The Oxford Handbook of World Englishes (Oxford Handbooks)

As The Most Widely Documented Language In Human History English Holds A Unique Key To Unlocking Some Of The Mysteries Of The Uniquely Human Endowment Of Language. Yet The Field Of World Englishes Has Remained Somewhat Marginal In Linguistic Theory. This Collection Heralds A More Direct And Mutually Constructive Engagement With Current Linguistic Theories, Questions, And Methodologies. It Achieves This Through Areal Overviews, Theoretical Chapters, And Case Studies. The 36 Articles Are Divided Between Four Themes: Foundations, World Englishes And Linguistic Theory, Areal Profiles, And Case Studies. Part I Sets Out The Complex History Of The Global Spread Of English. This Is Followed, In Part Ii By Chapters Addressing The Mutual Relevance And Importance Of World Englishes And Numerous Theoretical Subfields Of Linguistics. Part Iii Offers Detailed Accounts Of The Structure And Social Histories Of Specific Varieties Of English Spoken Across The Globe, Highlighting Points Of Theoretical Interest. The Collection Closes With A Set Of Case Studies That Exemplify The Type Of Analysis Encouraged By The Volume. As Attention Is Focused On Innovative Work At The Interface Of Dialect Description And Theoretical Explanation, The Book Is More Succinct In Its Treatment Of Applied Themes, Which Are Given Complementary Coverage In Other Works. -- This Book Focuses On Some Features Shared By 'old' And 'new' Varieties Of English. 'old' Refers Here To Varieties Of English Spoken In Britain Only, I.e. English English (enge) And/or British English (bre). They Represent The Longest-established Varieties Of English And Are Part Of The Hardcore Of The L1 Or The 'inner Circle' Of Englishes. 'new' Varieties, In This Context, Are Ones That Have Arisen In Colonial Or Postcolonial Contexts (the 'outer Circle') And Also Comprise Historically L2 Varieties, Such As Irish English, That Have Evolved As A Result Of Language Shift. This Chapter Examines Three Syntactic Features That Show Similar Developments In Both New And Old Varieties: The Use Of Some Modal Auxiliaries, Especially Will/shall, Some 'extended' Uses Of The Progressive, And Finally, Combinations Of These Two, Especially Will/shall + Be V-ing. All Three Display Convergent Developments That Suggest A Leading Role For The New Englishes Rather Than The Old Varieties-- Part I : Foundations. 1. Introduction / Markku Filppula, Juhani Klemola And Devyani Sharma -- 2. The Spread Of English / Peter Trudgill -- 3. Models Of English In The World / Edgar Schneider -- Part Ii : World Englishes And Linguistic Theory. Language Structure. 4. World Englishes And Phonological Theory / Christian Uffmann -- 5. World Englishes And Syntactic And Semantic Theory / Vivienne Fong -- 6. World Englishes And Corpora / Christian Mair -- 7. World Englishes And The Study Of Typology And Universals / Peter Siemund And Julia Davydova -- 8. World Englishes And Cognitive Linguistics / Frank Polzenhagen And Hans-georg Wolf -- Social Context. 9. World Englishes, Second Language Acquisition, And Language Contact / Rajend Mesthrie -- 10. World Englishes And Creoles / Don Winford -- 11. World Englishes, Code-switching, And Convergence / Barbara E. Bullock, Lars Hinrichs And Almeida Jacqueline Toribio -- 12. World Englishes And Sociolinguistic Theory / Devyani Sharma --^ 13. World Englishes And Dialectology / Lieselotte Anderwald -- 14. World Englishes, Pragmatics, And Discourse / Yamuna Kachru -- 15. World Englishes And Language Ideologies / Rakesh M. Bhatt -- 16. English, Language Dominance, And Ecolinguistic Diversity Maintenance / Robert Phillipson And Tove Skutnabb-kangas -- Part Iii : Areal Profiles. 17. The Atlantic Archipelago Of The British Isles / Karen P. Corrigan -- 18. English In North America / Lauren Hall-lew -- 19. The Caribbean / Véronique Lacoste -- 20. Australian And New Zealand Englishes / Laurie Bauer -- 21. South Asia / Ravinder Gargesh And Pingali Sailaja -- 22. Southeast Asia / Lisa Lim -- 23. East African English / Josef Schmied -- 24. English In West Africa / Ulrike Gut -- 25. English In South Africa / Bertus Van Rooy -- 26. Isolated Varieties / Daniel Schreier And Danae Perez Inofuentes -- 27. English As A Lingua Franca In The Expanding Circle / Jennifer Jenkins --^ Part Iv: Case Studies. 28. On The Intonation Of Tonal Varieties Of English / Carlos Gussenhoven -- 29. Emergence Of The Unmarked In Indian Englishes With Different Substrates / Caroline R. Wiltshire -- 30. The Systemic Nature Of Substratum Transfer / Zhiming Bao -- 31. Convergent Developments Between 'old' And 'new' Englishes / Markku Filppula -- 32. Retention And Innovation In Settler Englishes / Raymond Hickey -- 33. Embedded Inversion As An Angloversal: Evidence From Inner, Outer, And Expanding Circle Englishes / Lea Meriläinen And Heli Paulasto -- 34. Canonical Tag Questions In Asian Englishes: Forms, Functions, And Frequencies In Hong Kong English, Indian English, And Singapore English / Sebastian Hoffmann, Anne-katrin Blass And Joybrato Mukherjee -- 35. Are Constructions Dialect-proof? The Challenge Of English Variational Data For Construction Grammar Research / Debra Ziegeler -- 36. Second-order Language Contact: English As An Academic Lingua Franca / Anna Mauranen. Edited By Markku Filppula, Juhani Klemola And Devyani Sharma. Series From Book Jacket. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Contents List of Contributors PART I: FOUNDATIONS 1. Introduction: World Englishes and Linguistic Theory • Markku Filppula, Juhani Klemola, and Devyani Sharma 2. The Spread of English • Peter Trudgill 3. Models of English in the World • Edgar W. Schneider PART II: WORLD ENGLISHES AND LINGUISTIC THEORY Language Structure 4. World Englishes and Phonological Theory • Christian Uffmann 5. World Englishes and Syntactic and Semantic Theory • Vivienne Fong 6. World Englishes and Corpora • Christian Mair 7. World Englishes and the Study of Typology and Universals • Peter Siemund and Julia Davydova 8. World Englishes and Cognitive Linguistics • Frank Polzenhagen and Hans-Georg Wolf Social Context 9. World Englishes, Second Language Acquisition, and Language Contact • Rajend Mesthrie 10. World Englishes and Creoles • Donald Winford 11. World Englishes, Code- Switching, and Convergence • Barbara E. Bullock, Lars Hinrichs, and Almeida Jacqueline Toribio 12. World Englishes and Sociolinguistic Theory • Devyani Sharma 13. World Englishes and Dialectology • Lieselotte Anderwald 14. World Englishes, Pragmatics, and Discourse • Yamuna Kachru 15. World Englishes and Language Ideologies • Rakesh M. Bhatt 16. English, Language Dominance, and Ecolinguistic Diversity Maintenance • Robert Phillipson and Tove Skutnabb-Kangas PART III: AREAL PROFILES 17. The Atlantic Archipelago of the British Isles • Karen P. Corrigan 18. English in North America • Lauren Hall-Lew 19. The Caribbean • Véronique Lacoste 20. Australian and New Zealand Englishes • Laurie Bauer 21. South Asia • Ravinder Gargesh and Pingali Sailaja 22. Southeast Asia • Lisa Lim 23. East African English • Josef Schmied 24. English in West Africa • Ulrike Gut 25. English in South Africa • Bertus van Rooy 26. Isolated Varieties • Daniel Schreier and Danae Perez Inofuentes 27. English as a Lingua Franca in the Expanding Circle • Jennifer Jenkins PART IV: CASE STUDIES 28. On the Intonation of Tonal Varieties of English • Carlos Gussenhoven 29. Emergence of the Unmarked in Indian Englishes with Different Substrates • Caroline R. Wiltshire 30. The Systemic Nature of Substratum Transfer • Zhiming Bao 31. Convergent Developments between “Old” and “New” Englishes • Markku Filppula 32. Retention and Innovation in Settler Englishes • Raymond Hickey 33. Embedded Inversion as an Angloversal: Evidence from Inner, Outer, and Expanding Circle Englishes • Lea Meriläinen and Heli Paulasto 34. Canonical Tag Questions in Asian Englishes: Forms, Functions, and Frequencies in Hong Kong English, Indian English, and Singapore English • Sebastian Hoffmann, Anne-Katrin Blass, and Joybrato Mukherjee 35. Are Constructions Dialect- Proof? The Challenge of English Variational Data for Construction Grammar Research • Debra Ziegeler 36. Second-Order Language Contact: English as an Academic Lingua Franca • Anna Mauranen Language Index Name Index Subject Index "As the most widely documented language in human history English holds a unique key to unlocking some of the mysteries of the uniquely human endowment of language. Yet the field of World Englishes has remained somewhat marginal in linguistic theory. This collection heralds a more direct and mutually constructive engagement with current linguistic theories, questions, and methodologies. It achieves this through areal overviews, theoretical chapters, and case studies. The 36 articles are divided between four themes: Foundations, World Englishes and Linguistic Theory, Areal Profiles, and Case Studies. Part I sets out the complex history of the global spread of English. This is followed, in Part II by chapters addressing the mutual relevance and importance of World Englishes and numerous theoretical subfields of Linguistics. Part III offers detailed accounts of the structure and social histories of specific varieties of English spoken across the globe, highlighting points of theoretical interest. The collection closes with a set of case studies that exemplify the type of analysis encouraged by the volume. As attention is focused on innovative work at the interface of dialect description and theoretical explanation, the book is more succinct in its treatment of applied themes, which are given complementary coverage in other works."--Résumé de l'éditeur "This book focuses on some features shared by 'Old' and 'New' varieties of English. 'Old' refers here to varieties of English spoken in Britain only, i.e. English English (EngE) and/or British English (BrE). They represent the longest-established varieties of English and are part of the hardcore of the L1 or the 'Inner Circle' of Englishes. 'New' varieties, in this context, are ones that have arisen in colonial or postcolonial contexts (the 'Outer Circle') and also comprise historically L2 varieties, such as Irish English, that have evolved as a result of language shift. This chapter examines three syntactic features that show similar developments in both New and Old varieties: the use of some modal auxiliaries, especially WILL/SHALL, some 'extended' uses of the progressive, and finally, combinations of these two, especially WILL/SHALL + be V-ing. All three display convergent developments that suggest a leading role for the New Englishes rather than the Old varieties"--Résumé de l'éditeur