Handbook of World Englishes

Cecil L. Nelson is Professor Emeritus of Linguistics, Indiana State University, USA. He was President of the International Association for World Englishes from 2015 to 2017. He is author of Intelligibility in World Englishes: Theory and Application (2011) and co-author (with Yamuna Kachru) of World Englishes in Asian Contexts (2006). He was co-editor (with Braj B. Kachru and Yamuna Kachru) of The Handbook of World Englishes (Wiley Blackwell, 2006). Zoya G. Proshina is Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages Teaching Theory at M. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia. She was President of the International Association for World Englishes from 2011 to 2012. She has authored and edited a number of books, including Russian English: History, Functions, and Features (with Anna Eddy, 2016). Daniel R. Davis is Professor of Linguistics, University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA. He was Executive Director of the International Association for World Englishes from 2011 to 2018. He has published papers on world Englishes, American English, and the history of the English language. He is co-editor (with Kingsley Bolton) of the journal World Englishes.

• Lists of Figures and TablesList of ContributorsPreface to the Second EditionPreface to the First EditionIntroduction: The World of World EnglishesBraj B. Kachru, Yamuna Kachru, Cecil L. Nelson, Zoya G. Proshina, and Daniel R. DavisPart 1 The Historical ContextFirst Diaspora1 BeginningsRobert D. King2 English in ScotlandFiona DouglasSecond Diaspora3 English in the United StatesEdgar W. Schneider4 English in CanadaStefan Dollinger5 English in Australia and New ZealandScott F. Kiesling6 Caribbean EnglishesMichael AcetoThird Diaspora7 South Asian EnglishesRavinder Gargesh8 English in Southeast AsiaEe Ling Low9 South African Englishes: Forms and FunctionsNkonko M. Kamwangamalu10 African Englishes and Creative WritingEyamba G. BokambaFourth Diaspora11 South American Englishes and English in South AmericaPatricia Friedrich12 Euro-EnglishesSuzanne K. Hilgendorf 13 Russian EnglishesZoya G. Proshina14 East Asian EnglishesNobuyuki Honna15 English in the People’s Republic of ChinaWei Zhang, Kingsley Bolton, and Werner BothaPart II Variational Contexts16 Contact Linguistics and World EnglishesRajend Mesthrie17 Pidgins and CreolesSalikoko S. Mufwene18 African American EnglishWalt WolframPart III Acculturation19 Written Language, Standard Language, Global LanguageM.A.K. Halliday20 Speaking and Writing in World EnglishesYamuna Kachru21 Genres and Styles in World EnglishesVijay K. BhatiaPart IV Crossing Borders22 Literary Creativity in World EnglishesEdwin Thumboo23 Bilingual Language Play and World EnglishesAlexandra A. Rivlina24 World Englishes and Issues of IntelligibilityLarry E. Smith and Cecil L. Nelson25 World Englishes and Culture WarsBraj B. KachruPart V Grammar wars and standards26 Grammar Wars: Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century EnglandLinda C. Mitchell27 Grammar Wars: The United StatesJohn Algeo28 World Englishes and Descriptive GrammarsDaniel R. Davis29 World Englishes and Corpora StudiesGerald NelsonPart VI Ideology, Identity, and Constructs30 Colonial/Postcolonial Critique: The Challenge from World EnglishesPradeep A. Dhillon31 Postcolonial Theory and World Englishes: Toward a DialogueWimal Dissanayake32 Creative Acts of Gender in World EnglishesTamara M. ValentinePart VII World Englishes and Globalization33 World Englishes in the MediaElizabeth A. Martin34 World Englishes in Global AdvertisingTej K. Bhatia35 World Englishes and Global CommerceStanley Yunick Van HornPart VIII World Englishes and Applied Theory36 A Recurring Decimal: English in Language Policy and PlanningAyọ Bamgboṣe37 World Englishes and Communicative CompetenceMargie Berns38 World Englishes and PedagogyAya Matsuda39 World Englishes and International Standardized English Proficiency TestsJames Dean Brown40 World Englishes and LexicographyFredric DolezalPart IX Outlook for the Future41 World Englishes: Current Debates and Future DirectionsKingsley Bolton42 The Karmic Cycle of World Englishes: Some Futuristic ConstructsYamuna Kachru and Larry E. Smith