"In sum, The Handbook of Asian Englishes is definitely recommended for scholars studying varieties of English, particularly in the Asian region, because these varieties are still developing and have much potential for future research."
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Winner of the 2021 PROSE Humanities Category for Language & LinguisticsThe first volume of its kind, focusing on the sociolinguistic and socio-political issues surrounding Asian Englishes The Handbook of Asian Englishes provides wide-ranging coverage of the historical and cultural context, contemporary dynamics, and linguistic features of English in use throughout the Asian region. This first-of-its-kind volume offers a wide-ranging exploration of the English language throughout nations in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia. Contributions by a team of internationally-recognized linguists and scholars of Asian Englishes and Asian languages survey existing works and review new and emerging areas of research in the field. Edited by internationally renowned scholars in the field and structured in four parts, this Handbook explores the status and functions of English in the educational institutions, legal systems, media, popular cultures, and religions of diverse Asian societies. In addition to examining nation-specific topics, this comprehensive volume presents articles exploring pan-Asian issues such as English in Asian schools and universities, English and language policies in the Asian region, and the statistics of English across Asia. Up-to-date research addresses the impact of English as an Asian lingua franca, globalization and Asian Englishes, the dynamics of multilingualism, and more. Examines linguistic history, contemporary linguistic issues, and English in the Outer and Expanding Circles of AsiaFocuses on the rapidly-growing complexities of English throughout AsiaIncludes reviews of the new frontiers of research in Asian Englishes, including the impact of globalization and popular culturePresents an innovative survey of Asian Englishes in one comprehensive volume Serving as an important contribution to fields such as contact linguistics, World Englishes, sociolinguistics, and Asian language studies, The Handbook of Asian Englishes is an invaluable reference resource for undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and instructors across these areas.Winner of the 2021 PROSE Humanities Category for Language & Linguistics
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Notes on Contributors ix 1 Asian Englishes Today 1Kingsley Bolton, Werner Botha, and Andy Kirkpatrick Part I The History and Development of Asian Englishes 13 2 Asia before English 15Alexander R. Coupe and František Kratochvíl 3 The Statistics of English across Asia 49Kingsley Bolton and John Bacon-Shone 4 English and Language Policies in East and Southeast Asia 81Andy Kirkpatrick and Anthony J. Liddicoat 5 English in Asian Schools 107Ee-Ling Low 6 English in Asian Universities 133Kingsley Bolton and Werner Botha 7 The Features of Asian Englishes: Morphosyntax 169Werner Botha and Tobias Bernaisch 8 The Features of Asian Englishes: Phonology 189Ishamina Athirah Gardiner and David Deterding 9 The Lexicography of Asian Englishes 209James Lambert Part II English in Outer Circle Asian Societies 241 10 Indian English 243S. N. Sridhar 11 Pakistani English 279Tariq Rahman 12 Bangladeshi English 297M. Obaidul Hamid and MD. Mahmudul Hasan 13 Nepali English 317Ram Ashish Giri 14 Sri Lankan English 337Tanya N. I. Ekanayaka 15 Myanmar English 355Khin Khin Aye 16 Malaysian English 373Azirah Hashim 17 Brunei English 399James Mclellan 18 Singapore English 419Francesco Cavallaro, Bee Chin Ng, and Ying-Ying Tan 19 Hong Kong English 449Kingsley Bolton, John Bacon-Shone, and Kang Kwong Luke 20 Philippine English 479Isabel Pefianco Martin Part III English in Expanding Circle Asian Societies 501 21 English in China 503Kingsley Bolton, Werner Botha, and Wei Zhang 22 English in Macau 529Werner Botha and Andrew Moody 23 English in Taiwan 547Peter Iori Kobayashi 24 English in Japan 569Philip Seargeant 25 English in Korea 585Jamie Shinhee Lee 26 English in Indonesia 605Allan F. Lauder 27 English in Thailand 629Sawitri Pechapan-Hammond 28 English in Cambodia 649phen H. Moore and Suksiri Bounchan 29 English in Laos 667Lynda Achren and Daravone Kittiphanh 30 English in Vietnam 683Peter Sundkvist and Xuan Nhat Chi Mai Nguyen Part IV New Frontiers of Research 705 31 Globalization and Asian Englishes 707Mario Saraceni 32 English as an ASEAN Lingua Franca 725Andy Kirkpatrick 33 Corpus Linguistics and Asian Englishes 741Joybrato Mukherjee and Tobias Bernaisch 34 English in Asian Popular Culture 763Andrew Moody 35 Asian Literatures in English 787Shirley Geok-Lin Lim, Christopher B. Patterson, Y-Dang Troeung, and Weihsin Gui 36 English and Asian Religions 813Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew 37 English in Asian Linguistic Landscapes 833Kingsley Bolton, Werner Botha, and Siu-Lun Lee 38 English in Asian Legal Systems 863Richard Powell Index 887
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The Handbook of Asian Englishes provides wide-ranging coverage of the historical and cultural context, contemporary dynamics, and linguistic features of English in use throughout the Asian region. This first-of-its-kind volume offers a wide-ranging exploration of the English language throughout nations in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia. Contributions by a team of internationally recognized linguists and scholars of Asian Englishes and Asian languages survey existing works and review new and emerging areas of research in the field. Edited by renowned scholars in the field and structured in four parts, this Handbook explores the status and functions of English in the educational institutions, legal systems, media, popular cultures, and religions of diverse Asian societies. In addition to examining nation-specific topics, this comprehensive volume presents articles exploring pan-Asian issues such as English in Asian schools and universities, English and language policies in the Asian region, and the statistics of English across Asia. Up-to-date research addresses the impact of English as an Asian lingua franca, globalization and Asian Englishes, the dynamics of multilingualism, and more. Serving as an important contribution to fields such as contact linguistics, World Englishes, sociolinguistics, and Asian language studies, The Handbook of Asian Englishes is an invaluable reference resource for undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and instructors across these areas.
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"At last we have a truly authoritative, comprehensive, and highly readable volume on Asian Englishes: a one-stop treasure trove for researcher and student alike!"—James F. D'Angelo, Professor, Chukyo University; Editor-in-chief, Asian Englishes journal "Fresh and authoritative, this volume brings together the perspectives of leading researchers in a work of outstanding scholarship on English across the Asian region."—Daniel R. Davis, Professor, University of Michigan-Dearborn "This Handbook contributes to deepening our understanding of the complex sociolinguistic, sociopolitical and sociohistorical development of Asian Englishes. Comprehensive, in-depth, highly recommended for educators, researchers and students interested in the pluralism of English."—Angel M. Y. Lin, Canada Research Chair, Simon Fraser University
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781118791806
Publisert
2020-09-25
Utgiver
Vendor
Wiley-Blackwell
Vekt
454 gr
Høyde
10 mm
Bredde
10 mm
Dybde
10 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
928

Biographical note

Kingsley Bolton is Professor Emeritus at Stockholm University, Sweden, and Honorary Professor at the Social Sciences Research Centre at The University of Hong Kong. He has published widely on English linguistics and the sociolinguistics of the Asian region. He is Co-Editor of the journal World Englishes and Executive Director of the International Association for World Englishes.

Werner Botha is Senior Lecturer at Flinders University, Australia. His current research focuses on language variation, educational linguistics, and the sociolinguistics of English in higher education in Singapore, South Africa, and China. He is Assistant Editor of the Wiley journal World Englishes.

Andy Kirkpatrick is Professor in Linguistics at Griffith University, Australia, and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. He is author of World Englishes: Implications for ELT and International Communication (2007) and Is English an Asian Language? (2020).