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Global Englishes - Jennifer Jenkins

Global Englishes

A Resource Book for Students
Buch | Hardcover
280 Seiten
2014 | 3rd edition
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-63843-2 (ISBN)
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Routledge English Language Introductions cover 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-dimensional’ 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.

Global Englishes, Third Edition, previously published as World Englishes, has been comprehensively revised and updated and provides an introduction to the subject that is both accessible and comprehensive.

Key features of this best-selling textbook include:



coverage of the major historical, linguistic, and sociopolitical developments in the English language from the start of the seventeenth century to the present day
exploration of the current debates in global Englishes, relating to its uses as mother tongue in the US, UK, Antipodes, and post-colonial language in Africa, South and Southeast Asia, and lingua franca across the rest of the globe, with a new and particularly strong emphasis on China
a range of texts, data and examples draw from emails, tweets and newspapers such as The New York Times, China Daily and The Straits Times
readings from key scholars including Alastair Pennycook, Henry G. Widdowson and Lesley Milroy
activities that engage the reader by inviting them to draw on their own experience and consider their orientation to the particular topic in hand.

Global Englishes, Third Edition provides a dynamic and engaging introduction to this fascinating topic and is essential reading for all students studying global Englishes, English as a lingua franca, and the spread of English in the world today.

Jennifer Jenkins is Professor of Global Englishes and founding director of the Centre for Global Englishes at the University of Southampton.

A Introduction: key topics in Global Englishes






The historical, social, and political context



Who speaks English today?



Standard language ideology in the Anglophone world



Variation across post-colonial Englishes



Pidgin and creole languages



English as an international lingua franca



English in Asia and Europe



The future of Global Englishes

B Development: implications and issues






The legacy of colonialism



The English Today debate



Standards across Anglophone space



‘Legitimate’ and ‘illegitimate’ offspring of English



Characteristics of pidgin and creole languages



The nature of ELF communication



En route to new standard Englishes



Possible future scenarios

C Exploration: current debates in global Englishes






Postcolonial Africa and North America



Teaching and testing global Englishes



Standards across channels



‘Sub’-varieties of English: the example of Singlish



Creole developments in the UK and US



ELF and education



Asian Englishes: focus on India, Hong Kong and China



Language killer or language promoter?

D Extension: readings in Global Englishes






The discourses of postcolonialism (Alastair Pennycook)



Who owns English today? (Henry G. Widdowson)



Is language (still) power in the Inner Circle? (Lesley Milroy, Alfred Lee and Dennis Bloodworth)



From language to literature (Chinua Achebe and Ngugi wa Thiong’o)



The status of pidgin languages in education (Samuel Atechi)



The challenge of testing ELF (Jennifer Jenkins and Constant Leung)



Attitudes to non-native Englishes in China and mainland Europe (Ying Wang, Ulrich Ammon)



Looking ahead (Alastair Pennycook)

Erscheint lt. Verlag 20.8.2014
Reihe/Serie Routledge English Language Introductions
Zusatzinfo 6 Tables, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 174 x 246 mm
Gewicht 657 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaft
ISBN-10 0-415-63843-7 / 0415638437
ISBN-13 978-0-415-63843-2 / 9780415638432
Zustand Neuware
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