World Englishes: The Local Lives of a Global Language (Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language - Advanced) - Softcover

Van Rooy, Bertus

 
9781474486309: World Englishes: The Local Lives of a Global Language (Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language - Advanced)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1474486304 ISBN 13: 9781474486309
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2023

Synopsis

World Englishes traces the recent history of English, the social forces that contribute to shape the language – contact, use, acquisition and attitudes – and the ensuing variation in the language. English continues to diversify across space, time and contexts of use, but ongoing interactions among people constrain diversification.
Different chapters examine the competing perspectives of English settlers who fashion a new English during interactions in new colonies; of enslaved or economically marginalised people who became native speakers themselves; of colonial subjects who were compelled into using English but then claimed ownership of it; of global citizens who learn and use English today; and of contemporary migrants and digital netizens who blend English into densely multilingual encounters. The book critically examines the politics and ethics of English as dominant global language today, while glimpsing into the future.

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About the Author

Bertus van Rooy is Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Amsterdam

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Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Publication date
2023
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1474486304
ISBN 13 
9781474486309
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
288

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