Aspects of sociolinguistics in South Asia
In: International Journal of the sociology of language 16
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In: International Journal of the sociology of language 16
In: Asian Englishes: an international journal of the sociolinguistics of English in Asia, Pacific, Band 4, Heft 2, S. 42-53
ISSN: 2331-2548
This paper outlines the dimensions of Asia's English, which constitutes a world of its own in linguistic, cultural, interactional, ideological, and political terms. The questions this paper raises are: What conditions must a transplanted colonial language satisfy to be accepted as part of the colonized's linguistic repertoire? Why not consider Asian Englishes as part of a local pluralistic linguistic heritage? Answers to these questions demand redefining the concept of «nativeness» and types of nativeness; this paper advances that proposal by describing the distinction between «genetic nativeness» and «functional nativeness». The remainder of the paper comprises the sections: Asian presence of English; domains of functions; the albatross of mythology; mythology and the Asian context; decolonizing context and text; canonicity, diversity and Asian English; English on Asian terms; and institutionalization of Asian Englishes. In concluding, the paper briefly considers the often repeated question: Where do we go with Asian Englishes?.
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In: International journal of the sociology of language: IJSL, Band 1981, Heft 31
ISSN: 1613-3668
In: International journal of the sociology of language: IJSL, Band 1978, Heft 16
ISSN: 1613-3668
In: International journal of the sociology of language: IJSL, Band 1975, Heft 4
ISSN: 1613-3668