro-Englishes; Suzanne K. Hilgendorf 13 Russian Englishes; Zoya G. Proshina 14 East Asian Englishes; Nobuyuki Honna 15 English in the People's Republic of China; Wei Zhang, Kingsley Bolton, and Werner Botha Part II Variational Contexts 16 Contact Linguistics and World Englishes; Rajend Mesthrie 17 Pidgins and Creoles; Salikoko S. Mufwene 18 African American English; Walt Wolfram Part III Acculturation 19 Written Language, Standard Language, Global Language; M.A.K.
  • Bhatia 35 World Englishes and Global Commerce; Stanley Yunick Van Horn Part VIII World Englishes and Applied Theory 36 A Recurring Decimal: English in Language Policy and Planning; Ayọ Bamgboṣe 37 World Englishes and Communicative Competence; Margie Berns 38 World Englishes and Pedagogy; Aya Matsuda 39 World Englishes and International Standardized English Proficiency Tests; James Dean Brown 40 World Englishes and Lexicography; Fredric Dolezal Part IX Outlook for the Future 41 World Englishes: Current Debates and Future Directions; Kingsley Bolton 42 The Karmic Cycle of World Englishes: Some Futuristic Constructs; Yamuna Kachru and Larry E. Smith
  • Lists of Figures and Tables List of Contributors Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition Introduction: The World of World Englishes; Braj B. Kachru, Yamuna Kachru, Cecil L. Nelson, Zoya G. Proshina, and Daniel R. Davis Part 1 The Historical Context First Diaspora 1 Beginnings; Robert D. King 2 English in Scotland; Fiona Douglas Second Diaspora 3 English in the United States; Edgar W. Schneider 4 English in Canada; Stefan Dollinger 5 English in Australia and New Zealand; Scott F. Kiesling 6 Caribbean Englishes; Michael Aceto Third Diaspora 7 South Asian Englishes; Ravinder Gargesh 8 English in Southeast Asia; Ee Ling Low 9 South African Englishes: Forms and Functions; Nkonko M.