Book contents
- Multilingual Development
- Multilingual Development
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- 1 Multilingualism
- 2 On Advantages and Effects of Multilingual Development
- 3 Cross-Linguistic Influence
- 4 Language Development in Multilingual Settings
- 5 Multilingual Language Policies, Identities, and Attitudes
- 6 The New Englishes in Their Multilingual Ecologies
- 7 Patterns and Limits of Multilingualism
- References
- Index
6 - The New Englishes in Their Multilingual Ecologies
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 January 2023
- Multilingual Development
- Multilingual Development
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- 1 Multilingualism
- 2 On Advantages and Effects of Multilingual Development
- 3 Cross-Linguistic Influence
- 4 Language Development in Multilingual Settings
- 5 Multilingual Language Policies, Identities, and Attitudes
- 6 The New Englishes in Their Multilingual Ecologies
- 7 Patterns and Limits of Multilingualism
- References
- Index
Summary
Chapter 6 extends the discussion of multilingual development to the so-called New Englishes as symbolic systems that developed in the former colonial territories and continued to develop after the collapse of the British Empire in the newly created independent polities. More precisely, the focus here lies on outer circle Englishes in the sense of Kachru (1985). The New Englishes are analyzed from the perspective of their surrounding multilingual ecologies and not, as is more customary, in terms of hermetically delineated national varieties of English. On that account, the chapter focuses on recent – and also more historical – multilingual outcomes of globalization where English plays a prominent role, has been incorporated into the local ecologies, interacts with many other languages, and shows or is beginning to show traces of localization or nativization. Case studies include Singapore, Hong Kong, and Dubai. The chapter thus brings together the key issues discussed in the preceding chapters – globalization, migration, urban areas, multilingual advantages or effects, cross-linguistic influence, language acquisition and learning, language policies, identities, and attitudes – and pivots them on contexts of particular prominence.
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- Multilingual DevelopmentEnglish in a Global Context, pp. 179 - 226Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023