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Global englishes : a resource book for students / Jennifer Jenkins.

By: Jenkins, Jennifer, 1950-Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Routledge English language IntroductionsPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2015. Edition: 3rd edDescription: xvi, 280 p. : illus. ; 26 cmISBN: 9780415638432 (hbk); 0415638437; 9780415638449 (pbk)Uniform titles: World Englishes Subject(s): English language -- Variation -- English-speaking countries | English language -- Variation -- Commonwealth countries | English language -- Variation -- Foreign countries | English language -- English-speaking countries | English language -- Commonwealth countries | English language -- Foreign countriesDDC classification: 427 LOC classification: PE2751 | .J46 2015Online resources: WorldCat details
Contents:
TOC A Introduction: key topics in Global Englishes * The historical, social, and political context * Who speaks English today? * Standard language ideology in the Anglophone world * Variation across post-colonial Englishes * Pidgin and creole languages * English as an international lingua franca * English in Asia and Europe * The future of Global Englishes B Development: implications and issues * The legacy of colonialism * The English Today debate * Standards across Anglophone space *'Legitimate' and 'illegitimate' offspring of English * Characteristics of pidgin and creole languages * The nature of ELF communication * En route to new standard Englishes * Possible future scenarios C Exploration: current debates in global Englishes * Postcolonial Africa and North America * Teaching and testing global Englishes * Standards across channels *'Sub'-varieties of English: the example of Singlish * Creole developments in the UK and US * ELF and education * Asian Englishes: focus on India, Hong Kong and China * Language killer or language promoter? D Extension: readings in Global Englishes * The discourses of postcolonialism (Alastair Pennycook) * Who owns English today? (Henry G. Widdowson) * Is language (still) power in the Inner Circle? (Lesley Milroy, Alfred Lee and Dennis Bloodworth) * From language to literature (Chinua Achebe and Ngugi wa Thiong'o) * The status of pidgin languages in education (Samuel Atechi) * The challenge of testing ELF (Jennifer Jenkins and Constant Leung) * Attitudes to non-native Englishes in China and mainland Europe (Ying Wang, Ulrich Ammon) * Looking ahead (Alastair Pennycook)
Summary: Previously published as: World Englishes: a resource book for students / Jennifer Jenkins, 2nd ed., 2009.
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Previously published as: World Englishes: a resource book for students / Jennifer Jenkins, 2nd ed., 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-271) and index.

TOC A Introduction: key topics in Global Englishes * The historical, social, and political context * Who speaks English today? * Standard language ideology in the Anglophone world * Variation across post-colonial Englishes * Pidgin and creole languages * English as an international lingua franca * English in Asia and Europe * The future of Global Englishes B Development: implications and issues * The legacy of colonialism * The English Today debate * Standards across Anglophone space *'Legitimate' and 'illegitimate' offspring of English * Characteristics of pidgin and creole languages * The nature of ELF communication * En route to new standard Englishes * Possible future scenarios C Exploration: current debates in global Englishes * Postcolonial Africa and North America * Teaching and testing global Englishes * Standards across channels *'Sub'-varieties of English: the example of Singlish * Creole developments in the UK and US * ELF and education * Asian Englishes: focus on India, Hong Kong and China * Language killer or language promoter? D Extension: readings in Global Englishes * The discourses of postcolonialism (Alastair Pennycook) * Who owns English today? (Henry G. Widdowson) * Is language (still) power in the Inner Circle? (Lesley Milroy, Alfred Lee and Dennis Bloodworth) * From language to literature (Chinua Achebe and Ngugi wa Thiong'o) * The status of pidgin languages in education (Samuel Atechi) * The challenge of testing ELF (Jennifer Jenkins and Constant Leung) * Attitudes to non-native Englishes in China and mainland Europe (Ying Wang, Ulrich Ammon) * Looking ahead (Alastair Pennycook)

Previously published as: World Englishes: a resource book for students / Jennifer Jenkins, 2nd ed., 2009.

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