The handbook of Asian Englishes

Author(s)

• Bolton, Kingsley
• Botha, Werner
• Kirkpatrick, Andy

Bibliographic Information

The handbook of Asian Englishes

edited by Kingsley Bolton, Werner Botha, and Andy Kirkpatrick

（Blackwell handbooks in linguistics）

Wiley Blackwell, 2020

• : hardback

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The first volume of its kind, focusing on the sociolinguistic and socio-political issues surrounding Asian Englishes The Handbook of Asian Englishes provides wide-ranging coverage of the historical and cultural context, contemporary dynamics, and linguistic features of English in use throughout the Asian region. This first-of-its-kind volume offers a wide-ranging exploration of the English language throughout nations in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia. Contributions by a team of internationally-recognized linguists and scholars of Asian Englishes and Asian languages survey existing works and review new and emerging areas of research in the field. Edited by internationally renowned scholars in the field and structured in four parts, this Handbook explores the status and functions of English in the educational institutions, legal systems, media, popular cultures, and religions of diverse Asian societies. In addition to examining nation-specific topics, this comprehensive volume presents articles exploring pan-Asian issues such as English in Asian schools and universities, English and language policies in the Asian region, and the statistics of English across Asia. Up-to-date research addresses the impact of English as an Asian lingua franca, globalization and Asian Englishes, the dynamics of multilingualism, and more. Examines linguistic history, contemporary linguistic issues, and English in the Outer and Expanding Circles of Asia Focuses on the rapidly-growing complexities of English throughout Asia Includes reviews of the new frontiers of research in Asian Englishes, including the impact of globalization and popular culture Presents an innovative survey of Asian Englishes in one comprehensive volume Serving as an important contribution to fields such as contact linguistics, World Englishes, sociolinguistics, and Asian language studies, The Handbook of Asian Englishes is an invaluable reference resource for undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and instructors across these areas. Winner of the 2021 PROSE Humanities Category for Language & Linguistics

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors ix 1 Asian Englishes Today 1 Kingsley Bolton, Werner Botha, and Andy Kirkpatrick Part I The History and Development of Asian Englishes 13 2 Asia before English 15 Alexander R. Coupe and Frantisek Kratochvil 3 The Statistics of English across Asia 49 Kingsley Bolton and John Bacon-Shone 4 English and Language Policies in East and Southeast Asia 81 Andy Kirkpatrick and Anthony J. Liddicoat 5 English in Asian Schools 107 Ee-Ling Low 6 English in Asian Universities 133 Kingsley Bolton and Werner Botha 7 The Features of Asian Englishes: Morphosyntax 169 Werner Botha and Tobias Bernaisch 8 The Features of Asian Englishes: Phonology 189 Ishamina Athirah Gardiner and David Deterding 9 The Lexicography of Asian Englishes 209 James Lambert Part II English in Outer Circle Asian Societies 241 10 Indian English 243 S. N. Sridhar 11 Pakistani English 279 Tariq Rahman 12 Bangladeshi English 297 M. Obaidul Hamid and MD. Mahmudul Hasan 13 Nepali English 317 Ram Ashish Giri 14 Sri Lankan English 337 Tanya N. I. Ekanayaka 15 Myanmar English 355 Khin Khin Aye 16 Malaysian English 373 Azirah Hashim 17 Brunei English 399 James Mclellan 18 Singapore English 419 Francesco Cavallaro, Bee Chin Ng, and Ying-Ying Tan 19 Hong Kong English 449 Kingsley Bolton, John Bacon-Shone, and Kang Kwong Luke 20 Philippine English 479 Isabel Pefianco Martin Part III English in Expanding Circle Asian Societies 501 21 English in China 503 Kingsley Bolton, Werner Botha, and Wei Zhang 22 English in Macau 529 Werner Botha and Andrew Moody 23 English in Taiwan 547 Peter Iori Kobayashi 24 English in Japan 569 Philip Seargeant 25 English in Korea 585 Jamie Shinhee Lee 26 English in Indonesia 605 Allan F. Lauder 27 English in Thailand 629 Sawitri Pechapan-Hammond 28 English in Cambodia 649 phen H. Moore and Suksiri Bounchan 29 English in Laos 667 Lynda Achren and Daravone Kittiphanh 30 English in Vietnam 683 Peter Sundkvist and Xuan Nhat Chi Mai Nguyen Part IV New Frontiers of Research 705 31 Globalization and Asian Englishes 707 Mario Saraceni 32 English as an ASEAN Lingua Franca 725 Andy Kirkpatrick 33 Corpus Linguistics and Asian Englishes 741 Joybrato Mukherjee and Tobias Bernaisch 34 English in Asian Popular Culture 763 Andrew Moody 35 Asian Literatures in English 787 Shirley Geok-Lin Lim, Christopher B. Patterson, Y-Dang Troeung, and Weihsin Gui 36 English and Asian Religions 813 Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew 37 English in Asian Linguistic Landscapes 833 Kingsley Bolton, Werner Botha, and Siu-Lun Lee 38 English in Asian Legal Systems 863 Richard Powell Index 887

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Details

• NCID: BC02351591
• ISBN:
  • 9781118791806
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Hoboken, N.J.
• Pages/Volumes: xvii, 909 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PE3501
  • DC23 : 427.95
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : English language -- Dialects -- Asia
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA23928750