Contending with globalization in world Englishes / / edited by Mukul Saxena and Tope Omoniyi

• Pubblicazione: Bristol, : Multilingual Matters, 2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (251 p.)
• Disciplina: 427
• Soggetto topico: English language - Globalization; English language - Variation - English-speaking countries; English language - Variation - Foreign countries; Intercultural communication
• Soggetto non controllato: English as a global language; English as a lingua franca; English; Global English; Globalisation; Globalization; Glocalization of English; International English; International Englishes; International communication; Sociolinguistics; World Englishes
• Altri autori: SaxenaMukul <1956-> OmoniyiTope
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Contributors -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Globalization and International Intelligibility -- Chapter 3. From Chaos to Order: Language Change, Lingua Francas and World Englishes -- Chapter 4. English as a Lingua Franca in the Global Context: Interconnectedness, Variation and Change -- Chapter 5. World Englishes, Globalization and the Politics of Conformity -- Chapter 6. EFL: From ‘You Sound Like Dickens’ to International English -- Chapter 7. Glocalization of English in World Englishes: An Emerging Variety among Persian Speakers of English -- Chapter 8. Local Networks in the Formation and Development of West African English -- Chapter 9. The English Language, Globalization and Latin America: Possible Lessons from the ‘Outer Circle’ -- Chapter 10. Rethinking Origins and Localization in Global Englishes -- Chapter 11. Final Reflections: Globalization and World Englishes -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book engages with English in globalization, re-examining and re-interpreting the contemporary contexts of its acquisition and use. The chapters contained in this book weave together four inter-related themes that define the role of English in the global context: the ‘centrality of structure’, ‘relationships of interdependence’, ‘social constructions of difference’ and ‘reproduction of inequality’. These themes enable the authors to draw attention to the dynamics of the contemporary realities of the ‘English-speaking’ and ‘English-using’ nations, especially as they compete for cultural, social, economic and symbolic capital in global networks. In engaging World Englishes with the sociolinguistics of globalization, the authors raise some fundamental questions about the status, structure, and functions of World Englishes.
• Titolo autorizzato: Contending with globalization in world Englishes
• ISBN: 1-84769-397-0; 1-282-65716-X; 9786612657160; 1-84769-276-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816249603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Critical language and literacy studies.