In:English in Kuwait: Development, status and usage
Mohammad A.N. Alenezi
[Varieties of English Around the World G73] 2026
► pp. v–viii
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Table of contents
List of tables
List of figures
Chapter 1.Introduction
1.1World Englishes: A general introduction
1.2Researching World Englishes
1.3Modelling English
1.3.1Typological models
1.3.2Cyclic models
1.4Contact linguistics and the role of substrate influence
1.5Kuwait: A brief overview
1.6Overview of the study
1.7Outline of the book
Chapter 2.Methodology
2.1Published data on the (socio)historical context of Kuwait
2.2Participant observations
2.2.1Settings
2.2.2Procedure
2.3Interviews
2.3.1Recruitment procedure
2.3.2Demographic characteristics of interviewees
2.3.3Interview guide
2.4Kuwaiti English National Corpus
2.4.1Sampling and data collection
2.4.2The structure of KENC2023
2.5Situated language use
2.6Mediated data
2.6.1Audiovisual subcorpus
2.6.2Audio subcorpus
2.6.3New media subcorpus
2.7The KENC2023 referencing scheme
2.7.1Written component
2.7.2Spoken component
2.8Analytical frameworks for the corpus analysis
2.8.1Corpus-assisted discourse studies
2.8.2The pattern-driven analytical framework
2.9Selection of linguistic features
2.10Operationalisation of the parameters
2.10.1Operationalisation of the historical parameter
2.10.2Operationalisation of the sociolinguistic parameter
2.10.3Operationalisation of the linguistic parameter
2.11Conclusion
Chapter 3.English in Kuwait
3.1Sociolinguistic information on Kuwait
3.1.1The makeup of Kuwait society
3.1.2Historical development of Kuwait’s demographics
3.2Sociohistorical background
3.2.1Early contacts
3.2.2Uneasy cooperation
3.2.3The Iraqi invasion and its effects
3.3From entrenchment to expansion: The role of English
in Kuwaiti society
in Kuwaiti society
3.3.1Mass bilingualism and spread across social domains
3.3.2Attitudes towards the use of English
3.3.3The entrenchment of English in education and other
domains
3.4The current sociolinguistic situation
3.4.1Varieties of English recognised by speakers in Kuwait
3.4.2Recognised types of Kuwaiti English
3.4.3Acquisition of English
3.4.4Contexts of and reasons for use
3.4.5English vs Arabic: Roles and identity
3.4.6Associations between social groups and English
3.4.7Age and English
3.5Sociolinguistic realities: Interim conclusion
Chapter 4.Overview of structural features in Kuwaiti English
4.1Phonological features
4.1.1Vowel features
4.1.2Suprasegmental features
4.1.3Consonant features
4.1.4Articulatory features
4.2(Morpho)syntactic features
4.2.1Noun phrases
4.2.2Verb phrases
4.2.3Relativisation
4.2.4Complementation
4.2.5Adverbial clauses
4.2.6Sentences linked by adverbial connectors
4.2.7Pragmatic and discoursal features
4.3Summary and conclusion
Chapter 5.Discourse-pragmatic markers in Kuwaiti English
5.1DPMs in KENC2023: Types and frequencies
5.2Overview of Arabic-based DPMs
5.2.1Yallah
5.2.2Shino
5.2.3Mathalan
5.2.4Ṣaḥ
5.2.5Alḥamdulillāh
5.2.6Bas
5.2.7Yaʿni
5.2.8Inzain
5.2.9Khalāṣ
5.2.10ʿAraftay
5.2.11Shisma
5.2.12Mashallah
5.3The case of bro and man
5.4The case of inshallah and
hopefully
5.5The case of wallah
5.6DPMs as evidence of a nativised Kuwaiti English
Chapter 6.Structural nativisation in Kuwaiti English:
A multi-method exploration
A multi-method exploration
6.1Particle verbs
6.1.1Data and procedure
6.1.2Results of test A) Frequency of use
6.1.3Results of test B) Structural behaviour
6.1.4Results of test C) Productivity range
6.2Will and would
6.2.1Data and procedure
6.2.2Modal verbs in Kuwaiti English
within the World Englishes paradigm
within the World Englishes paradigm
6.2.3Case study discussion
6.3Will versus going to
6.3.1Data processing and procedures
6.3.2Results
6.3.3Case study discussion
6.4Exploratory investigation of quite + ADJ
6.4.1Methods, data and procedures
6.4.2Results
6.4.3Case study discussion
6.5Attributive and predicative adjectives
6.5.1Methods, data and procedures
6.5.2Results
6.5.3Case study discussion
6.6Discussion and interim conclusion
Chapter 7.Conclusion
7.1Widening the WEs approach
7.2Summary of key findings
7.3Status of English in Kuwait: A study in heterogeneity
7.4Reflections for researching varieties of English
7.5Looking ahead
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