Unequal Englishes : the politics of Englishes today /

"Unequal Englishes challenges the widely held assumption that languages and linguistic varieties are equal, exploring the various ways we can understand, examine and transform inequalities of Englishes. Written by engaging and well-known scholars of language, education and politics, the chapter...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Tupas, T. Ruanni F. (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Subjects:	Language policy > English-speaking countries. English language > Study and teaching > English-speaking countries. English language > Political aspects. English language > Variation > Political aspects. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching. English language / Political aspects. English language / Study and teaching / English-speaking countries. English language / Variation / Political aspects. Language policy / English-speaking countries. Englisch. Sprachpolitik. Sprachvariante. Englisches Sprachgebiet.

Table of Contents:

Foreword /by Arjuna Parakrama
Introduction: From World Englishes to Unequal Englishes / Ruanni Tupas and Rani Rubdy
PART I: APPROACHES TO UNEQUAL ENGLISHES. 1. Inequalities of Englishes, English Speakers, and Languages: A Critical Perspective of Pluralist Approaches to English / Ryuko Kubota ; 2. Unequal Englishes, the Native Speaker, and Decolonization in TESOL / Rani Rubdy ; 3. Structures of Feeling in Unequal Englishes / Joseph Sung-Yul Park ; 4. Global English and Inequality: The Contested Ground of Linguistic Power / Peter Ives
PART II: ENGLISHES IN NEXUSES OF POWER AND INEQUALITY. 5. 'Just an Old Joke': Chinglish, Narrative and Linguistic Inequality in the Chinese English Classroom / Eric S. Henry ; 6. English in Japan: Indecisions, Inequalities and Practices of Relocalization / Glenn Toh ; 7. Performing Gayness and English in an Offshore Call Center Industry / Aileen O. Salonga
PART III: ENGLISHES IN CHANGING MULTILINGUAL SPACES. 8. Earning Capital in Hawai'i's Linguistic Landscape / Christina HigginS ; 9. Glocalization and the Spread of Unequal Englishes: Vernacular Signs in the Centre of Beijing / Lin Pan ; 10. Singlish Strikes Back in Singapore / Catherine Chua, Siew Kheng
PART IV: ENGLISHES IN UNEQUAL LEARNING SPACES. 11. Contesting the Raj's 'Divide and Rule' Policies: Linguistic Apartheid, Unequal Englishes, and the Postcolonial Framework / Vaidehi Ramanathan / 12. Unequal Englishes in Imagined Intercultural Interactions / Phan Le Ha / 13. Preparing Teachers for 'Unequal Englishes': The D-TEIL Experience in Cuba / Ian Martin and Brian Morgan.