Rethinking Linguistic Creativity in Non-native Englishes
Editors
| Michigan State University
| Justus Liebig University Giessen
| Université catholique de Louvain
At a time when the paradigm gap (Sridhar & Sridhar 1986) between the EFL and ESL research areas is attracting much scholarly attention, the contributions in the current volume explore this gap from the perspective of linguistic innovations across the two different types of non-native Englishes. In this endeavour, this volume unveils the many facets of linguistic innovations in non-native English varieties and explores the fine line between learners’ erroneous versus creative use of a target language. Adopting empirical, corpus-based approaches to portray linguistic innovations characteristic of EFL and ESL varieties, the contributions show how the interaction of linguistic and social forces influences the development of novel linguistic forms in both endonormative ESL contexts and exonormative EFL contexts. This volume is of relevance to linguists who are interested in the features of non-native English and who wish to gain a better understanding of the nature of innovations along the EFL – ESL continuum.Originally published as a special issue of International Journal of Learner Corpora Research 2:2 (2016).
[Benjamins Current Topics, 98] 2018. vi, 223 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
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Introduction
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Linguistic innovations in EFL and ESL: Rethinking the linguistic creativity of non-native English speakersSandra C. Deshors, Sandra Götz and Samantha Laporte | pp. 1–20
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"This hair-style called as 'duck tail'": The 'intrusive as' -construction in South Asian varieties of English and Learner EnglishesChristopher Koch, Claudia Lange and Sven Leuckert | pp. 21–46
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Detecting innovations in a parsed corpus of learner EnglishGerold Schneider and Gaëtanelle Gilquin | pp. 47–74
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The innovative progressive aspect of Black South African English: The role of language proficiency and normative processesBertus van Rooy and Haidee Kruger | pp. 75–98
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Towards a process-oriented approach to comparing EFL and ESL varieties: A corpus-study of lexical innovationsMarcus Callies | pp. 99–120
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In case of innovation: Academic phraseology in the Three CirclesAlison Edwards and Rutger-Jan Lange | pp. 121–146
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Innovative conversions in South-East Asian Englishes: Reassessing ESL statusStephanie Horch | pp. 147–170
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The fate of linguistic innovations: Jersey English and French learner English comparedAnna Rosen | pp. 171–191
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"It's always different when you look something from the inside": Linguistic innovation in a corpus of ELF Skype conversationsMarie-Louise Brunner, Stefan Diemer and Selina Schmidt | pp. 193–220
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Subject index
“Geared primarily towards linguists interested in the features of non-native English, there is no doubt that the book will be of great interest and benefit to researchers and graduate students in diverse disciplines: corpus linguists, applied linguists, SLA researchers, educational linguists, as well as sociologists and anthropologists focused on World Englishes.”
Simone E. Pfenninger, University of Salzburg, in English World-Wide 40:2 (2019) pp. 232–237
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Subjects & Metadata
Linguistics
BIC Subject: CFDM – Bilingualism & multilingualism
BISAC Subject: LAN009000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General