World Englishes.ppt

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World Englishes

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Activity 1

Listen to the following speakers andrate the on the characteristicsprovided on the hando!t


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What does "World Englishes#ean$

The Expanding Circle

China, Egypt, Indonesia,

Israel, Japan, Korea,

Nepal, Saudi Arabia,

Taiwan, Russia,

Zimbabwe, South Ari!a,

Caribbean Islands

"E#$%

The Outer Circle

Bangladesh, IndiaGhana, Kenya,

Nigeria, Malaysia,

Pakistan, Philippines,

Singapore, Sri Lanka,

Tanzania, Zambia"ES$%

The Inner

Circle

USA

UK

Canada

AustraliaNew Zealand

Krachu’s Three Concentric Circles

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how any Englishes are there$

&a!Arthur's

!ir!le o

English


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%f we incl!de pidgins and

creoles & & &


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Neo-Solomonic (Solomon Islands)

• Orayt, mifla i go go lang (

salwater, lukawtim fish,

naw win i kem, naw mifla i (

go alebawt long kinu, nawbigfla win i kem naw, mifla ( (

go, no kachim ni ples i (

kwaytfla (

• !ery well "e kept going

on the sea, hunting fish,

and a wind arose# now we

were going in canoes, andan immense wind arose,

and we were thrown

around and ran $ery fast

(before the wind)

Is this English)


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The $ord's *rayer "rom +awaiian

*idgin ible%

-od, you our #adda. /ou stay inside da s0y. 1e li0e allda peopo 0now o shua how you stay, An dat you staygood an spesho, An we li0e dem gi2e you plennyrespe!0. 1e li0e you !ome King o e2erybody now. 1eli0e e2erybody ma0e 3ali0e you li0e, 42a hea inside daworld, Jali0e da angel guys up inside da s0y ma0e 3ali0eyou li0e. -i2e us da ood we need o today an e2ery day.+emmo our shame, an let us go #o all da 0ine bad stuwe do to you, Jali0e us guys let da odda guys goawready, And we no stay huhu wit dem #o all da 0ine

bad stu dey do to us. No let us get !han!e o do bad0ine stu, ut ta0e us outa dea, so da ad -uy no !anhurt us. Cu5 you our King. /ou get da real power, An youstay awesome oe2a. 6ass it78


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what kinds of '!estions doresearchers ask a(o!t world

Englishes$1& how are di)erent world Englishes

*socially+ perceived$

2& how recognia(le are di)erent worldEnglishes$ what factors in-!ence thisrecognition$

.& how is English !sed in the world$ how

sho!ld it (e !sed$ *in part, code/switching and lang!age policy+

& how do world Englishes di)er fro eachother or how are they siilar *pidgins

and creoles+$


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1& how are di)erent worldEnglishes *socially+

perceived$a. Matched Guise Test

$ambert, et al. "9:; ? @ ;#riendly Cold

6ependable $a5y

Stupid Intelligent

In reality the eBa!t same spea0er spo0e in English and #ren!h

#indings) oth English and #ren!h spea0ers ga2e more positi2e !hara!teristi!s toEnglish than #ren!h spea0ers

b. Real world applications


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$istener response sur2ey

Looked at ritish listeners perceptions of . ritish*34, West orkshire, iringha+ and . Aerican*Network, Ala(aa, N6+ varieties in ters ofstat!s and solidarity characteristics


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ritish attitudes 2s. Ameri!an attitudes

ritish "+iraga, >.irmingham

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Networ0

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1est /or0shire

New /or0

Alabama


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&di)erent world Englishes$what factors in-!ence this

recognition$

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7 = tracks *A!stralia, England, %ndia, %reland, >enya, New ork, cotland,o!th Africa, o!thern


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correct a ectidenti?cation (y native

English speakersD

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type of incorrect answersgiven

F Southern !S "##$% &idwest GS ?, Gtah ?, 1est Coast GS >,Rural GS >, England.

F England "#&$% Australia ?, South Ari!a ?, Northeastern GS >,Canada, #ran!e, S!otland, Gnited States, Caribbean, New

Zealand.F 'ew (or) "*+$ % &idwest GS 99, 1est Coast GS :, Canada ;,

Northern GS , Australia >, Southwestern GS >.

F ,ustralia "+&$% England 9D, New Zealand , Northeastern GS, South Ari!a ;, Ireland , Southern GS ?, Nothing >, Canada>, &idwest GS >, Northwestern GS >, Gnited States >, 1ales>, S!otland, Italy, G0raine.

F Scotland "+-$% Ireland ?, -reat ritain ;, Australia @, NewZealand ?, 1ales >, Southern GS >, &idwest GS,S!andina2ia, 1est Indies.


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F ndia "/-$% Ari!a 9>, Caribbean 9, Asia >, Zimbabwe >, ra5il >, 1estern GS>, Spain, Australia, 1est Ari!a, Egypt, Canada, Algeria,New Zealand, South Ameri!a, Nigeria, *hilippines, Russia,&eBi!o, #i3i, IraH, Israel, Aghanistan.

F reland "-0$% S!otland >:, Canada 9, England 9, GnitedStates >, 1estern GS >, Nothing, Argentina, India, &eBi!o,Norway, Spain, 1ales.

F ,1rica "Kenya$ "2+$% South Ari!a >9, Caribbean 9?, India:, Nothing ;, &iddle East , Canada @, -ermany ?, EastEurope >, #ran!e >, 1estern GS >, Southern GS >, NewZealand >, Northeast GS >, &idwest GS >, +awaii >, +ongKong >, IraH >, Ireland >, &eBi!o >, Netherlands, *a0istan,

*oland, *hilippines, Russia, Sri $an0a, Spain, GnitedStates, 1ales, Australia, England.

F South ,1rica "#02$% Australia @@, -reat ritain ?;, NewZealand 9:, Northeastern GS ;, S!otland @, Ireland ?,1ales >, Ari!a >, India >, Nothing, Canada, China,6enmar0, #ran!e, +awaii, Jamai!a, &idwest GS, NorthernEurope, *anama, *hilippines.


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type of incorrect responses

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correct a ectidenti?cation (y non/native

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correct dialect identi?cation (ynative *(l!e+ and non/native

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.& how is English !sed in theworld$

English used to ma0e something

loo0 more ashionable,

modern, eBpensi2e

EBample= A is or Ambrella

The 2ery best stationery

or people who get eB!itedwhen they see English

all o2er e2erything


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Gse o English between two spea0ers,

neither o whom spea0 English as a nati2e

language


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EBamples


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EBamples


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EBample study= Ad2ertising and

1orld Englishes


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1orld Englishes


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1orld Englishes


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EBample study= Code

swit!hingmiBingnati2i5ed English

1e, that is the &atsumoto amily, li2e in a manshon, too. At thismoment, I am wat!hing beisubooru on terebi. &y wie is outshopping at a depaato, and later she will stop at a suupaa to getpoo0u !hoppu, pan, bataa, 3amu, and perhaps some soose3i orbrea0ast. &y daughter has gone to the byuu!hii saron to get apaama. 4h the terehon is ringing. 1e !annot li2e a day in Japantoday without these loan words.

$anguage purists lament the a!t. The nationalists would wipe outall oreignsounding words rom our 2o!abulary. ut where will theybe without terebi, ra3io, taba0o, biiru, and terehon)

&atsumoto, 9:D;

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EBamples o Code &iBing

9. Es un . . . uh. . .. a!tory wor0er

>. Condu!tor "shouting in Swahili%=>. Condu!tor "shouting in Swahili%= #ugueni madirisha7#ugueni madirisha7 4pen the windows7

*assenger "welldressed% =*assenger "welldressed% = That is your job.That is your job.

?. Lena a!a. "!hild doesn't listen% Len a!a. "!hild doesn't listen% Come here now.

&. I went to Agra, to maine apne bhai0o bola 0i "then I said to my brother that% iyou !ome to 6elhi you must buy some lun!h.

+. A= 1ell, Im glad I met you.

= Andale pues. And do !ome again, mmh)

/. 1e2e got all . . . all these 0ids here right now. $os Hue estan ya !riados aHui,no los Hue estan re!ien 2enidos de &eBi!o "those that ha2e been born here,not the ones that ha2e 3ust arri2ed rom &eBi!o%. They all understoodEnglish


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Englishsamples

Spanishsamples

Total

Intersentential

/ear 9 ?D 9?. >.>

/ear > .9> >> 99.. ?. 9. . ?.;:

ResultsTable 9. *roportion o intrasentential and intersentential miBes

identiied in English and Spanish samples !olle!ted during years 9

and >.

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& how do world Englishes di)er froeach other or how are they siilar

*pidgins and creoles+$+awaiian *idgin

. 3honological

a. Spelling

b. Si4pli1ication and reduction o1 consonant clusters and digraphs

ailan or island .

!. Si4ple owels that coer a ariety o1 shades o1 phone4e

arurut or arrowroot

orait or all right

d. , pre1erence 1or C5C5 or C5C spelling structures

bokis or box .

e. 6oss o1 seeral sounds

1. /th t and d

de or there, da or the

2. /l/ /o/ mental mentoM people peepo.

?. No r/ car !ahM letter letta.


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II. Semanti!s "!ont%

d. Coiningss0ylar0 to waste time

!ommess !onusion!ontro2ersy

e. Reduplication

san sun sansan sand pis ish pispis to urinate ben bend benben !roo0ed

wa0awa0a "wal0% wander perpetually,

to0to0 gossip

ain !ry ainain 2ery lo2ely

1. 6oanshi1ts

bush unpolished person

dash bribe

mobile to own a !ar

*assion wee0 wee0 beore pay!he!0 when you ha2e no money

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III. &orphologySyntaB

a. 6ouble negati2es +i neba get no bu0

b. SL4 word order +i get da hawaian wai

!. No morphologi!alinle!tional mar0ers

loo0ed bin loo0 loo0ing be loo0

d. No !opula be Shi !raiin

e. No possessi2e mar0er Jan bu0 hauli hous

. Restri!ted prepositions

The guy gon' lay the 2inyl bin Huote me pri!e.

The man who was going to lay the 2inyl had Huoted me a pri!e.

g. #ormulai! eBpressions

there get here had

h. no plural

ma pi0in my !hild!hildren

dat tu man pi0in those two boys

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