Is English an Asian language? Andy Kirkpatrick with Wang Lixun
- Bib ID:
- 8559040
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Kirkpatrick, Andy, author
- Description:
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- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press UK, [2021]
- © 2021
- ix, 220 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBN:
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- 1107134684
- 9781107134683
- 9781316500774 ((pbk.))
- 1316500772
- Summary:
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Asia is now home to some 800 million multilingual speakers of English, more than the total number of native English speakers, and how they use English is continuously evolving and changing to reflect their cultural backgrounds and everyday experiences. Can English, therefore, be considered an Asian language? Drawing upon the Asian Corpus of English, this book will be the first comprehensive account of the roles, uses and features of English in Asia, encompassing several different varieties of Asian English. Chapters cover the distinctive linguistic features of English in different settings, such as in law, religion and popular culture, as well as the use of local rhetorical, pragmatic and cultural styles and its use as a lingua franca among Asian multilinguals. It will also examine the role of English in education - from primary through to higher education - and consider the implications of this for other languages of Asia.
- Notes:
- Contains bibliographical references (pages 202-216) and index.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Wang, Lixun, author
- Copyright:
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- Published
- Publication date:
- 2021
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