175-536 World Englishes

Formerly available as 175-442. Students who have completed 175-442 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. Students who have taken 175-412 Englishes in the World are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

37.5 points of second/third-year linguistics and applied linguistics including 175-105 Introduction to Language or 175-106 The Linguistics of English for third year. 175-105 Introduction to Language or 175-106 The Linguistics of English and admission to the postgraduate diploma or fourth-year honours in linguistics and applied linguistics, or combined honours in English language, for fourth-year students.

The spread of English through colonialism, its transformation in decolonisation, and its further expansion are examined in this course. We will address the changes in patterns and use of English in different sociopolitical settings, the historical factors that have led to these changes, and the effects of language contact in multilingual settings. The emergence of indigenised forms of English has important consequences for the teaching and testing of English language in international and local settings, and for English lexicography. Issues such as variation, codification, norm creation and the politics of international English will be addressed.