Intelligibility in world Englishes : theory and application
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Intelligibility in world Englishes : theory and application
(ESL and applied linguistics professional series)
Routledge, 2011
- : hbk
- : pbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [115]-129) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Intelligibility is the term most generally used to address the complex of criteria that describe, broadly, how useful someone's English is when talking or writing to someone else. Set within the paradigm of world Englishes - which posits that the Englishes of the world may be seen as flexibly categorized into three Circles (Inner, Outer, Expanding) in terms of their historical developments - this text provides a comprehensive overview of the definitions and scopes of intelligibility, comprehensibility and interpretability, and addresses key topics within this paradigm:
Who - if anyone - provides the models and norms for a given population of English users?
Hybridity and creativity in world Englishes
Evaluating paradigms: misinformation and disinformation
Practicalities of dealing with the widening variety of Englishes
Is English "falling apart"?
The much-debated issue of intelligibility touches not only sociolinguistic theory but all aspects of English language teaching, second language acquisition, language curriculum planning, and regional or national language planning. Designed for students, teacher educators, and scholars internationally, each chapter includes 'Topics for Discussion and Assignments' and 'Suggestions for Further Reading'.
Table of Contents
Foreword, Larry E. Smith
Preface
Acknowledgements
Ch. 1: "Understanding" and Intelligibility in World Englishes
Ch. 2: Intelligibility, Comprehensibility, Interpretability
Ch. 3: Hybridity, Creativity and Intelligibility in World Englishes
Ch. 4: Other Conceptualizations of Intelligibility
Ch. 5: Intelligibility in English Language Teaching
Ch. 6: Intelligibility and the On-Going Expansions of Englishes
Annotated Bibliography
Index
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