World Englishes: a resource book for students, 2nd edition
World Englishes: a resource book for students, 2nd edition
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the subject of World Englishes. It covers the major historical and sociopolitical developments in World Englishes from the reign of Queen Elizabeth I to the present day. It explores current debates on World Englishes from English in postcolonial America and Africa, and Asian Englishes in the Outer Circle, to creole development in the UK and US, English as a Lingua Franca, and the teaching and testing of World Englishes. It draws on a range of real texts, data and examples, including articles from The New York Times, The Straits Times, and The Economist, emails, texts, and transcripts of speech. It provides classic readings by some of the key names in the discipline, including Ngugi wa Thiongo, Alastair Pennycook, and Henry Widdowson. New features of the second edition include extended coverage of English as a Lingua Franca and China English, extensive updating throughout and particularly in the units on Singlish and Estuary English, and new readings by David Crystal, Hu Xiaoqiong, and Barbara Seidlhofer.
World Englishes, global Englishes, English as a Lingua Franca
0415466113
Jenkins, Jennifer
7daf0457-86d0-4c08-af4b-79641d1f7fd0
6 March 2009
Jenkins, Jennifer
7daf0457-86d0-4c08-af4b-79641d1f7fd0
Jenkins, Jennifer
(2009)
World Englishes: a resource book for students, 2nd edition
(Routledge English Language Introductions),
London, UK.
Routledge, 256pp.
Abstract
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the subject of World Englishes. It covers the major historical and sociopolitical developments in World Englishes from the reign of Queen Elizabeth I to the present day. It explores current debates on World Englishes from English in postcolonial America and Africa, and Asian Englishes in the Outer Circle, to creole development in the UK and US, English as a Lingua Franca, and the teaching and testing of World Englishes. It draws on a range of real texts, data and examples, including articles from The New York Times, The Straits Times, and The Economist, emails, texts, and transcripts of speech. It provides classic readings by some of the key names in the discipline, including Ngugi wa Thiongo, Alastair Pennycook, and Henry Widdowson. New features of the second edition include extended coverage of English as a Lingua Franca and China English, extensive updating throughout and particularly in the units on Singlish and Estuary English, and new readings by David Crystal, Hu Xiaoqiong, and Barbara Seidlhofer.
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Published date: 6 March 2009
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World Englishes, global Englishes, English as a Lingua Franca
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/66074
ISBN: 0415466113
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