World Englishes: A Critical Analysis

ISBN-13: 9781623562632 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 224 str.

Mario Saraceni

Opis

The field of "World Englishes" takes on ever more importance in the modern era. Mario Saraceni's World Englishes: A Critical Analysis looks at the developments in the field from a critical perspective. It examines the historical, linguistic, ideological and pedagogical aspects in the study of the ever-evolving forms, roles and statuses of English around the world. The principal aim is to offer a critical overview of the field in order both to inform readers about the main issues at stake and to challenge established positions and descriptive/analytical paradigms. The book has four sections, each of which reviews established accounts and offers alternative perspectives on those. "History" considers representations of the evolution of 'old English' and 'new Englishes' and begins to unveil the strong link between conventional accounts and ideological motivations. "Language" critically examines the traditional notion of 'difference' in the description of varieties of English, and discusses more recent orientations which aim to describe English as a lingua franca and the phenomenon of language hybridity. "Ideology" examines ideological debates around the presence and status of English in the world, such as linguistic imperialism, language ownership and language ecology. The final section, "Pedagogy" discusses pedagogical implications, such as the choice of appropriate 'models' of English and considers the possibility of teaching English as a fully de-anglicised language.

Recenzje

This book provides an accessible yet comprehensive critical perspective on the English language(s), power, and inequality. The progression of the arguments is clear and cohesive, effectively guiding the reader to arriving at a critical questioning of basic assumptions about the English language and its use around the world - and thereby providing thought-provoking pathways for advancing and re-revolutionising the WE paradigm. Through this original and challenging volume, the author adeptly achieves his aim of bringing subversion back to the heart of WE research. Judges of the BAAL Book Prize 2016 20160901

Spis treści

Preface1. Introduction1.1 What this book is (and isn't) about1.2 Why another "World Englishes" book?1.2.1 Expanding the scope of World Englishes1.2.2 A slight impasse1.2.3 New challenges1.2.4 Old challenges1.3 Understanding language1.3.1 language as system1.3.2 Language as social practicePart I: History2. Old Englishes2.1 Introduction2.2 Mainstream narrative2.2.1 Metaphorical representations of language2.2.2 The arrival of English in 449 AD2.2.3 From closely related to one language2.2.4 The story of 'Old English' .2.3 Ideological motivations in the history of English2.3.1 language and nationhood2.4 Untidying History2.4.1 The 'birth' of the English language?2.4.2 The 'Anglo-Saxons'?2.4.3 Anglo-Saxon England?2.4.4 A purely Germanic language?2.5 Varieties of 'Old English'?2.6 Conclusion3. New Englishes3.1 Introduction .3.2 The story of the 'spread' of English3.2.1 English everywhere3.2.2 Two types of colonization3.2.3 The 'Three Circles of English'3.2.4 Criticism of the Three Circles model3.2.5 Schneider's Dynamic Model3.2.6 Melchers and Shaw's classification3.3 Beyond the 'spread' metaphor3.4 The 'prehistory' of World Englishes3.4.1 American English sets the scene3.4.2 Seeds of World Englishes in postcolonial writing3.5 Conclusion: language and politicsPart II: Languages4. Understanding World Englishes4.1 Introduction4.2 The egalitarian matrix of World Englishes4.3 Limitations in the paradigm4.3.1 Equality in diversity?4.3.2 How different are Englishes allowed to be?4.3.3 What about the Expanding Circle?4.4 The 'spot the difference' approach4.4.1 'Errors' or 'features'?4.4.2 British and American English as yardsticks4.4.3 'In full communion with its ancestral home'4.4.4 The norms of English .4.4.5 The power of codification4.4.6 Varieties of language and varieties of race4.4.7 The linguist gaze and dominant discourses4.5 Spotting differences in English as a lingua franca4.5.1 ELF vs. ENL4.6 Conclusion5 Untidying Englishes5.1 Introduction5.2 Cutting the umbilical cord with the ancestral home5.3 Dealing with English and other languages5.3.1 Borrowing words?5.3.2 Language across borders5.3.3 English and non-English5.3.4 Switching languages?5.4 Delving deeper into language hybridity5.4.1 World Englishes and super-diversity5.4.2 Geography or language?5.4.3 ELF across borders5.5 Conclusion: from World Englishes to Language WorldsPart III: Ideology6. Linguistic imperialism and resistance6.1 Introduction6.2 An unequal world6.2.1 Where do the numbers come from?6.3 Language and empire6.3.1 American imperialism6.4 Linguistic imperialism6.4.1 Macaulay's 'minute'6.5 Responses to linguistic imperialism6.5.1 The 'agency' response6.5.2 The 'linguistic determinism' response6.5.3 The 'appropriation' response6.6 ConclusionPart IV: Pedagogy7. Teaching World Englishes7.1 Introduction7.2 Which English?7.3 (Non-)native speakers?7.3.1 Separate categories?7.3.2 Myths and discrimination7.4 The paradigm struggles to shift7.4.1 Acronyms and the (super-)diversity of language education7.5 Conclusion: teaching world Englishes?ReferencesIndex

O autorze

Mario Saraceni is Reader of English and Linguistics at the University of Portsmouth, UK.