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Modeling World Englishes : Assessing the Interplay of Emancipation and Globalization of ESL Varieties
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- At a time when globalization and the advent of the internet have accelerated the spread and diversification of English varieties worldwide, this book provides a constructive assessment of the theoretical models that best account for the development and use of Englishes in the early 21st century. In this endeavor, the present book brings together cutting-edge contributions by leading scholars who explore the notion of linguistic globalization based on a wide range of ESLs, EFLs and ELF, synchronic and diachronic data, different methodological approaches (corpus-based, sociolinguistic, ethnographic), and a variety of data resources (social media, multiplayer online games, journalistic data, GloWbE, Corpus of Historical Singapore English, thematic blogs). Collectively, these studies serve as a springboard for future research on the globalization of Englishes and they contribute to a timely and necessary scholarly conversation on what constitutes adequate theoretical models of World Englishes in the 21st century.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISBNs :
- 9789027201232 and 9789027263704
- Volume :
- 00061
- Database :
- eBook Index
- Journal :
- Modeling World Englishes : Assessing the Interplay of Emancipation and Globalization of ESL Varieties
- Publication Type :
- eBook
- Accession number :
- 1879512