English(es) in post-independence Namibia : an investigation of variety status and its implications for English language teaching / Helene Steigertahl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steigertahl, Helene, author.

Series:

Duisburger Arbeiten zur Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaft ; Bd. 124.

Duisburger Arbeiten zur Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaft = Duisburg papers on research in language and culture, 0934-3709 ; Band/volume 124

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Study and teaching--Namibia.

English language.

English language--Namibia.

English language--Study and teaching--African speakers.

English language--Study and teaching.

Namibia--Languages.

Namibia.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

385 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York, NY : Peter Lang, [2020]

Summary:

"This volume contributes to the fields of World Englishes, English Language Teaching and Second Language Acquisition, assessing the English(es) spoken in post-Independence Namibia beyond variety status. Based on questionnaires and corpus analysis, the author analyzes morphosyntactical structures, language use and attitudes towards English(es) in comparison to home languages. She gives new insights into the structure of spoken language and potential varieties of English in particular. Focus is put on a geographical area that only recently attracted increasing attention in the field of World Englishes. The author's work can be regarded as an attempt to bridge several aspects of the frequently discussed "paradigm gap" between World Englishes and Second Language Acquisition studies. ""-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. Research into World Englishes

3. English(es) in Africa

4. English(es) in Namibia

5. Data Collection and Methodology

6. English(es) in Comparison to Home Languages in Post- Independence Namibia: A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of Functions, Attitudes and Education

7. Morphosyntactic Structures of English(es) Spoken by Black Namibians After Independence

8. Assessing Variety Status and Educational Policy in Post- Independence Namibia

9. Conclusions

References

Appendix

Appendix Online: Additional Material.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Steigertahl, Helene, English(es) in post-independence Namibia

ISBN:

9783631799604

3631799608

OCLC:

1122710088