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Dollinger, Stefan; Clarke, Sandra – World Englishes, 2012
This introduction to the symposium approaches the themes of autonomy and homogeneity in Canadian English from a historical perspective. We trace the debates on these topics back to the late 19th century and relate them to changing public attitudes toward Canadian linguistic autonomy over time. We review the scholarly evidence on autonomy and…
Descriptors: Evidence, Diachronic Linguistics, Language Research, Foreign Countries
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Boberg, Charles – World Englishes, 2012
The variety of English spoken by about half a million people in the Canadian province of Quebec is a minority language in intensive contact with French, the local majority language. This unusual contact situation has produced a unique variety of English which displays many instances of French influence that distinguish it from other types of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Linguistic Borrowing, Language Role, French
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Bolton, Kingsley; Graddol, David; Meierkord, Christiane – World Englishes, 2011
Over the last three decades scholars promoting the world Englishes paradigm (WE) have worked towards establishing a more positive attitude towards international varieties of English. However, despite the best intentions of Western linguists working in this field, there is an obvious imbalance between the developed and developing world in many…
Descriptors: Language Variation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Attitudes
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Deterding, David – World Englishes, 2010
Some pronunciation features that are not found in Inner Circle varieties of English are shared by the Englishes of Singapore, the rest of ASEAN, and China, and in some cases they serve to distinguish pairs of words which are no longer differentiated by many speakers in Britain. As these features of pronunciation do not interfere with comprehension…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, English, North American English, Standard Spoken Usage
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Pakir, Anne – World Englishes, 2010
Much research on world Englishes (WE) since the 1980s has yet to impact significantly upon recent applied linguistics work in the areas of instruction, curriculum, testing and policy. Much of the received wisdom has been informed by the paradigm established by the earlier study of International English (IE) and its attendant foci in teaching…
Descriptors: Models, Mutual Intelligibility, Applied Linguistics, Foreign Countries
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Seidlhofer, Barbara – World Englishes, 2009
This paper argues that the "world Englishes paradigm" and English as a lingua franca (ELF) research, despite important differences, have much in common. Both share the pluricentric assumption that "English" belongs to all those who use it, and both are concerned with the sociolinguistic, socio-psychological, and applied linguistic implications of…
Descriptors: Linguistic Borrowing, Applied Linguistics, Language Role, English (Second Language)
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Mahboob, Ahmar – World Englishes, 2009
In this paper we will explore the nature of English as it is used in one Muslim country and argue that, far from being a colonizing language, English used in Pakistan reflects Islamic values and embodies South Asian Islamic sensitivities. Through analysis of the current discourses on the politics of the English language and a study of Pakistani…
Descriptors: Muslims, Foreign Countries, Islam, English (Second Language)
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Kachru, Yamuna; Smith, Larry E. – World Englishes, 2009
It is not easy to look at the current momentum of the worldwide diffusion of English and imagine what the future trends will be by mid-century or even in the next two or three decades. A prudent undertaking is to review briefly the present situation and project what the coming decades hold in view of several developments that are shaping our…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Yano, Yasukata – World Englishes, 2009
This paper takes up three topics for discussion. The first is whether the Kachruvian three-circle model can accommodate the possible change of English use (e.g. native/non-native to individual proficiency, a special talent to a basic skill). The second is what transformation English would undergo if it survives as English as an international…
Descriptors: Talent, Basic Skills, English (Second Language), Language Role
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Modiano, Marko – World Englishes, 2009
The role which English maintains as a lingua franca is currently being conceptualized in differing ways. English as an international language, Euro-English, and English as a lingua franca are analyzed from two main perspectives; first, the relevance that such descriptions of English-language usage have for variety building (for mainland Europe);…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Global Approach, Ideology, Foreign Countries
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Jenkins, Jennifer – World Englishes, 2009
The phenomenon of English as a lingua franca (ELF) has become the subject of considerable debate during the past few years. What emerges from much of the discussion, however, is that there seems to be a good deal of uncertainty as to what, precisely, ELF actually is, and how it relates to the much more firmly established field of world Englishes…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Official Languages, Second Language Learning, Language Role
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Ouafeu, Yves Talla Sando – World Englishes, 2009
An analysis of authentic or genuine interactions among Cameroon English speakers reveals that conversational routines in this variety of English differ a good deal from those obtained in other varieties of English, non-native varieties of English inclusive, and more specifically in native varieties of English. This paper looks at "thanking…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Values, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Morrison, Richard; White, Mathew – World Englishes, 2005
The acknowledgment of world Englishes highlights the need for engendering greater linguistic flexibility among students and educators. Pertaining to listening, such flexibility can be addressed partially through materials and experiences providing increased familiarity with varieties of world Englishes. Examples of world Englishes should be…
Descriptors: Familiarity, Validity, Integrity, Language Variation
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Sakai, Sanzo; D'Angelo, James F. – World Englishes, 2005
This paper presents a variety of initiatives in place in our College of World Englishes, and demonstrates how they differ from traditional approaches, and the reason we believe they will have a positive impact on the education and lives of our students. Nearing the end of our third year, we still have a long way to go in developing our program,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Variation, English (Second Language)
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Wolfram, Walt – World Englishes, 2000
Identifies the major issues that need to be confronted in resolving the controversy over the historical roots of African American Vernacular English. and discusses their implications for reconstruction. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Diachronic Linguistics, Language Variation, Oral Language
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