This book presents an alternative paradigm in understanding and appreciating World Englishes (WEs) in the wake of globalization and its accompanying shifting priorities in many dimensions of modern life, including the emergence of the English language as the dominant lingua franca (ELF). Chew argues that history is a theatre for the realization of lingua francas, offering a model that shows the present as derived from the past and as a bearer of future possibility, the understanding of which is rooted in the understanding of World Englishes and ELF. The book will engage with some of the current theoretical debates in WEs and includes, as a means of fleshing out the model, sociolinguistic case studies of Arabia, China Fujian, and Singapore.
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This book presents an alternative paradigm in understanding and appreciating World Englishes (WEs) in the wake of globalization and its accompanying shifting priorities in many dimensions of modern life, including the emergence of the English language as the dominant lingua franca (ELF). Chew argues that history is a theatre for the realization of lingua francas, offering a model that shows the present as derived from the past and as a bearer of future possibility, the understanding of which is rooted in the understanding of World Englishes and ELF. The book will engage with some of the current theoretical debates in WEs and includes, as a means of fleshing out the model, sociolinguistic case studies of Arabia, China Fujian, and Singapore.
Imprint | Routledge |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Series | Routledge Studies in Sociolinguistics |
Release date | October 2009 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | 2010 |
Authors | Phyllis Ghim Lian Chew |
Dimensions | 229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover |
Pages | 290 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-415-87227-0 |
Barcode | 9780415872270 |
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LSN | 0-415-87227-8 |