Event overview
Professor Andy Kirkpatrick from Griffith University, Brisbane, will be speaking at the first GoldLingS (Goldsmiths Linguistics Seminars) for this term.
The roles of English across much of East and Southeast Asia English have increased in many ways over the past decade or so. In addition to the development of regional varieties of English (Filipino and Singaporean, for example) the role of English as a spoken lingua franca between Asian multilinguals for whom English is an additional language has also increased recently. A major reason for this is the decision by the ten nations which comprise the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to make English the sole working language of the group.
In this seminar I will first illustrate how a selection of local Asian varieties of English acculturate – that is, how they reflect local phenomena and values through the reshaping of English. I shall then illustrate how English is being used as a lingua franca in the region, using examples from the Asian Corpus of English (ACE). I shall consider ways in which local varieties of English differ from the use of English as a lingua franca and ask in what ways the English(es) we are considering can now be classified as an Asian language.
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
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| 27 Oct 2016 | 3:00pm - 5:00pm |
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