World Englishes at the Grassroots (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781474467551)

English as a second and foreign language is increasingly used at the grassroots level, by individuals coming from disadvantaged backgrounds with often little or no access to formal education, in business and in contexts outside of international organisations, education and academia. Bringing together an international range of contributors, this book explores face-to-face uses of English in a range of grassroots multilingual contexts. Divided into three parts, the book explores the spread of English in former areas of British domination including Africa and the East, in trade and work migration, and in forced migration by refugees. The chapters present cutting edge case studies which draw on spoken data from Uganda, South Africa, Bahrain, China, Bangladesh, Germany, Italy and the UK. In doing so the book presents an empirical basis for the further study and modelling of world Englishes. It examines the scope for integrating Englishes at the grassroots into existing models of English and explores relations between notions of hybrid languages, translanguaging, polylanguaging and world Englishes.

Author: Christiane Meierkord
ISBN-10: 1474467555
ISBN-13: 9781474467551
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/16/2021
Pages: 290
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.69d