32.2869, Books: Exploring the Ecologies of World Englishes in the Twenty-first Century: Peters, Burridge (eds.)

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Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2021 01:44:55
From: Anna Glazier [Anna.Glazier at eup.ed.ac.uk]
Subject: Exploring the Ecologies of World Englishes in the Twenty-first Century: Peters, Burridge (eds.)

 


Title: Exploring the Ecologies of World Englishes in the Twenty-first
Century 
Subtitle: Language, Society and Culture 
Publication Year: 2021 
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
	   www.edinburghuniversitypress.com
	

Book URL: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-exploring-the-ecology-of-world-englishes-in-the-twenty-first-century.html 


Editor: Pam Peters
Editor: Kate Burridge

Electronic: ISBN:  9781474462884 Pages: 392 Price: U.K. £ 95 Comment: ePub
Electronic: ISBN:  9781474462877 Pages: 392 Price: U.K. £ 95 Comment: PDF
Hardback: ISBN:  9781474462853 Pages: 392 Price: U.K. £ 95


Abstract:

Highlights the adaptability of English in contact with other languages,
cultures and societies and in diverse regional habitats

* Examines features of world Englishes in their sociocultural contexts, with
studies on in South Africa, the Cocos Island, Singapore, Uganda, China, the
Philippines, Micronesia, Australia, New Zealand

* Appraises lexical and constructional innovations in English

* Presents fresh empirical evidence to discuss language variation using data
from text corpora, speech recordings, social surveys and interviews

* Brings together an international range of contributors from Hong Kong,
Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Switzerland, Uganda and South Africa

The book’s ecological perspective offers a fresh theoretical framework for
analysing both outer- and inner-circle Englishes. It investigates the
varieties of English spoken as a second language, by bi- or multilingual
speakers in South Africa, India, Singapore, Hong Kong and the Philippines, and
by some lesser-known oceanic varieties in Micronesia and Polynesia, revealing
the remarkable divergences in the use of common English elements across
geographical distances. Tapping into current debates about colonial legacies
and decolonization, as well as ongoing concerns about democracy, regional
power and globalisation, this book explores a range of fresh evidence to
discuss language variation across the globe.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
                     Sociolinguistics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)


Written In: English  (eng)

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