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This seminar will be concerned with modern forms of the English language throughout the continent of Asia where it is found as a native language, a second language and a foreign language. Particular countries will be looked at in detail to see who English developed there. Among the countries will be India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka (South Asia) on the one hand and Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and the Philippines (South-East Asia) on the other. The role of language contact is important here as the background languages of speakers has an effect on the type of English they speak. The function of English in the public life of the countries of Asia will also be considered.
Literature on English in Asia
Ansaldo, Umberto. 2009. Contact Languages: Ecology and Evolution in Asia. Cambridge University Press.
Hickey, Raymond (ed) 2004. Legacies of Colonial English. Cambridge: University Press.
Kachru, Yamuna and Cecil L. Nelson 2006. World Englishes in Asian Contexts. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
Kachru, Yamuna and Larry E. Smith 2008. Cultures, Contexts, and World Englishes. London: Routledge.
Kirkpatrick, Andy (ed.) 2010. The Routledge Handbook of World Englishes. London: Routledge
McArthur, Tom 2002. The Oxford Guide to World English. Oxford: University Press.
Melchers, Gunnel and Philip Shaw 1999. World Englishes. London: Arnold.
Mesthrie, Rajend and Rakesh M. Bhatt 2008. World Englishes. An Introduction to New Language Varieties. Cambridge: University Press.
Schneider, Edgar 2007. Postcolonial English. Varieties around the World. Cambridge: University Press.
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