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05
New Englishes, new methods, new people: Early-career scholars define the challenges for research on World Englishes in the 21st century. This is a volume of original contributions that make stimulating<br />reading.
Christian Mair, University of Freiburg
05
<i>New Englishes, New Methods</i> marks a coming of age of the study of global English varieties. The collection applies an exciting range of state-of-the-art techniques—perceptual dialectology, conversation and discourse analysis, acoustic analysis, ethnography—to global contexts, and showcases the exceptional potential of New Englishes for advancing novel methods in linguistics.
Devyani Sharma, Queen Mary University of London
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The volume is highly recommended to anyone suffering from a bout of research fatigue and looking for an inspiring antidote.
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New Englishes new methods
An introduction
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Guyanne Wilson
Wilson, Guyanne
Guyanne
Wilson
University College London
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Michael Westphal
Westphal, Michael
Michael
Westphal
University College London
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Part I. Corpora
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Verbal past inflection in Nigerian English
A case for sociolinguistic compound vision
1
A01
Axel Bohmann
Bohmann, Axel
Axel
Bohmann
University of Freiburg
2
A01
Adesoji Babalola
Babalola, Adesoji
Adesoji
Babalola
Obafemi Awolowo University
20
International Corpus of English
20
mixed-effects regression
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morphology
20
Nigerian English
20
past inflection
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sociolinguistics
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We analyze variation in Nigerian English verbal past inflection on the basis of 2,989 verbs with past-time reference. Observations were extracted from the spontaneous conversations category of the International Corpus of English Nigeria and from two sets of sociolinguistic interviews. In contrast to the previous literature, our analysis shows rich systematicity in the constraints governing verbal past inflection, but also significant differences between the data sets. The latter concern both the overall frequency of past inflection and the number and strength of linguistic conditioning variables. At the level of method, we argue for ‘sociolinguistic compound vision,’ i.e. an active effort to include diverse data sets in order to avoid homogenizing accounts of New Englishes.
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Functions of code-switching in online registers of Pakistani English
1
A01
Muhammad Shakir
Shakir, Muhammad
Muhammad
Shakir
University of Münster
20
code-switching
20
computer-mediated communication
20
corpus linguistics
20
New Englishes
20
online registers
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Pakistani English
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This chapter analyzes online registers of Pakistani English to identify (socio)linguistic functions for code-switching to indigenous languages. Predominantly English texts containing code-switching instances to Urdu and other Pakistani languages were selected. A corpus of about 1.2 million words was used in this study. 1811 instances of code-switching were identified and divided into seven functions of code-switching: addressee specification, emphatic, free, lexical, message qualification, quotation, and tags. The findings show that tags or discourse level items (discourse particles, idiomatic expressions, religious expressions, honorifics) are the most common functions of code-switching. The use of multilingual resources exhibits how language in Pakistan is appropriated by online writers to convey local identities and fulfil specific communicative needs.
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New Englishes and Conversation Analysis
Turn-taking as a factor in explaining syntactic variation
1
A01
Theresa Neumaier
Neumaier, Theresa
Theresa
Neumaier
TU Dortmund University
20
Asian Corpus of English
20
Caribbean Englishes
20
Conversation Analysis
20
interaction
20
International Corpus of English
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New Englishes
20
Southeast Asian Englishes
20
syntax
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topicalization
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turn-holding
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turn-taking
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This study assesses the potential of using conversation analytic methodology to investigate syntactic variation in New Englishes. It analyses transcripts and audio files of face-to-face interactions between speakers of Caribbean and Southeast Asian Englishes and illustrates how syntax provides essential clues allowing interactants to project upcoming places of speaker change. Current speakers might adapt their turns underway to avoid transition to a next speaker, but speaker groups differ when it comes to which syntactic constructions they prefer in this context. As these interactional preferences seem to correlate with linguistic preferences (such as a high frequency of topicalization), the present study suggests that they constitute a case of emergent grammar, and hence should be considered a factor in investigating syntactic variation.
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Creole and power
A Critical Discourse Analysis of legal cross‑examinations in ICE Jamaica and ICE Trinidad and Tobago
1
A01
Michael Westphal
Westphal, Michael
Michael
Westphal
University of Münster
2
A01
Guyanne Wilson
Wilson, Guyanne
Guyanne
Wilson
University College London
20
Creole
20
Critical Discourse Analysis
20
International Corpus of English
20
Jamaica
20
language and law
20
language and power
20
legal cross-examinations
20
New Englishes
20
Trinidad
01
The paper presents a Critical Discourse Analysis of Jamaican and Trinidadian legal-cross examinations, using data from the International Corpus of English. Although English is the dominant language of the courtroom, the analysis shows that Creole is used by both attorneys and witnesses. In contrast to previous associations of Creole with powerlessness and Standard English with power, attorneys make use of both varieties to exert their authority in the courtroom. Hence, the value of specific linguistic resources and who can use them for which purpose depends on the speakers’ social and institutional positionality. On a methodological level, the paper demonstrates that the International Corpus of English provides valuable data for critical qualitative analyses of language variation in New Englishes.
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Question intonation patterns in Nigerian English
1
A01
Folajimi Oyebola
Oyebola, Folajimi
Folajimi
Oyebola
University of Bremen
2
A01
Warsa Melles
Melles, Warsa
Warsa
Melles
TU Dortmund University
20
intonation patterns
20
New Englishes
20
Nigerian English
20
question forms
20
tones and break indices
01
This study investigates the intonation patterns in wh-questions and yes/no-questions used by educated Nigerian speakers of English. It examines the possible influence of gender, ethnicity, and question type on the prosodic marking of questions. Audio recordings taken from the Nigerian component of the International Corpus of English were annotated in Praat using the tones and breaks indices transcription convention. The results show that there are similar intonation patterns among Nigerian speakers. Both wh-questions and yes/no-questions tend to start with a level tone; while wh-questions end mostly with a falling tone, yes/no-questions end either with a falling or a rising tone. The results demonstrate that whereas gender has no significant effect, both ethnicity and question type significantly influence intonation patterns.
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Analysing the speech rhythm of New Englishes
A guide to researchers and a case study on Pakistani, Philippine, Nigerian, and British English
1
A01
Robert Fuchs
Fuchs, Robert
Robert
Fuchs
University of Hamburg
20
British English
20
Nigerian English
20
Pakistani English
20
Philippine English
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phonetics
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prosody
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Speech rhythm
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Most New Englishes are classified as syllable-timed and many L1 varieties of English as stress-timed. However, much empirical work on varieties of English and other languages has shown that a categorical distinction between discrete rhythm classes is not commensurate with the empirical evidence. Moreover, the comparability of published research is hampered by a lack of methodological standardization. This chapter provides a step-by-step guide for researchers and charts new avenues for future enquiries, illustrated with a case study comparing Pakistani, Nigerian, Philippine, and British English. Results indicate that the first three can be described as more syllable-timed than British English, but also that a binary classification of syllable- vs. stress-timed does not fully do justice to the results.
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Acceptability Judgement Tasks in New Englishes research
Focus on acrolectal Nigerian English
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A01
Kingsley Oluchi Ugwuanyi
Ugwuanyi, Kingsley Oluchi
Kingsley Oluchi
Ugwuanyi
University of Nigeria
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acceptability
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Acceptability Judgement Tasks
20
language attitudes
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New Englishes
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Nigerian English
01
Acceptability Judgement Tasks have been utilized in many areas of linguistics for a long time, and they are particularly useful in New Englishes contexts in measuring which local forms of English are acceptable to users. In light of this, this chapter examines the acceptability of Nigerian English (NigE) features using Acceptability Judgement Tasks. This study’s overarching goal is to show how NigE speakers’ acceptability ratings of and acceptability discourse about features of NigE index their orientations towards this variety and its characteristic features. The discussion of this analysis shows that it is beneficial to analyze the data emerging from Acceptability Judgement Tasks in both quantitative and qualitative ways.
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Mixed methods in the mapping of accent perceptions in Indian varieties of English
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A01
Giuliana Regnoli
Regnoli, Giuliana
Giuliana
Regnoli
University of Regensburg
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Indian Englishes
20
language attitudes
20
mixed methods
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New Englishes
20
perceptual dialectology
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This paper discusses the benefits of a mixed-methods approach designed for the investigation of language attitudes towards accent variation in Indian English. The study was carried out in a transient community of Indian university students in Heidelberg, Germany in 2018. Methods from language attitude research were combined with those from perceptual dialectology with the aim of eliciting both overt and covert attitudes. The paper critically assesses the current methods used in language attitude research in New Englishes, which often neglect the mapping of perceptual landscapes and mostly rely on Verbal Guise Tests and direct questions. The results show that a mixed-methods approach helps to depict the perceptual heterogeneity of language users in New Englishes contexts.
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Mapping perceptions in New Englishes
A case study from St Kitts
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A01
Mirjam Schmalz
Schmalz, Mirjam
Mirjam
Schmalz
University of Zürich
20
ArcGIS
20
Caribbean
20
draw-a-map task
20
language attitudes
20
mapping
20
New Englishes
20
perceptual dialectology
20
St Kitts
20
World Englishes
01
This chapter presents a case study illustrating the validity of employing a mixed-methods approach based on a draw-a-map task and semi-structured sociolinguistic interviews in language attitude research of a New Englishes context. This is illustrated by the analysis of two data sets. First, 49 participants drew perceptual maps of St Kitts and Nevis. The analysis of these maps shows that the participants exhibit complex perceptual landscapes, including areas with varying degrees of fine-grained subdivisions. In addition, interview data from sociolinguistic interviews allows for triangulation of the data and furthermore provides additional information. Thus, this chapter shows how a mixed-methods approach, including map-drawing tasks, can enrich the toolbox of research in New Englishes.
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Understanding, collecting, and presenting data in New Englishes research
Insights from ethnographic fieldwork in an Old Order Mennonite community
1
A01
Miriam Neuhausen
Neuhausen, Miriam
Miriam
Neuhausen
University of Freiburg
20
data presentation
20
ethnographic fieldwork
20
language contact
20
New Englishes communities
20
Old Order Mennonites
20
Pennsylvania German
20
Pennsylvania German English
20
researcher positionality
20
the sociolinguistic interview
01
Against the background of my fieldwork in an isolated Old Order Mennonite community averse to secular norms and values, I suggest ethnographic fieldwork is key to understanding, collecting, and presenting New Englishes data. Before entering the field, researchers must begin to question principles that work in Western urban societies but may play out differently in lesser-studied communities. An understanding of the sociolinguistic realities in the community under investigation paves the way for the discovery of new social variables, access to speakers, and the accomplishment of meaningful research. I illustrate these benefits mainly in reference to the Labovian sociolinguistic interview. Finally, the paper argues that researchers need to ensure that their representation of the community is in line with the community’s interests.
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Complicating the field
World Englishes and digital ethnography
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Theresa Heyd
Heyd, Theresa
Theresa
Heyd
University of Greifswald
20
computer-mediated communication
20
digital ethnography
20
fieldwork
20
research ethics
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In this contribution, I explore the growing role of digital communication for the study of World Englishes and specifically the potential of digital ethnography as a methodological framework. I outline basic principles and traditions of digital ethnography and point out continuities between the importance of traditional, on-the-ground fieldwork for World Englishes, and consequences of more complex and fuzzy notions of the digital field. I give a closer examination of applications of digital ethnography by pointing to three case studies in different global settings. Finally, the chapter concludes with a discussion of the research ethics gap in digital ethnography and initial suggestions for ethical grounding of digital ethnography approaches in World Englishes.
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Conclusion
New Englishes, new methods, new directions
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Guyanne Wilson
Wilson, Guyanne
Guyanne
Wilson
University College London
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Michael Westphal
Westphal, Michael
Michael
Westphal
University of Münster
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New Englishes, new methods, new people: Early-career scholars define the challenges for research on World Englishes in the 21st century. This is a volume of original contributions that make stimulating<br />reading.
Christian Mair, University of Freiburg
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<i>New Englishes, New Methods</i> marks a coming of age of the study of global English varieties. The collection applies an exciting range of state-of-the-art techniques—perceptual dialectology, conversation and discourse analysis, acoustic analysis, ethnography—to global contexts, and showcases the exceptional potential of New Englishes for advancing novel methods in linguistics.
Devyani Sharma, Queen Mary University of London
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New Englishes new methods
An introduction
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Guyanne Wilson
Wilson, Guyanne
Guyanne
Wilson
University College London
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Michael Westphal
Westphal, Michael
Michael
Westphal
University College London
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Part I. Corpora
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Verbal past inflection in Nigerian English
A case for sociolinguistic compound vision
1
A01
Axel Bohmann
Bohmann, Axel
Axel
Bohmann
University of Freiburg
2
A01
Adesoji Babalola
Babalola, Adesoji
Adesoji
Babalola
Obafemi Awolowo University
20
International Corpus of English
20
mixed-effects regression
20
morphology
20
Nigerian English
20
past inflection
20
sociolinguistics
01
We analyze variation in Nigerian English verbal past inflection on the basis of 2,989 verbs with past-time reference. Observations were extracted from the spontaneous conversations category of the International Corpus of English Nigeria and from two sets of sociolinguistic interviews. In contrast to the previous literature, our analysis shows rich systematicity in the constraints governing verbal past inflection, but also significant differences between the data sets. The latter concern both the overall frequency of past inflection and the number and strength of linguistic conditioning variables. At the level of method, we argue for ‘sociolinguistic compound vision,’ i.e. an active effort to include diverse data sets in order to avoid homogenizing accounts of New Englishes.
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Functions of code-switching in online registers of Pakistani English
1
A01
Muhammad Shakir
Shakir, Muhammad
Muhammad
Shakir
University of Münster
20
code-switching
20
computer-mediated communication
20
corpus linguistics
20
New Englishes
20
online registers
20
Pakistani English
01
This chapter analyzes online registers of Pakistani English to identify (socio)linguistic functions for code-switching to indigenous languages. Predominantly English texts containing code-switching instances to Urdu and other Pakistani languages were selected. A corpus of about 1.2 million words was used in this study. 1811 instances of code-switching were identified and divided into seven functions of code-switching: addressee specification, emphatic, free, lexical, message qualification, quotation, and tags. The findings show that tags or discourse level items (discourse particles, idiomatic expressions, religious expressions, honorifics) are the most common functions of code-switching. The use of multilingual resources exhibits how language in Pakistan is appropriated by online writers to convey local identities and fulfil specific communicative needs.
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New Englishes and Conversation Analysis
Turn-taking as a factor in explaining syntactic variation
1
A01
Theresa Neumaier
Neumaier, Theresa
Theresa
Neumaier
TU Dortmund University
20
Asian Corpus of English
20
Caribbean Englishes
20
Conversation Analysis
20
interaction
20
International Corpus of English
20
New Englishes
20
Southeast Asian Englishes
20
syntax
20
topicalization
20
turn-holding
20
turn-taking
01
This study assesses the potential of using conversation analytic methodology to investigate syntactic variation in New Englishes. It analyses transcripts and audio files of face-to-face interactions between speakers of Caribbean and Southeast Asian Englishes and illustrates how syntax provides essential clues allowing interactants to project upcoming places of speaker change. Current speakers might adapt their turns underway to avoid transition to a next speaker, but speaker groups differ when it comes to which syntactic constructions they prefer in this context. As these interactional preferences seem to correlate with linguistic preferences (such as a high frequency of topicalization), the present study suggests that they constitute a case of emergent grammar, and hence should be considered a factor in investigating syntactic variation.
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Creole and power
A Critical Discourse Analysis of legal cross‑examinations in ICE Jamaica and ICE Trinidad and Tobago
1
A01
Michael Westphal
Westphal, Michael
Michael
Westphal
University of Münster
2
A01
Guyanne Wilson
Wilson, Guyanne
Guyanne
Wilson
University College London
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Creole
20
Critical Discourse Analysis
20
International Corpus of English
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Jamaica
20
language and law
20
language and power
20
legal cross-examinations
20
New Englishes
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Trinidad
01
The paper presents a Critical Discourse Analysis of Jamaican and Trinidadian legal-cross examinations, using data from the International Corpus of English. Although English is the dominant language of the courtroom, the analysis shows that Creole is used by both attorneys and witnesses. In contrast to previous associations of Creole with powerlessness and Standard English with power, attorneys make use of both varieties to exert their authority in the courtroom. Hence, the value of specific linguistic resources and who can use them for which purpose depends on the speakers’ social and institutional positionality. On a methodological level, the paper demonstrates that the International Corpus of English provides valuable data for critical qualitative analyses of language variation in New Englishes.
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Question intonation patterns in Nigerian English
1
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Folajimi Oyebola
Oyebola, Folajimi
Folajimi
Oyebola
University of Bremen
2
A01
Warsa Melles
Melles, Warsa
Warsa
Melles
TU Dortmund University
20
intonation patterns
20
New Englishes
20
Nigerian English
20
question forms
20
tones and break indices
01
This study investigates the intonation patterns in wh-questions and yes/no-questions used by educated Nigerian speakers of English. It examines the possible influence of gender, ethnicity, and question type on the prosodic marking of questions. Audio recordings taken from the Nigerian component of the International Corpus of English were annotated in Praat using the tones and breaks indices transcription convention. The results show that there are similar intonation patterns among Nigerian speakers. Both wh-questions and yes/no-questions tend to start with a level tone; while wh-questions end mostly with a falling tone, yes/no-questions end either with a falling or a rising tone. The results demonstrate that whereas gender has no significant effect, both ethnicity and question type significantly influence intonation patterns.
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Analysing the speech rhythm of New Englishes
A guide to researchers and a case study on Pakistani, Philippine, Nigerian, and British English
1
A01
Robert Fuchs
Fuchs, Robert
Robert
Fuchs
University of Hamburg
20
British English
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Nigerian English
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Pakistani English
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Philippine English
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phonetics
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prosody
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Most New Englishes are classified as syllable-timed and many L1 varieties of English as stress-timed. However, much empirical work on varieties of English and other languages has shown that a categorical distinction between discrete rhythm classes is not commensurate with the empirical evidence. Moreover, the comparability of published research is hampered by a lack of methodological standardization. This chapter provides a step-by-step guide for researchers and charts new avenues for future enquiries, illustrated with a case study comparing Pakistani, Nigerian, Philippine, and British English. Results indicate that the first three can be described as more syllable-timed than British English, but also that a binary classification of syllable- vs. stress-timed does not fully do justice to the results.
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Acceptability Judgement Tasks in New Englishes research
Focus on acrolectal Nigerian English
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Kingsley Oluchi Ugwuanyi
Ugwuanyi, Kingsley Oluchi
Kingsley Oluchi
Ugwuanyi
University of Nigeria
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acceptability
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Acceptability Judgement Tasks
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language attitudes
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New Englishes
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Nigerian English
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Acceptability Judgement Tasks have been utilized in many areas of linguistics for a long time, and they are particularly useful in New Englishes contexts in measuring which local forms of English are acceptable to users. In light of this, this chapter examines the acceptability of Nigerian English (NigE) features using Acceptability Judgement Tasks. This study’s overarching goal is to show how NigE speakers’ acceptability ratings of and acceptability discourse about features of NigE index their orientations towards this variety and its characteristic features. The discussion of this analysis shows that it is beneficial to analyze the data emerging from Acceptability Judgement Tasks in both quantitative and qualitative ways.
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Mixed methods in the mapping of accent perceptions in Indian varieties of English
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Giuliana Regnoli
Regnoli, Giuliana
Giuliana
Regnoli
University of Regensburg
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Indian Englishes
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language attitudes
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mixed methods
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New Englishes
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perceptual dialectology
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This paper discusses the benefits of a mixed-methods approach designed for the investigation of language attitudes towards accent variation in Indian English. The study was carried out in a transient community of Indian university students in Heidelberg, Germany in 2018. Methods from language attitude research were combined with those from perceptual dialectology with the aim of eliciting both overt and covert attitudes. The paper critically assesses the current methods used in language attitude research in New Englishes, which often neglect the mapping of perceptual landscapes and mostly rely on Verbal Guise Tests and direct questions. The results show that a mixed-methods approach helps to depict the perceptual heterogeneity of language users in New Englishes contexts.
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Mapping perceptions in New Englishes
A case study from St Kitts
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Mirjam
Schmalz
University of Zürich
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ArcGIS
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Caribbean
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draw-a-map task
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language attitudes
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mapping
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New Englishes
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perceptual dialectology
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St Kitts
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World Englishes
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This chapter presents a case study illustrating the validity of employing a mixed-methods approach based on a draw-a-map task and semi-structured sociolinguistic interviews in language attitude research of a New Englishes context. This is illustrated by the analysis of two data sets. First, 49 participants drew perceptual maps of St Kitts and Nevis. The analysis of these maps shows that the participants exhibit complex perceptual landscapes, including areas with varying degrees of fine-grained subdivisions. In addition, interview data from sociolinguistic interviews allows for triangulation of the data and furthermore provides additional information. Thus, this chapter shows how a mixed-methods approach, including map-drawing tasks, can enrich the toolbox of research in New Englishes.
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Understanding, collecting, and presenting data in New Englishes research
Insights from ethnographic fieldwork in an Old Order Mennonite community
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Miriam Neuhausen
Neuhausen, Miriam
Miriam
Neuhausen
University of Freiburg
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data presentation
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ethnographic fieldwork
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language contact
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New Englishes communities
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Old Order Mennonites
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Pennsylvania German
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Pennsylvania German English
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researcher positionality
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the sociolinguistic interview
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Against the background of my fieldwork in an isolated Old Order Mennonite community averse to secular norms and values, I suggest ethnographic fieldwork is key to understanding, collecting, and presenting New Englishes data. Before entering the field, researchers must begin to question principles that work in Western urban societies but may play out differently in lesser-studied communities. An understanding of the sociolinguistic realities in the community under investigation paves the way for the discovery of new social variables, access to speakers, and the accomplishment of meaningful research. I illustrate these benefits mainly in reference to the Labovian sociolinguistic interview. Finally, the paper argues that researchers need to ensure that their representation of the community is in line with the community’s interests.
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Complicating the field
World Englishes and digital ethnography
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Theresa Heyd
Heyd, Theresa
Theresa
Heyd
University of Greifswald
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computer-mediated communication
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digital ethnography
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fieldwork
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research ethics
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In this contribution, I explore the growing role of digital communication for the study of World Englishes and specifically the potential of digital ethnography as a methodological framework. I outline basic principles and traditions of digital ethnography and point out continuities between the importance of traditional, on-the-ground fieldwork for World Englishes, and consequences of more complex and fuzzy notions of the digital field. I give a closer examination of applications of digital ethnography by pointing to three case studies in different global settings. Finally, the chapter concludes with a discussion of the research ethics gap in digital ethnography and initial suggestions for ethical grounding of digital ethnography approaches in World Englishes.
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Conclusion
New Englishes, new methods, new directions
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Guyanne Wilson
Wilson, Guyanne
Guyanne
Wilson
University College London
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Michael Westphal
Westphal, Michael
Michael
Westphal
University of Münster
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