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8 October 2015

World Englishes in Action

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Get into groups of 3 and share your ho

responses for today. What countries did you pick?

What did you notice about the English sp

Did your groupmates notice anything diff

Small Group Warm

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Received Pronunciation (RP)

Lexical, phonological, and grammaticvariation

Pidgin

Basilect, mesolect, acrolect

Chain shift

Some Terms

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Aborigines

160,000 English convicts

sent to Australia in 18th

and 19th centuries

1851 gold rush

Multicultural migrationbeginning in 1960s

Most Aboriginal

languages are dying out

Australia: Background

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Lexicon

Colloquial, informal Aboriginal loanwords for flora and fauna: ka

dingo, koala

Phonology Wider diphthongs: /e/ to // Vowels pronounced as diphthongs: see pron

/s/ Higher vowels: ham pronounced /hm/

Grammar Similar to England and US http://www.dialectsarchive.com/australia-24

Australia: Language

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Class variation in AusE

Broad (basilect), General (mesolect), and(acrolect)

Aboriginal Australian English

Evolved from English/Aboriginal pidgin

Linguistic and pragmatic differences http://www.dialectsarchive.com/australia

New Australian English/wogspeak

Exaggeration of Australian features

Australia: Variation

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Dutch coloniz

(English came Class distincti

English settler

1822: English

official langu

English is now

official langu

South Africa: Background

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Former British colony

Linguistic and culturalassimilation

India alone had 1,652

languages in 1961

14 official languages in

the region

India: Background

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Lexicon

Loanwords from local languages: yoga, jungbungalow Kinship terms like auntie and uncle

Phonology Syllables are given equal weight (syllable-tim Fricatives // and // pronounced like t and

Grammar The with proper nouns Tag questions (He was angry, [yes/no/isnt it http://www.dialectsarchive.com/india-4

India: Language

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English introd

through tradi(English/Chin

Missionary sccentury

English fell ou

with Mao Zedregained statCultural Revo

Used for intercommunicat

China: Background

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Lexicon

Semantic shift (big pot means egalitarian Phonology

No distinction between tense and lax vowand hit)

Fricatives // and // replaced bys andz

Grammar Rarely uses articles

No distinction between adjectives and ad

http://www.dialectsarchive.com/guangx

China: Language

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How do World Englishes differ from Am

English in terms of pronunciation, vocaand sentence structure?

How and why do World Englishes dev

How is dialect tied to identity?

How will English develop in the future?

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