Global Englishes in Asian contexts : current and future debates

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Global Englishes in Asian contexts : current and future debates

edited by Kumiko Murata and Jennifer Jenkins

Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

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  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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This volume explores the global spread of English or global Englishes, and English as a Lingua Franca (ELF), focusing specifically on Asian Englishes. It is unique in the range of diverse perspectives across the languages and cultures by its contributors.

Table of Contents

  • Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction: Global Englishes from Global Perspectives
  • K.Murata & J.Jenkins PART I: UNDERSTANDING ENGLISHES AND ENGLISH AS A LINGUA FRANCA (ELF) IN ASIA Dimensions of Understanding in Cross-Cultural Communication
  • L.Smith Accommodation and the Idiom Principle in English as a Lingua Franca
  • B.Seidlhofer & H.Widdowson Exploring Attitudes Towards English as a Lingua Franca in the East Asian Context
  • J.Jenkins PART II: CULTURAL IDENTITY, IDEOLOGY AND ATTITUDES IN ENGLISHES IN ASIA Pygmalion in Singapore
  • T.Hung Japanese English for EIAL: What it should be like and how much has been introduced
  • M.Morizumi Characteristics of Korea English as a Glocalized Variety
  • K-J.Park PART III: ENGLISHES IN ASIAN ACADEMIC AND BUSINESS CONTEXTS Academic Writing in World Englishes: the Asian Context
  • Y.Kachru Standards and Linguistic Realities of English in the Malaysian Workplace
  • S.Gill English in Asian Advertising and the Teaching of World Englishes
  • T.K.Bhatia PART IV: THE FUTURE OF ENGLISHES: A PARADIGM SHIFT? Asian Englishes in the Asian Age: Contexts and Challenges
  • B.Kachru Plurilithic Englishes
  • A.Pennycook The Future of English: Beyond the Kachruvian Three Circle Model?
  • Y.Yano Index

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