World Englishes at the Grassroots

World Englishes at the Grassroots

 
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Publisher: EUP
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ISBN13:9781474467551
ISBN10:1474467555
Binding:Hardback
No. of pages:290 pages
Size:244x170 mm
Language:English
Illustrations: 50 Illustrations, black & white
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Short description:

Bringing together an international range of contributors, this book explores face-to-face uses of English in a range of grassroots multilingual contexts.

Long description:

English as a second and foreign language is increasingly used at the grassroots level, by individuals coming from disadvantaged backgrounds with often little or no access to formal education, in business and in contexts outside of international organisations, education and academia. Bringing together an international range of contributors, this book explores face-to-face uses of English in a range of grassroots multilingual contexts. Divided into three parts, the book explores the spread of English in former areas of British domination including Africa and the East, in trade and work migration, and in forced migration by refugees. The chapters present cutting edge case studies which draw on spoken data from Uganda, South Africa, Bahrain, China, Bangladesh, Germany, Italy and the UK. In doing so the book presents an empirical basis for the further study and modelling of world Englishes. It examines the scope for integrating Englishes at the grassroots into existing models of English and explores relations between notions of hybrid languages, translanguaging, polylanguaging and world Englishes.

Table of Contents:
Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Contributors; 1: Introduction: English spreading at the grassroots, Christiane Meierkord and Edgar W. Schneider; 2: Grassroots English, learner English, second
-language English, English as a lingua franca ... : What?s in a name?, Sarah Buschfeld; Part I: English at the grassroots in former spheres of British interest; 3: The sociolinguistic profile of English at the grassroots level:
A comparison of Northern and Western Uganda, Bebwa Isingoma; 4: English language learning trajectories among Zanzibaris working in tourism, Susanne Mohr; 5: Access to English and the Englishes of the disadvantaged
- examples from Uganda and South Africa, Christiane Meierkord; 6: Artistic re
-creation of grassroots English: Ideologies and structures in English Vinglish, Edgar W. Schneider; Part II: English in trade and work migration; 7: Facets of intercultural communication employed in the conversations of local Arab traders in Bahrain, Anthonia Akhidenor
-Bamidele; 8: The value of grassroots English for Bangladeshi migrants to the Middle East, Qumrul Hasan Chowdhury and Elizabeth J. Erling; 9: Grassroots diffusion of English in a ?blue
-collar? workplace: the case of a multilingual cleaning company in New Jersey, USA, Kellie Gonçalves; Part III: English in forced migration; 10: Language use among Syrian refugees in Germany, Guyanne Wilson; 11: Uprooted speakers? grassroots English: Metalinguistic perspectives of asylum seekers in Germany, Axel Bohmann; 12: Onward migration from Italy to the UK: reshaped linguistic repertoires and the role of English, Francesco Goglia; Index