Contending with globalization in world Englishes / edited by Mukul Saxena and Tope Omoniyi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Saxena, Mukul, 1956-

Omoniyi, Tope.

Series:

Critical language and literacy studies.

Critical language and literacy studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Globalization.

English language.

English language--Variation--English-speaking countries.

English language--Variation--Foreign countries.

Intercultural communication.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (251 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Multilingual Matters, 2010.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

This book engages with English in globalization, re-examining and re-interpreting the contemporary contexts of its acquisition and use. The chapters contained in this book weave together four inter-related themes that define the role of English in the global context: the ‘centrality of structure’, ‘relationships of interdependence’, ‘social constructions of difference’ and ‘reproduction of inequality’. These themes enable the authors to draw attention to the dynamics of the contemporary realities of the ‘English-speaking’ and ‘English-using’ nations, especially as they compete for cultural, social, economic and symbolic capital in global networks. In engaging World Englishes with the sociolinguistics of globalization, the authors raise some fundamental questions about the status, structure, and functions of World Englishes.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Contributors

Preface

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Globalization and International Intelligibility

Chapter 3. From Chaos to Order: Language Change, Lingua Francas and World Englishes

Chapter 4. English as a Lingua Franca in the Global Context: Interconnectedness, Variation and Change

Chapter 5. World Englishes, Globalization and the Politics of Conformity

Chapter 6. EFL: From ‘You Sound Like Dickens’ to International English

Chapter 7. Glocalization of English in World Englishes: An Emerging Variety among Persian Speakers of English

Chapter 8. Local Networks in the Formation and Development of West African English

Chapter 9. The English Language, Globalization and Latin America: Possible Lessons from the ‘Outer Circle’

Chapter 10. Rethinking Origins and Localization in Global Englishes

Chapter 11. Final Reflections: Globalization and World Englishes

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612657160

9781847693976

1847693970

9781282657168

128265716X

9781847692764

1847692761

OCLC:

645099472