Routledge Studies in World Englishes
About the Book Series
Being one of the fastest developing areas of linguistic research, World Englishes has received increasing attention in the research scholarship. There have been published monographs and books series which focus on various aspects of the spread of English across the world. However, given the burgeoning development in the field and growing demand from researchers and educators for relevant resources, there is a need to update some of the existing research and, more importantly, there is an exigency to extend the research scholarship to areas that have not hitherto received due attention. These are also the research gaps this proposed book series hopes to fill, in particular, the need for rigorous features-based and empirically-driven studies on World Englishes.
This Singapore Association for Applied Linguistics book series will provide a starting point for those who wish to know more about the aspects of the spread of English in the current globalized world. Each volume can cover the following aspects of the study of World Englishes: issues and theoretical paradigms, feature-based studies (i.e. phonetics and phonology, syntax, lexis) and language in use (e.g. education, media, the law and other related disciplines). It will contain a comprehensive bibliography of works published on the particular areas at the end of the book.
The aims of the series are
- To add to and, if possible, break new ground on the existing research on World Englishes;
- To explore some new varieties of Englishes that have not been previously documented;
- To provide rigorous features-based studies on varieties of World Englishes;
- To investigate the issues and theoretical paradigms surrounding the sociolinguistic aspects of the study of World Englishes;
- To provide an up-to-date documentation of language in use, in education, and language policy issues in World Englishes.
Topicalization in Asian Englishes: Forms, Functions, and Frequencies of a Fronting Construction
1st Edition
By Sven Leuckert
September 30, 2020
Shortlisted for the 2020 ESSE Book Award in English Language and LinguisticsThis monograph is the first comprehensive study of topicalization in Asian second-language varieties of English and provides an in-depth analysis of the forms, functions, and frequencies of topicalization in four Asian ...
The Politics of English in Hong Kong: Attitudes, Identity, and Use
1st Edition
By Jette G. Hansen Edwards
June 30, 2020
The focus of this book is on the impact of politics on language and identity in Hong Kong. The book is the first study to track real time language attitude changes against a divisive political landscape. It is also the most comprehensive study of language attitudes in Hong Kong to date, taking ...
EIL Education for the Expanding Circle: A Japanese Model
1st Edition
By Nobuyuki Hino
December 12, 2019
The teaching of English in the Expanding Circle, traditionally called EFL countries, has long been regarded as having no choice but to follow Inner Circle or Anglo-American norms, both in pedagogy and language models. This situation is in sharp contrast with that of the Outer Circle, or ESL ...
Professional Development of English Language Teachers in Asia: Lessons from Japan and Vietnam
1st Edition
Edited
By Kayoko Hashimoto, Van-Trao Nguyen
December 12, 2019
Why has English language proficiency in Japan remained so low in comparison to other Asian countries? Has Vietnam attempted to improve English language teaching because ASEAN has adopted English as its working language? Why do English language teachers struggle with curriculum changes imposed by ...
World Englishes: Rethinking Paradigms
1st Edition
Edited
By Ee Ling Low, Anne Pakir
December 12, 2019
In this book, leading scholars in the field of World Englishes (WE) offer fresh perspectives in re-thinking issues on the use of English as a global language in an interconnected world. Established as a legitimate field of study, WE offers a conceptual framework which has influenced scholarship in ...