Emergent lingua francas and world orders : the politics and place of English as a world language / Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chew, Phyllis Ghim Lian.

Series:

Routledge studies in sociolinguistics ; 1.

Routledge studies in sociolinguistics ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Foreign countries.

English language.

Lingua francas.

English language--Variation.

English language--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents an alternative paradigm in understanding and appreciating World Englishes (WEs) in the wake of globalization and its accompanying shifting priorities in many dimensions of modern life, including the emergence of the English language as the dominant lingua franca (ELF). Chew argues that history is a theatre for the realization of lingua francas, offering a model that shows the present as derived from the past and as a bearer of future possibility, the understanding of which is rooted in the understanding of World Englishes and ELF. The book will engage with some of the cur

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Emergent Lingua Francas and World Orders; 2 A Model of Evolving World Orders and Lingua Francas; 3 Liminality; 4 The Last Liminal Period: Emergent Arabic in the Middle Ages; 5 Three Phases of Liminality; 6 Embracing Liminality: A Case Study of Singapore; 7 A Case Study of the People's Republic of China; 8 A Case Study of Southern Min Language; 9 The Place of English in the World Today; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-135-23556-2

0-415-84734-6

1-135-23557-0

1-282-31588-9

9786612315886

0-203-86656-8

9780203866566

OCLC:

475063778