This volume explores the global spread of English or global Englishes, and English as a Lingua Franca (ELF), focusing specifically on Asian Englishes. It is unique in the range of diverse perspectives across the languages and cultures by its contributors.
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Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction: Global Englishes from Global Perspectives; K.Murata & J.Jenkins PART I: UNDERSTANDING ENGLISHES AND ENGLISH AS A LINGUA FRANCA (ELF) IN ASIA Dimensions of Understanding in Cross-Cultural Communication; L.Smith Accommodation and the Idiom Principle in English as a Lingua Franca; B.Seidlhofer & H.Widdowson Exploring Attitudes Towards English as a Lingua Franca in the East Asian Context; J.Jenkins PART II: CULTURAL IDENTITY, IDEOLOGY AND ATTITUDES IN ENGLISHES IN ASIA Pygmalion in Singapore; T.Hung Japanese English for EIAL: What it should be like and how much has been introduced; M.Morizumi Characteristics of Korea English as a Glocalized Variety; K-J.Park PART III: ENGLISHES IN ASIAN ACADEMIC AND BUSINESS CONTEXTS Academic Writing in World Englishes: the Asian Context; Y.Kachru Standards and Linguistic Realities of English in the Malaysian Workplace; S.Gill English in Asian Advertising and the Teaching of World Englishes; T.K.Bhatia PART IV: THE FUTURE OF ENGLISHES: A PARADIGM SHIFT? Asian Englishes in the Asian Age: Contexts and Challenges; B.Kachru Plurilithic Englishes; A.Pennycook The Future of English: Beyond the Kachruvian Three Circle Model?; Y.Yano Index
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TEJ K. BHATIA is Professor in the Linguistics and Cognitive Sciences program at Syracuse University, New York, USA SARAN GILL is Professor of Sociolinguistics and Intercultural Communication in the School of Language Studies and Linguistics, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan, Malaysia TONY T.N. HUNG is a Professor in the Language Centre, Hong Kong Baptist University BRAJ B. KACHRU is Center for Advanced Study Professor of Linguistics and Jubilee Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences Emeritus, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA YAMUNA KACHRU is Professor Emerita, Department of Linguistics University of Illinois at Urbana-Chmpaign, USA MORIZUMI MAMORU is Professor of English and English Language Teaching at the Graduate School of International Relations, Obirin University, Japan KYUNG-JA PARK is Professor Emeritus of Korea University, Korea ALASTAIR PENNYCOOK is Professor of Language Studies at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia BARBARA SEIDLHOFER is Professor of English and Applied Linguistics at the University of Vienna, Austria LARRY E. SMITH is Executive Director of the International Association for World Englishes (IAWE), Inc HENRY WIDDOWSON is Emeritus Professor of Education, University of London and Honorary Professor at the University of Vienna, Austria YASUKATA YANO is Professor of Applied Linguistics at Waseda University, Japan.