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• Winner of The 2021 PROSE Humanities Category for Language & Linguistics 2021 (United States)

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Winner of the 2021 PROSE Humanities Category for Language & Linguistics The first volume of its kind, focusing on the sociolinguistic and socio-political issues surrounding Asian Englishes The Handbook of Asian Englishes provides wide-ranging coverage of the historical and cultural context, contemporary dynamics, and linguistic features of English in use throughout the Asian region. This first-of-its-kind volume offers a wide-ranging exploration of the English language throughout nations in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia. Contributions by a team of internationally-recognized linguists and scholars of Asian Englishes and Asian languages survey existing works and review new and emerging areas of research in the field. Edited by internationally renowned scholars in the field and structured in four parts, this Handbook explores the status and functions of English in the educational institutions, legal systems, media, popular cultures, and religions of diverse Asian societies. In addition to examining nation-specific topics, this comprehensive volume presents articles exploring pan-Asian issues such as English in Asian schools and universities, English and language policies in the Asian region, and the statistics of English across Asia. Up-to-date research addresses the impact of English as an Asian lingua franca, globalization and Asian Englishes, the dynamics of multilingualism, and more. Examines linguistic history, contemporary linguistic issues, and English in the Outer and Expanding Circles of Asia Focuses on the rapidly-growing complexities of English throughout Asia Includes reviews of the new frontiers of research in Asian Englishes, including the impact of globalization and popular culture Presents an innovative survey of Asian Englishes in one comprehensive volume Serving as an important contribution to fields such as contact linguistics, World Englishes, sociolinguistics, and Asian language studies, The Handbook of Asian Englishes is an invaluable reference resource for undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and instructors across these areas. Winner of the 2021 PROSE Humanities Category for Language & Linguistics

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At last we have a truly authoritative, comprehensive, and highly readable volume on Asian Englishes: a one-stop treasure trove for researcher and student alike! James F. D'Angelo, Professor, Chukyo University; Editor-in-chief, Asian Englishes journal Fresh and authoritative, this volume brings together the perspectives of leading researchers in a work of outstanding scholarship on English across the Asian region. Daniel R. Davis, Professor, University of Michigan-Dearborn This Handbook contributes to deepening our understanding of the complex sociolinguistic, sociopolitical and sociohistorical development of Asian Englishes. Comprehensive, in-depth, highly recommended for educators, researchers and students interested in the pluralism of English. Angel M. Y. Lin, Canada Research Chair, Simon Fraser University

At last we have a truly authoritative, comprehensive, and highly readable volume on Asian Englishes: a one-stop treasure trove for researcher and student alike! James F. D'Angelo, Professor, Chukyo University; Editor-in-chief, Asian Englishes journal Fresh and authoritative, this volume brings together the perspectives of leading researchers in a work of outstanding scholarship on English across the Asian region. Daniel R. Davis, Professor, University of Michigan-Dearborn With more and more Asians claiming English as their own (functional) native language, this Handbook contributes to deepening our understanding of the complex sociolinguistic, sociopolitical and sociohistorical development of Asian Englishes, not shying away from some of the still controversial issues. Comprehensive, in-depth, and written by scholars with track records in research in this area; highly recommended for educators, researchers and students interested in the pluralism of English. Angel M. Y. Lin, Professor, Simon Fraser University

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Kingsley Bolton is Professor Emeritus at Stockholm University, Sweden, and Honorary Professor at the Social Sciences Research Centre at The University of Hong Kong. He has published widely on English linguistics and the sociolinguistics of the Asian region. He is Co-Editor of the journal World Englishes and Executive Director of the International Association for World Englishes. Werner Botha is Senior Lecturer at Flinders University, Australia. His current research focuses on language variation, educational linguistics, and the sociolinguistics of English in higher education in Singapore, South Africa, and China. He is Assistant Editor of the Wiley journal World Englishes. Andy Kirkpatrick is Professor in Linguistics at Griffith University, Australia, and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. He is author of World Englishes: Implications for ELT and International Communication (2007) and Is English an Asian Language? (2020).

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