TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jenkins,Jennifer
TI  - Global englishes: a resource book for students 
T2  - Routledge English language Introductions
SN  - 9780415638432 (hbk)
AV  - PE2751 .J46 2015
U1  - 427 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - English language
KW  - Variation
KW  - English-speaking countries
KW  - Commonwealth countries
KW  - Foreign countries
N1  - 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); English
N2  - Previously published as: World Englishes: a resource book for students / Jennifer Jenkins, 2nd ed., 2009
UR  - https://www.worldcat.org/title/global-englishes-a-resource-book-for-students/oclc/871186891&referer=brief_results
ER  -