Global Englishes in Asian Contexts: Current and Future Debates

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.

Table of Contents:
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

About the Author :
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 LinguisticsUniversity 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.

Review :
'This book is a very welcome addition to the literature available to students on BA and MA programmes. I believe that many of the chapters will engender some very stimulating and thought provoking discussions...a very timely, much needed contribution to our growing understanding of the global presence of English in all its many guises across Asia and the wider world' - Martin Dewey, King's College London, UK '...a valuable and timely addition to the ever-growing field of WE. It not only contributes to the expanding body of research on Asian Englishes, but it also sheds invaluable light on the current and future debates surrounding the use of English(es) today...Taken as a whole, the volume is a very solid, well-argued, and highly structured text, and all of the chapters in the volume are written in a clear, accessible, and engaging style, despite the complexity of the issues involved. I would highly recommend this book to researchers who are interested in WE, Englishstudies, sociolinguistics, and intercultural communication, especially those who are engaged in sociolinguistic research in Asian contexts. It would also serve as a very good introduction to readers who may be new to the fascinating field of WE.' - Language and Intercultural Communication '[This volume] offers a high quality, largely cohesive and comprehensive look at English in Asia.' - World Englishes 'One of the book's strengths is its accessibility; the arguments, while seemingly complex and multifaceted, are easy to understand...this book does exactly what it sets out to do in the Introduction from Murata and Jenkins. It provides readers with a good understanding of the spread of English throughout Asia.' - James Essex, Komazawa University, JALT Journal