03280nam 2200721Ia 450 991080714590332120200520144314.01-135-23556-20-415-84734-61-135-23557-01-282-31588-997866123158860-203-86656-810.4324/9780203866566 (CKB)1000000000799762(EBL)455498(OCoLC)475063778(SSID)ssj0000337118(PQKBManifestationID)11256528(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000337118(PQKBWorkID)10287905(PQKB)11666993(MiAaPQ)EBC455498(Au-PeEL)EBL455498(CaPaEBR)ebr10342002(CaONFJC)MIL231588(OCoLC)935269118(EXLCZ)99100000000079976220090826d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEmergent lingua francas and world orders the politics and place of English as a world language /Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew1st ed.New York, N.Y. Routledge20091 online resource (306 p.)Routledge studies in sociolinguistics ;1Description based upon print version of record.1-299-62350-6 0-415-87227-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Emergent Lingua Francas and World Orders; 2 A Model of Evolving World Orders and Lingua Francas; 3 Liminality; 4 The Last Liminal Period: Emergent Arabic in the Middle Ages; 5 Three Phases of Liminality; 6 Embracing Liminality: A Case Study of Singapore; 7 A Case Study of the People's Republic of China; 8 A Case Study of Southern Min Language; 9 The Place of English in the World Today; Notes; Bibliography; IndexThis 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 curRoutledge studies in sociolinguistics ;1.English languageForeign countriesLingua francasEnglish languageVariationEnglish languageSocial aspectsEnglish languageLingua francas.English languageVariation.English languageSocial aspects.420.9Chew Phyllis Ghim Lian1142128MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807145903321Emergent lingua francas and world orders3951976UNINA