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A comprehensive guide to global English variations in phonology, grammar, vocabulary, and pragmatics. Features new audio examples, updated models, inclusive language sections, and expanded foreign-variety descriptions.
List of contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
The IPA chart
Chapter 1 Roots of English1.1 Introduction
1.2 Roots of English
Chapter 2 The spread of EnglishChapter 3 Variation in English3.1 Linguistic diversity and diffusion
3.2 Types of variation in form
3.3 Dimensions of classification
Chapter 4 L1-English majority4.1 England
4.2 Wales/Cymru
4.3 Scotland
4.4 Ireland
4.5 The United States
4.6 Canada
4.7 Australia
4.8 New Zealand/Aotearoa
4.9 South Africa
4.10 The Caribbean
4.11 Some 'lesser-known' minor varieties
Chapter 5 L2 majority among English speakers5.1 Social and political issues surrounding the use of English in L2-majority countries
5.2 Some common features of the 'New Englishes'
5.3 South Asia
5.4 Africa
5.5 South-east Asia
5.6 Others
Chapter 6 Lingua Franca and Similects: English for speaking to others6.1 English outside the British-American imperial sphere
6.2 Domains for English
6.3 Formal features of English in lingua-franca situations
6.4 Formal features of some similects
6.5 How English might be affecting other languages
6.6 Implications for the choice of school variety
Chapter 7 The future of variation in English7.1 Cross-currents in attitudes to English in the world
7.2 What's next?
Chapter 8Wells' Lexical Sets
Glossary
References
Index
About the author
The fourth edition of World Englishes provides an engaging overview of the global variations in phonology, grammar, vocabulary, and pragmatics of English as it is used worldwide. This book introduces the principles of linguistic variation and provides coverage on the roots of English, the spread of English, variations of English as a second language and trends for the future.
Thoroughly updated throughout in line with recent research, this new edition includes:
¿ Updated online support material including 43 audio examples of speakers of native (25) and of non-native (33) English reflecting the global variety of the language, available to download
¿ New sections on recent models of world Englishes and on vocabulary management dealing with inclusive language
¿ Improved and updated descriptions of foreign-language varieties, now including Arabic and Spanish English
¿ Additional exercises for the accompanying audio files and new reflective questions on line
Offering a thorough and detailed descriptive account of all the main varieties of English across the globe, World Englishes also provides a balanced discussion of political issues and the sociolinguistic background to variation in English spoken and written, face-to-face, on paper and online, in the twenty-first century. This book is essential reading for students approaching this topic for the first time.
