Andy Kirkpatrick, Wang Lixun

Is English an Asian Language?

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Produktbeschreibung

A comprehensive account of how English is being used and reshaped by multilingual Asian speakers to fit their everyday needs.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 481g
• ISBN-13: 9781107134683
• ISBN-10: 1107134684
• Artikelnr.: 59764721

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.