The Handbook of World Englishes

This collection of specially commissioned articles focusing on selected critical dimensions and case studies of the theoretical, ideological, applied, and pedagogical issues related to English as it is spoken around the world. The Handbook represents the cross-cultural and international contextualization of the English language, and the contributions articulate the visions of scholars from major varieties of world Englishes - African, Asian, European, and North and South American.Topics discussed include the sociolinguistic contexts of varieties of English in the Inner, Outer, and Expanding Circles of its users; the ranges of functional domains in which these varieties are used; attitude-marked love -hate relationships with the language; the place of English in language policies and language planning in Anglophone societies; and debates about English as a cause of language death, murder, and suicide. This innovative and unique volume is a valuable resource for researchers and students of world Englishes.

Braj B. Kachru is Center for Advanced Study Emeritus Professor of Linguistics and Jubilee Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is co-founder and co-editor of the journal World Englishes, published by Blackwell.

Yamuna Kachru is Professor Emerita in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has authored and edited over a dozen books and monographs and published over a hundred papers and reviews on South Asian languages, cross-cultural discourse, and communicative styles in world Englishes.

Cecil L. Nelson is Associate Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics at Indiana State University, Terre Haute. He is the review editor of the journal World Englishes and co-authored, with Yamuna Kachru, World Englishes in Asian Contexts (2006).

List of Figures and Tables

xi

List of Contributors

xiii

Preface

xvii

Introduction: The World of World Englishes

1

(16)

Braj B. Kachru

Yamuna Kachru

Cecil L. Nelson

Part I The Historical Context

17

(254)

The Beginnings

19

(11)

Robert D. King

First Diaspora

First Steps: Wales and Ireland

30

(11)

Robert D. King

English in Scotland

41

(17)

Fiona Douglas

Second Diaspora

English in North America

58

(16)

Edgar W. Schneider

English in Australia and New Zealand

74

(16)

Scott F. Kiesling

Third Diaspora

South Asian Englishes

90

(24)

Ravinder Gargesh

East Asian Englishes

114

(16)

Nobuyuki Honna

Southeast Asian Englishes

130

(15)

Maria Lourdes S. Bautista

Andrew B. Gonzalez

South American Englishes

145

(13)

Kanavillil Rajagopalan

South African Englishes

158

(14)

Nkonko M. Kamwangamalu

West African Englishes

172

(16)

Tope Omoniyi

East African Englishes

188

(15)

Josef Schmied

Caribbean Englishes

203

(20)

Michael Aceto

Euro-Englishes

223

(17)

Marko Modiano

Fourth Diaspora

World Englishes Today

240

(31)

Kingsley Bolton

Part II Variational Contexts

271

(76)

Contact Linguistics and World Englishes

273

(16)

Rajend Mesthrie

Varieties of World Englishes

289

(24)

Kingsley Bolton

Pidgins and Creoles

313

(15)

Salikoko S. Mufwene

African American English

328

(19)

Walt Wolfram

Part III Acculturation

347

(56)

Written Language, Standard Language, Global Language

349

(17)

M. A. K. Halliday

Speaking and Writing in World Englishes

366

(20)

Yamuna Kachru

Genres and Styles in World Englishes

386

(17)

Vijay K. Bhatia

Part IV Crossing Borders

403

(70)

Literary Creativity in World Englishes

405

(23)

Edwin Thumboo

World Englishes and Issues of Intelligibility

428

(18)

Larry E. Smith

Cecil L. Nelson

World Englishes and Culture Wars

446

(27)

Braj B. Kachru

Part V Grammar Wars and Standards

473

(54)

Grammar Wars: Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century England

475

(21)

Linda C. Mitchell

Grammar Wars: The United States

496

(13)

John Algeo

World Englishes and Descriptive Grammars

509

(18)

Daniel R. Davis

Part VI Ideology, Identity, and Constructs

527

(54)

Colonial/Postcolonial Critique: The Challenge from World Englishes

529

(16)

Pradeep A. Dhillon

Cultural Studies and Discursive Constructions of World Englishes

545

(22)

Wimal Dissanayake

World Englishes and Gender Identities

567

(14)

Tamara M. Valentine

Part VII World Englishes and Globalization

581

(62)

World Englishes in the Media

583

(18)

Elizabeth A. Martin

World Englishes in Global Advertising

601

(19)

Tej K. Bhatia

World Englishes and Global Commerce

620

(23)

Stanley Yunick Van Horn

Part VIII World Englishes and Applied Theory

643

(88)

A Recurring Decimal: English in Language Policy and Planning

645

(16)

Ayo Bamgbose

Teaching World Englishes

661

(19)

Robert J. Baumgardner

Models, Methods, and Curriculum for ELT Preparation

680

(14)

Kimberley Brown

World Englishes and Lexicography

694

(15)

Fredric Dolezal

World Englishes and Test Construction

709

(9)

Fred Davidson

World Englishes and Communicative Competence

718

(13)

Margie Berns

Part IX Resources on World Englishes

731

(32)

World Englishes and Corpora Studies

733

(18)

Gerald Nelson

Comparing World Englishes: A Research Guide

751

(12)

Helen Fallon

Author Index

763

(16)

Subject Index

779

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