The Routledge Handbook of World Englishes.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Introduction -- Section 1 Historical perspectives and traditional Englishes -- 1 Standardized English: The history of the earlier circles -- 2 Grammatical variation in the contemporary spoken English of England -- 3 Phonological innovation in contemporary spoken British English -- 4 The Englishes of Ireland: Emergence, transportation and current trends -- 5 The development of Standard American English -- 6 The Englishes of Canada -- 7 English in Australia -- 8 The English(es) of New Zealand -- Section 2 Regional varieties -- 9 The development of the English language in India -- 10 Sri Lankan Englishes -- 11 English in education in Bangladesh: World Englishes perspectives -- 12 East and West African Englishes: Differences and commonalities -- 13 Spread of English at the grassroots? Sociolinguistic evidence from two post-protectorates: Maldives and Uganda -- 14 South African Englishes -- 15 Chinese English: A future power? -- 16 Periphery English language teaching: Myths about English in the Philippines -- 17 English in Singapore and Malaysia differences and similarities -- 18 English in Japan -- 19 Slavic Englishes: Education or culture? -- 20 West Indian English: An introduction to literature in selected varieties -- 21 English and English teaching in Colombia: Tensions and possibilities in the expanding circle -- Section 3 Emerging trends and themes -- 22 English as a lingua franca in the European context -- 23 Developmental patterns of English: Similar or different? -- 24 Mixed codes or varieties of English? -- 25 Semantic and pragmatic conceptualisations within an emerging variety: Persian English -- 26 In defence of foreignness -- 27 World Englishes, social disharmonisation, and environmental destruction.

Section 4 Contemporary contexts, functions and variables -- 28 Online Englishes -- 29 The Englishes of business -- 30 The increasing use of English medium instruction in higher education -- 31 The Englishes of popular culture -- 32 World Englishes and Philippine call centres -- 33 Translanguaging and multilingual creativity with English in the Sinophone world -- 34 'Brexit' and the postnational dimension of English in Europe -- Section 5 Debates and pedagogical implications -- 35 Variation across Englishes: Phonology -- 36 English language teachers in context: Who teaches what, where and why? -- 37 When does an unconventional form become an innovation? -- 38 Which test of which English and why? -- 39 Academic Englishes: A standardised knowledge? -- Section 6 The future -- 40 The future of Englishes: One, many or none? -- Index.

The Routledge Handbook of World Englishes constitutes a comprehensive introduction to the study of World Englishes. With a new substantial introduction from the editor, the Handbook is an ideal resource for students of applied linguistics as well as those in related degrees such as applied English language and TESOL/TEFL.

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