Edited by Sandra C. Deshors
[Varieties of English Around the World G61] 2018
► pp. 15–44
From colonial dynamism to current transnationalism
A unified view on postcolonial and non-postcolonial Englishes
The ever-increasing dynamism of the diffusion of English calls for an integrated approach to postcolonial and non-postcolonial Englishes and to new contexts such as transnational cyberspace, new media, or “grassroots” usage. We focus on major theoretical approaches to modelling World Englishes in the 21st century by briefly defining, discussing, and comparing older and more recent approaches to the theorizing of World Englishes, their scope and their mutual relationships, notably the “Dynamic Model”, “Transnational Attraction”, and the “Extra- and Intra-territorial Forces Model”. We discuss these approaches in relation to some examples and applications from especially post-postcolonial nations and contexts, including South-East Asia, Namibia and Germany, Cyprus and Greece, Bosnia-Herzegovina, social media (with examples from Facebook), fanfiction writing, and multiplayer online games.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Theorizing World Englishes
- 2.1Established approaches
- 2.2Changing linguistic realities
- 2.3Theorizing World Englishes II: Recent approaches
- 3.Innovative approaches applied
- 3.1Bridging the postcolonial/non-postcolonial divide: Applied perspectives from Europe, Namibia, and South-East Asia
- 3.1.1South-East Asia
- 3.1.2Namibia and Germany
- 3.1.3Cyprus and Greece
- 3.1.4Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 3.1.5Discussion: Theoretical implications and applications
- 3.2Digital Englishes
- 3.2.1Facebook communication
- 3.2.2Fanfiction writing
- 3.2.3Multiplayer online games
- 3.2.4Discussion: Theoretical implications and applications
- 3.1Bridging the postcolonial/non-postcolonial divide: Applied perspectives from Europe, Namibia, and South-East Asia
- 4.Conclusion
-
Notes -
References
https://doi.org/10.1075/veaw.g61.02bus
References
Cited by
Cited by 8 other publications
This list is based on CrossRef data as of 05 january 2023. Please note that it may not be complete. Sources presented here have been supplied by the respective publishers. Any errors therein should be reported to them.