05498nam 2200673 a 450 991080986880332120240514063009.01-283-35828-X978661335828890-272-7504-1(CKB)2550000000074761(EBL)811313(OCoLC)769342318(SSID)ssj0000555561(PQKBManifestationID)11341904(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000555561(PQKBWorkID)10518637(PQKB)11154377(MiAaPQ)EBC811313(Au-PeEL)EBL811313(CaPaEBR)ebr10518057(CaONFJC)MIL335828(EXLCZ)99255000000007476120020329d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrStill more Englishes /Manfred Görlach1st ed.Amsterdam ;Philadelphia J. Benjamins Pub.c20021 online resource (254 p.)Varieties of English around the world. General series,0172-7362 ;G28Description based upon print version of record.90-272-4887-7 1-58811-263-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-227) and index.Still More Englishes; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; List of figures; Foreword; Preface; List of Abbreviations; 1 Global English (?); 1.1 The problem; 1.2 English on its way to become a world language; 1.3 The increase in numbers of speakers; 1.4 The growing functions of international English; 1.5 Global English; 1.6 Attitudes; 1.7 The quality of English and educational implications; 1.8 The future of English; 1.9 The effect of English on other languages; 2 The problem of authentic language; 2.1 Introduction; 2.1.1 General concerns; 2.1.2 Lexicography2.1.3 Grammars2.2 Data from varieties with incipient or attempted standardization; 2.2.1 Old English; 2.2.2 Belizean and other Caribbean Creoles; 2.2.3 Text type expansion in Tok Pisin; 2.2.4 From Ulster Scots to Ullans; 2.3 Language death; 2.3.1 Introduction; 2.3.2 Norn; 2.3.3 Samaná English; 2.3.4 Cimbrian; 2.4 Dialect; 2.4.1 Historical texts; 2.4.2 Modern dialectology; 2.4.3 Sociolinguistics; 2.5 Pidgins and Creoles; 2.5.1 Introduction; 2.5.2 Jamaican; 2.5.3 Nigerian Pidgin; 2.5.4 Chinese Pidgin; 2.6 Historical texts; 2.6.1 Problems of transmission; 2.6.2 Historical semi-authentic texts2.6.3 Historizing English2.7 Literary texts; 2.7.1 Introduction; 2.7.2 Chaucer; 2.7.3 James I; 2.7.4 Renaissance 'dialect'; 2.7.5 18th-century Scots; 2.7.6 Black English; 2.7.7 Broken English; 2.7.8 Summary; 2.8 Epilogue; 3 Language and nation: linguistic identity in the history of English; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Historical aspects: Britain and Ireland; 3.2.1 The Middle Ages; 3.2.2 England and Wales 1430-2000; 3.2.3 Scotland; 3.2.4 Ireland 1803-2000; 3.3 English overseas; 3.3.1 Introduction; 3.3.2 The United States; 3.3.3 Canada; 3.3.4 The Caribbean; 3.3.5 West Africa; 3.3.6 South Africa3.3.7 India and Southeast Asia3.3.8 Papua New Guinea; 3.4 Reactions to English in non-anglophone societies; 3.5 Conclusion; 4 Ulster Scots - a language?; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Criteria for 'language-ness'; 4.3 Are Low German and Jamaican useful parallels?; 4.4 The revival and revitalization of minority languages; 4.5 The demographic and sociohistorical position of Ulster Scots; 4.6 The codification and elaboration of Ullans; 4.7 The political implications; 4.8 The present discussion in Northern Ireland (1996-2000); 5 Scots - the view from outside; 5.1 Introduction5.1.1 Attitudes in linguistics5.1.2 Ways to approach my topic; 5.2 The perception of Scots by English speakers; 5.2.1 Scotland and Scots as seen from England before 1603; 5.2.2 The Border ballads; 5.2.3 The 18th century; 5.2.4 The nineteenth century; 5.3 The contribution of outsiders; 5.3.1 Emigrant writing from overseas; 5.3.2 Scots as seen from non-anglophone countries; 6 English in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, The Philippines ... a second or a foreign language?; 6.1 Introduction: ENL vs. ESL vs. EFL; 6.2 The British in East Asia; 6.3 Singapore; 6.4 Hong Kong: from ESL to EFL?6.5 Malaysia and the PhilippinesThis monograph comprises eight papers, most of which originated as presentations given at international conferences or guest lectures. These papers deal with the problematic nature of English as a global language, and discuss what makes texts authentic and reliable for linguistic analysis, Scots in Ulster and in Scotland, forms and functions of English in Southeast Asia, the spread of rhyming slang, and varieties of ELT. The volume concludes with an annotated bibliography of the most important publications devoted to varieties of English around the world.Varieties of English around the world.General series ;v. 28.English languageVariationEnglish-speaking countriesEnglish languageEnglish-speaking countriesEnglish languageVariationEnglish language427Görlach Manfred403284MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809868803321Still More Englishes287395UNINA