The Evolution of Englishes: The Dynamic Model and beyond(G49 Varieties of English Around the World)

This two-part volume provides a collection of 27 linguistic studies and contributions that shed light on the evolution of different Englishes world-wide (varieties, learner Englishes, dialects, creoles) from a broad spectrum of different perspectives, including both synchronic and diachronic approaches. What makes the volume unique is that it is the first-ever contribution to the field which includes a section exclusively commited towards testing, discussing and refining Schneider’s (2007) Dynamic Model against recent realities of English world-wide (Part 1). These realities include a wide variety of case studies ranging from regions (socio)linguistically as diverse as South Africa, the Phillipines, Cyprus or Germany. Part 2 goes beyond the Dynamic Model and offers both empirical and theoretical perspectives on the evolution of World Englishes. In doing so, it provides contributions with a theoretical focus on the topic as well as cross-varietal accounts; it sheds light on individual Englishes from different geographical regions and offers new perspectives on “old” varieties.

Table of Contents:
1. Series editor's preface (by Hackert, Stephanie); 2. Editors' preface: The evolution of Englishes: In honour of Edgar Schneider on the occasion of his 60th birthday (by Buschfeld, Sarah); 3. Introduction (by Buschfeld, Sarah); 4. Part I: The Dynamic Model; 5. Convergence and endonormativity at Phase Four of the Dynamic Model (by Rooy, Bertus van); 6. The identity issue in bi- and multilingual repertoires in South Africa: Implications for Schneider's Dynamic Model (by Coetzee-Van Rooy, Susan); 7. The sociophonetic effects of Event X: Post-apartheid Black South African English in multicultural contact with other South African Englishes (by Mesthrie, Rajend); 8. Beyond Nativization? Philippine English in Schneider's Dynamic Model (by Pefianco Martin, Isabel); 9. Stylistic and sociolinguistic variation in Schneider's Nativization Phase: T-affrication and relativization in Ghanaian English (by Huber, Magnus); 10. Differentiation in Australian English (by Peters, Pam); 11. The Evolution of Singlish: Beyond Phase 5? (by Wee, Lionel); 12. Emergence of "new varieties" in speech as a complex system (by Kretzschmar, Jr., William A.); 13. The cognitive evolution of Englishes: The role of constructions in the dynamic model (by Hoffmann, Thomas); 14. English in Cyprus and Namibia: A critical approach to taxonomies and models of World Englishes and Second Language Acquisition research (by Buschfeld, Sarah); 15. English in Germany: Retreating exonormative orientation and incipient nativization (by Kautzsch, Alexander); 16. Part II: Beyond the Dynamic Model - Empirical and theoretical perspectives on World Englishes; 17. Focus 1: Contributions with a theoretical focus; 18. On cafeterias and new dialects: The role of primary transmitters (by Schreier, Daniel); 19. Does money talk, and do languages have price tags? Economic perspectives on English as a global language (by Mair, Christian); 20. Language variation and education: A focus on Pakistan (by Mahboob, Ahmar); 21. The evolution of English(es): Notes on the history of an idea (by Hackert, Stephanie); 22. Focus 2: Cross-varietal contributions; 23. At the crossroads of variation studies and corpus linguistics: The analysis of past tense and past participle forms (by Ramisch, Heinrich); 24. Compounding and Suffixation in World Englishes (by Biermeier, Thomas); 25. Focus 3: United States; 26. When did Southern American English really begin?: Testing Bailey's Hypothesis (by Montgomery, Michael); 27. The English origins of African American Vernacular English: What Edgar W. Schneider has taught us (by Mufwene, Salikoko S.); 28. Innovation in pre-World War II AAVE?: Evidence from BLUR (by Miethaner, Ulrich); 29. Focus 4: Asia and Africa; 30. Non-standard or new standards or errors?: The use of inflectional marking for present and past tenses in English as an Asian lingua franca (by Kirkpatrick, Andy); 31. Yesterday's founder population, today's Englishes: The role of the Peranakans in the (continuing) evolution of Singapore English (by Lim, Lisa); 32. The evolution of Brunei English: How it is contributing to the development of English in the world (by Deterding, David); 33. The evolutionary trajectory of Cameroonian Creole and its varying sociolinguistic statuses (by Ngefac, Aloysius); 34. Focus 5: Old varieties, new perspectives; 35. Lexical creativity reconsidered: GUI, cyborg, cred, pay-per-view, techno and cyber- (by Fischer, Roswitha); 36. The language of butchery, the UK's last public craft (by Upton, Clive); 37. A New Old English? The chances of an Anglo-Saxon revival on the Internet (by Neuland, Christina); 38. Name index; 39. Subject index

Review :
The book is a substantial contribution to the body of research dealing with the Dynamic Model. Not only do the studies provide extensive exemplification of the potential of Schneider’s Model, they also point out important elements of the Model in need of modification and stress essential adaptations in order to take the sociolinguistic reality of specific varieties into account.