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English is a language at the centre of research into language contact, because its global spread has resulted in contact with an enormous variety of different languages worldwide, leading to the creation of many new varieties of English, including second language varieties, and also pidgins and creoles. This book takes an original look at what happens when speakers of these different varieties interact with one another. Using her own rich fieldwork data from diverse international and South African contexts, Meierkord proposes an innovative approach to how Englishes merge and blend in such interactions, creating further new forms of English and further changes to the language. Through skilful analyses and descriptions, the book provides fascinating insights into where and who the users of English as a lingua franca are and what English then looks like at the levels of phonetics, morphosyntax, the lexicon and discourse.

Anglais (langue) --- Communication interculturelle --- Pragmatique --- Sociolinguistique --- English language --- Intercultural communication. --- Analyse du discours --- Variation linguistique --- À l'étranger --- Langue parlée --- Discourse analysis. --- Variation. --- Spoken English. --- Anglais langue internationale --- Pragmatique. --- Anglais langue internationale. --- Communication interculturelle. --- Sociolinguistique. --- Analyse du discours. --- Variation linguistique. --- Langue parlée. --- Cross-cultural communication --- Communication --- Culture --- Cross-cultural orientation --- Cultural competence --- Multilingual communication --- Technical assistance --- Colloquial English --- Spoken English --- English language in foreign countries --- World Englishes --- Anthropological aspects --- Dialects --- Englisch. --- English world wide. --- Kulturkontakt. --- Linguistic variation --- Sprachvariante. --- Weltsprache. --- Foreign countries. --- English. --- Arts and Humanities --- Language & Linguistics --- Germanic languages

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Pragmatics --- Analyse du discours --- Discourse analysis. --- Interaction sociale --- Sequence (Linguistics). --- Sequenties. --- Social interaction. --- Séquence (Linguistique) --- Sequence (Linguistics) --- Human interaction --- Interaction, Social --- Symbolic interaction --- Exchange theory (Sociology) --- Psychology --- Social psychology --- Sequencing (Linguistics) --- Sequentiality (Linguistics) --- Discourse analysis --- Linguistics --- Order (Grammar) --- Discourse grammar --- Text grammar --- Semantics --- Semiotics

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English as a second and foreign language is increasingly used at the grassroots level, by individuals coming from disadvantaged backgrounds with often little or no access to formal education, in business and in contexts outside of international organisations, education and academia. Bringing together an international range of contributors, this book explores face-to-face uses of English in a range of grassroots multilingual contexts.Divided into three parts, the book explores the spread of English in former areas of British domination including Africa and the East, in trade and work migration, and in forced migration by refugees. The chapters present cutting edge case studies which draw on spoken data from Uganda, South Africa, Bahrain, China, Bangladesh, Germany, Italy and the UK. In doing so the book presents an empirical basis for the further study and modelling of world Englishes. It examines the scope for integrating Englishes at the grassroots into existing models of English and explores relations between notions of hybrid languages, translanguaging, polylanguaging and world Englishes.

English language --- English language in foreign countries --- World Englishes --- Foreign countries. --- Germanic languages

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Ugandan English is a variety that has scarcely been noticed in past research. This timely volume brings together African and European scholars in a first-ever collection of articles that offer comprehensive discussions of the historical and present-day sociolinguistics of English in Uganda and fine-grained analyses of the structural characteristics of and attitudes to this hitherto largely unknown variety. Using rich archive, corpus, and interview data as well as ethnographic and observational methods, the various contributions paint a comprehensive picture of Ugandan English as distinct from other East African Englishes and as characterized by nativisation despite a still strong exonormative orientation, reflecting the modern nation’s status as a post-protectorate under the influence of globalisation. Apart from advancing our understanding of Ugandan English itself, the individual chapters contribute to theoretical debates on language contact and variation as regards the influence of substrate languages, founder populations, language ideologies and socio-economic factors.

Sociolinguistics --- English language --- Uganda