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’, ‘...

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