Book contents
- Is English an Asian Language?
- Is English an Asian Language?
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Introduction
- 1 How English Came to Asia
- 2 The Asian Corpus of English
- 3 Asian Varieties of English vs English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) in Asia
- 4 What Do Asian Multilinguals Talk about When Using English as a Lingua Franca?
- 5 The Transfer of Features and Communicative Strategies
- 6 Borrowing Words and Writing Asian Englishes
- 7 Non-standard Forms in Asian Englishes and ELF
- 8 English in Law, Religion and Popular Culture
- 9 English as a Language of Education in Asia
- 10 Implications for English Language Teaching in Asia
- 11 Conclusion
- References
- Index
7 - Non-standard Forms in Asian Englishes and ELF
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 October 2020
- Is English an Asian Language?
- Is English an Asian Language?
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Introduction
- 1 How English Came to Asia
- 2 The Asian Corpus of English
- 3 Asian Varieties of English vs English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) in Asia
- 4 What Do Asian Multilinguals Talk about When Using English as a Lingua Franca?
- 5 The Transfer of Features and Communicative Strategies
- 6 Borrowing Words and Writing Asian Englishes
- 7 Non-standard Forms in Asian Englishes and ELF
- 8 English in Law, Religion and Popular Culture
- 9 English as a Language of Education in Asia
- 10 Implications for English Language Teaching in Asia
- 11 Conclusion
- References
- Index
Summary
Chapter 7 will investigate the use, environment and frequency of non-standard morphosyntactic forms in English (i) when used as a specific variety of Asian English and (ii) when used as a lingua franca by Asian multilinguals. Major questions to be considered when dealing with distinctive morphosyntactic features include an investigation into the role of the speakers’ first languages in the creation of distinctive/non-standard forms or whether there is evidence for the existence of vernacular universals. The importance of corpora for investigating the comparative frequency of distinctive morphosyntactic features and the crucial significance of context and levels of formality will be stressed.
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- Is English an Asian Language? , pp. 128 - 147Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020