Contending with Globalization in World Englishes / / ed. by Mukul Saxena, Tope Omoniyi.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Bhatt, Rakesh M.,; Bobda, Augustin Simo,; Chew, Phyllis Ghim-Lian,; Dewey, Martin,; Georgieva, Maria,; Jenkins, Jennifer,; Nihalani, Paroo,; Omoniyi, Tope,; Pennycook, Alastair,; Rajagopalan, Kanavillil,; Saxena, Mukul,; Sharifian, Farzad,
• HerausgeberIn: Omoniyi, Tope,; Saxena, Mukul,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Critical Language and Literacy Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)

This book engages with English in globalization, re-examining and re-interpreting the contemporary contexts of its acquisition and use. The chapters contained in this book weave together four inter-related themes that define the role of English in the global context: the ‘centrality of structure’, ‘relationships of interdependence’, ‘social constructions of difference’ and ‘reproduction of inequality’. These themes enable the authors to draw attention to the dynamics of the contemporary realities of the ‘English-speaking’ and ‘English-using’ nations, especially as they compete for cultural, social, economic and symbolic capital in global networks. In engaging World Englishes with the sociolinguistics of globalization, the authors raise some fundamental questions about the status, structure, and functions of World Englishes.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Contributors -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Globalization and International Intelligibility -- Chapter 3. From Chaos to Order: Language Change, Lingua Francas and World Englishes -- Chapter 4. English as a Lingua Franca in the Global Context: Interconnectedness, Variation and Change -- Chapter 5. World Englishes, Globalization and the Politics of Conformity -- Chapter 6. EFL: From ‘You Sound Like Dickens’ to International English -- Chapter 7. Glocalization of English in World Englishes: An Emerging Variety among Persian Speakers of English -- Chapter 8. Local Networks in the Formation and Development of West African English -- Chapter 9. The English Language, Globalization and Latin America: Possible Lessons from the ‘Outer Circle’ -- Chapter 10. Rethinking Origins and Localization in Global Englishes -- Chapter 11. Final Reflections: Globalization and World Englishes -- Index