Andy Kirkpatrick (Queensland Griffith University), Wang Lixun

Is English an Asian Language?

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Asian multilingual speakers are continuously adapting and reshaping English to reflect their varying needs. This book describes how new Asian varieties of English develop, how these reflect the cultural values of users and the types of topics Asian speakers talk about and the communicative strategies they adopt when using English.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juni 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 352g
• ISBN-13: 9781316500774
• ISBN-10: 1316500772
• Artikelnr.: 59760120

Autorenporträt

Andy Kirkpatrick is Professor in the Department of Languages, Humanities and Social Sciences at Griffith University. Publications include World Englishes (Cambridge 2007), English as a Lingua Franca in ASEAN (2010), Trilingual Education in Hong Kong's Primary Schools (2019) and The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Asian Varieties of English (2020).

Inhaltsangabe

1. How English Came to Asia
2. The Asian Corpus of English
3. Asian Varieties of English vs English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) in Asia
4. What do Asian Multilinguals Talk About When Using English as a Lingua Franca?
5. The transfer of Features and Communicative Strategies
6. Borrowing Words and Writing Asian Englishes
7. Non-Standard Forms in Asian Englishes and ELF
8. English in Law, Religion and Popular Culture
9. English as a Language of Education in Asia
10. Implications for English Language Teaching in Asia
11. Conclusion
References.