Modeling world Englishes
Subtitle: assessing the interplay of emancipation and globalization of ESL varieties
By: edited by Sandra C. Deshors, Michigan State University
Contributors: Kautzsch, Alexander, 1969-2018, honouree
Series: Varieties of English around the world (VEAW) -- volume G61; Varieties of English around the world -- v. 61.
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company; Benjamins Publishing Company, John
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
ISBN-13: 9789027201232; 9789027263704
Subjects: English language; Variation; Study and teaching; Foreign speakers
Description: At a time when globalization and the advent of the internet have accelerated the spread and diversification of English varieties worldwide, this book provides a constructive assessment of the theoretical models that best account for the development and use of Englishes in the early 21st century. In this endeavor, the present book brings together cutting-edge contributions by leading scholars who explore the notion of linguistic globalization based on a wide range of ESLs, EFLs and ELF, synchronic and diachronic data, different methodological approaches (corpus-based, sociolinguistic, ethnographic), and a variety of data resources (social media, multiplayer online games, journalistic data, GloWbE, Corpus of Historical Singapore English, thematic blogs). Collectively, these studies serve as a springboard for future research on the globalization of Englishes and they contribute to a timely and necessary scholarly conversation on what constitutes adequate theoretical models of World Englishes in the 21st century.
Notes: This work commemorates the life and work of the late scholar, Alexander Kautzsch.

Includes bibliographical references and index.