The Handbook of World Englishes

2. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-119-14724-4
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 848 Seiten, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1179 g

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nelson, Cecil L.

Proshina, Zoya G.

Davis, Daniel R.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Angewandte Sprachwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Lists of Figures and Tables

List of Contributors

Preface to the Second Edition

Preface to the First Edition

Introduction: The World of World Englishes
Braj B. Kachru, Yamuna Kachru, Cecil L. Nelson, Zoya G. Proshina, and Daniel R. Davis

Part 1 The Historical Context

First Diaspora

1 Beginnings
Robert D. King

2 English in Scotland
Fiona Douglas

Second Diaspora

3 English in the United States
Edgar W. Schneider

4 English in Canada
Stefan Dollinger

5 English in Australia and New Zealand
Scott F. Kiesling

6 Caribbean Englishes
Michael Aceto

Third Diaspora

7 South Asian Englishes
Ravinder Gargesh

8 English in Southeast Asia
Ee Ling Low

9 South African Englishes: Forms and Functions
Nkonko M. Kamwangamalu

10 African Englishes and Creative Writing
Eyamba G. Bokamba

Fourth Diaspora

11 South American Englishes and English in South America
Patricia Friedrich

12 Euro-Englishes
Suzanne K. Hilgendorf

13 Russian Englishes
Zoya G. Proshina

14 East Asian Englishes
Nobuyuki Honna

15 English in the People’s Republic of China
Wei Zhang, Kingsley Bolton, and Werner Botha

Part II Variational Contexts

16 Contact Linguistics and World Englishes
Rajend Mesthrie

17 Pidgins and Creoles
Salikoko S. Mufwene

18 African American English
Walt Wolfram

Part III Acculturation

19 Written Language, Standard Language, Global Language
M.A.K. Halliday

20 Speaking and Writing in World Englishes
Yamuna Kachru

21 Genres and Styles in World Englishes
Vijay K. Bhatia

Part IV Crossing Borders

22 Literary Creativity in World Englishes
Edwin Thumboo

23 Bilingual Language Play and World Englishes
Alexand

Über Autor(innen)

Cecil L. Nelson is Professor Emeritus of Linguistics, Indiana State University, USA. He was President of the International Association for World Englishes from 2015 to 2017. He is author of Intelligibility in World Englishes: Theory and Application (2011) and co-author (with Yamuna Kachru) of World Englishes in Asian Contexts (2006). He was co-editor (with Braj B. Kachru and Yamuna Kachru) of The Handbook of World Englishes (Wiley Blackwell, 2006).

Zoya G. Proshina is Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages Teaching Theory at M. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia. She was President of the International Association for World Englishes from 2011 to 2012. She has authored and edited a number of books, including Russian English: History, Functions, and Features (with Anna Eddy, 2016).

Daniel R. Davis is Professor of Linguistics, University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA. He was Executive Director of the International Association for World Englishes from 2011 to 2018. He has published papers on world Englishes, American English, and the history of the English language. He is co-editor (with Kingsley Bolton) of the journal World Englishes.