World English

Brutt‐Griffler, Janina

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“…To understand the link between English acquisition and the quest for gender equality, we draw on the concept of macroacquisition (Brutt-Griffler, 2002). Through historical analysis, Brutt-Griffler (2002: 107) has shown that ‘non-native speakers’ of English grouped into speech communities have served as ‘active agents in the process of creation of world English’ due in part to the collective goals and identities, old and new, of its learners (cf. Kachru, 1996; Bolton, 2006; Mufwene, 2010).…”

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“…Brutt-Griffler (2002) employs the notion of shared subjective knowledge , which represents a collective set of beliefs and norms held within a certain social community. As those beliefs can pertain to cultural norms, inclusive of gender practices and/or ideologies, the notion of shared subjective knowledge is important in our study, to understand the female (and male) students gender perceptions (their ‘subjective knowledge’) that emerge in the examination of the case studies.…”

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In their own voices: Development of English as a gender-neutral language

Brutt‐Griffler¹,

Kim²

2017

English Today

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This study explores how learning English among one subset of English learners, Asian female international students at US colleges, contributes to the larger project of advancing gender equality. Using their narratives, we ask why Asian female international students invest so much of their identities and effort into learning English. We discuss the ways in which their endeavours may even silently promote the development of English as a gender-neutral language. The population of Asian students offers a compelling case of how the English language is potentially transformed via its spread to this English learner population and how it presents new avenues for identity formation for the growing number of female English users worldwide (cf. Brutt-Griffler, 2010: 232).

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Section: Societal Development Of English: Macroacquisitionmentioning

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Section: Societal Development Of English: Macroacquisitionmentioning

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In their own voices: Development of English as a gender-neutral language

Brutt‐Griffler¹,

Kim²

2017

English Today

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“…Young and Walsh ). Although it is clear that linguistic imperialism and political hegemony create discourses in society that shape notions of standardization (Brutt‐Griffler ), evident in the above narrative is the ideology that English varieties need not conform to conventional notions of ‘good’ English. The narratives of both Sandy and Sze Ki identify the desire to speak English with a Cantonese‐accent, though interestingly both students provide different reasons.…”

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Heteroglossic ideologies in world Englishes: an examination of the Hong Kong context

Jenks

Lee

2016

Int J App Linguistics

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Much research in world Englishes centers on examining the linguistic features of a particular region. Such work can give the false impression of a collective homogeneous ideology of English within a geographic space. We refer to this limiting monolithic perspective of language ideology as ‘the single linguistic narrative.’ The present study builds on this body of work by investigating how often competing ideologies of English can circulate within a region. Focusing on the Hong Kong context, we adapt the concept of Bakhtinian heteroglossia to consider the simultaneous co‐presence of varying ideologies of English. Through an analysis of self‐narratives, we examine how Hong Kong university students construct expectations regarding how English should be used and what the colonial language means to their regional identity.

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“…As such, more integrative perspectives have promoted ‘English as an International Language’ (EIL) (e.g. Graddol 1996; McKay 2002; Bolton 2004), which assigns an equal status to all Englishes regardless of which circle they originate, while others have focused on ‘English as a Global Language’ (Gnutzmann 1999; Crystal 2003), ‘English as a World Language’ (Mair 2003), ‘World English’ (Brutt‐Griffler 2002), and ‘English as a medium of Intercultural Communication’ (Meierkord 1996). Perhaps the most significant development during the past decade has been the attention given to ‘English as Lingua Franca’ (ELF) (e.g.…”

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Intercultural processes in accented English

Rivers

2011

World Englishes

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This study assessed the attitudinal responses of 48 Japanese university students towards 10 accented English speech samples across nine evaluative criteria. Of the 10 samples, one was a JapaneseEnglish speech sample (the intracultural familiar), seven were non-native-English samples originating from a variety of Asian countries (intercultural others), and two were native-English samples originating from America and England (preferred intercultural others). Framed within socio-psychological intergroup theories of identity, and current debates concerning English as a Foreign Language (EFL), the results indicate that although the students favoured the native-English speech samples, they were generally unsuccessfully in identifying where the speaker of each speech sample originated. This paper contends that the native English speech samples were afforded a kind of quasi-ingroup status among the Japanese students, while the non-native Asian speech samples were positioned firmly within a distant outgroup category. The results are discussed in relation to the development of positive intercultural relationships, the domestic presence of the foreigner and the implications for the future of ELT within Japan.

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World English

Cited by 342 publications

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In their own voices: Development of English as a gender-neutral language

In their own voices: Development of English as a gender-neutral language

Heteroglossic ideologies in world Englishes: an examination of the Hong Kong context

Intercultural processes in accented English

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