Is English an Asian Language? - Andy Kirkpatrick, Wang Lixun

Is English an Asian Language?

Buch | Softcover
232 Seiten
2023
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-316-50077-4 (ISBN)
27,40 inkl. MwSt
Asian multilingual speakers are continuously adapting and reshaping English to reflect their varying needs. This book describes how new Asian varieties of English develop, how these reflect the cultural values of users and the types of topics Asian speakers talk about and the communicative strategies they adopt when using English.
Asia is now home to some 800 million multilingual speakers of English, more than the total number of native English speakers, and how they use English is continuously evolving and changing to reflect their cultural backgrounds and everyday experiences. Can English, therefore, be considered an Asian language? Drawing upon the Asian Corpus of English, this book will be the first comprehensive account of the roles, uses and features of English in Asia, encompassing several different varieties of Asian English. Chapters cover the distinctive linguistic features of English in different settings, such as in law, religion and popular culture, as well as the use of local rhetorical, pragmatic and cultural styles and its use as a lingua franca among Asian multilinguals. It will also examine the role of English in education - from primary through to higher education - and consider the implications of this for other languages of Asia.

Andy Kirkpatrick is Professor in the Department of Languages, Humanities and Social Sciences at Griffith University. Publications include World Englishes (Cambridge 2007), English as a Lingua Franca in ASEAN (2010), Trilingual Education in Hong Kong's Primary Schools (2019) and The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Asian Varieties of English (2020). Wang Lixun is Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Modern Language Studies at the Education University of Hong Kong. Publications include Introduction to Language Studies (2011), Academic Writing in Language and Education Programmes (2011), Trilingual Education in Hong Kong Primary Schools (2019), and Identity, Motivation, and Multilingual Education in Asian Contexts (2020). He is co-editor of the Springer book series Multilingual Education.

1. How English Came to Asia; 2. The Asian Corpus of English; 3. Asian Varieties of English vs English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) in Asia; 4. What do Asian Multilinguals Talk About When Using English as a Lingua Franca?; 5. The transfer of Features and Communicative Strategies; 6. Borrowing Words and Writing Asian Englishes; 7. Non-Standard Forms in Asian Englishes and ELF; 8. English in Law, Religion and Popular Culture; 9. English as a Language of Education in Asia; 10. Implications for English Language Teaching in Asia; 11. Conclusion; References.

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 342 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sprachphilosophie
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaft
ISBN-10 1-316-50077-2 / 1316500772
ISBN-13 978-1-316-50077-4 / 9781316500774
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