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Index accent, 4 animal husbandry, population and, 17–18 ACD (Austronesian Comparative APSC (ASEAN Political‐Security Dictionary), 38 Community), 727 ACE (Asian Corpus of English), 731, APT (ASEAN+3), 81–82 748–749 English in education, 91 AEC (ASEAN Economic Community), 727 monolingualism, 82–84 Afghan English dictionary, 220 national language in education, 91 agony and ecstasy of world Englishes, Arabic, 35–36 9–10 lexical borrowing in Southeast agriculture, population and, 17–18 Asia, 41 ALT (Assistant Language Teachers), areoversals, 172–173 Japan, 92 articles, irregular use, 176–177 alterglobalization, 709, 720 ARWU (Academic Ranking of World American English, Philippine English Universities), 157–159 and, 195–196 Aryan Vedic speakers, Rgveda American slang, Indian English, and, 20 259–260 ASCC (ASEAN Socio‐Cultural Americanization, globalization and, Community), 727 9–10 ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Anglophone, marginalized traditions, Nations), 27 794 AEC (ASEAN Economic Anglophone Asian literature, 787 Community), 727 imperialism and, 793 APSC (ASEAN Political‐Security migration and, 793 Community), 727 racial mixture and,COPYRIGHTED 793 ASCC MATERIAL (ASEAN Socio‐Cultural Southeast Asia, 792–796 Community), 727 tiger symbol, 794 Charter of 2009, 728 angloversals, 172–173 globalization and, 707 The Handbook of Asian Englishes, First Edition. Edited by Kingsley Bolton, Werner Botha, and Andy Kirkpatrick. © 2020 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Published 2020 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 0004918362.INDD 887 8/7/2020 6:17:22 AM 888 Index ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Asian Englishes and linguistic Nations) (cont’d) landscapes, 833–861 history of English, 727–731 Asian Englishes and legal systems, internationalization of global 863–886 education, 10 as field of study, 2 language policies, 726–727 future study, 8–10 members, 81 Asian Englishes, 2 multilingualism and, 725–727 Asian Englishes: Beyond the canon standardization and, 718–719 (Kachru), 3 ASEAN ELF Asian Games, 587 community and, 735 Asian legal systems. See legal systems cooperative atmosphere, 734 Asian literatures, 787–811 cultural values and, 735 cultural nationalism, 796–798 identity expression and, 735 diasporic writing, 791, 798–799 linguistic features, 731–735 feminism, cultural nationalism sociocultural ELF, 731–735 and, 798 Asian ELF, 731 legitimacy, 790 first language influence on second, 732 Mo, Timothy, 791 Asian Englishes nationalist authors, 788 Asian Englishes and Asian languages, nationalist canon, 791 15–48 postcolonial calibrations, 802 Asian Englishes and statistics, postcolonial studies and, 790–791 49–80 queer diaspora, 798–799 Asian Englishes and language policies, Roy, Arundhati, 791 81–105 Rushdi, Salman, 791 Asian Englishes and Asian schools, Southeast Asia, 792–796 107–131 Three Circles model, 802 Asian Englishes and Asian universities, transpacific, 799–801 133–168 world English literatures, 801–806 Asian Englishes and morphosyntax, Asian popular culture, 763–786 169–188 development, 764–766 Asian Englishes and phonology, Expanding Circle Englishes, 189–207 767–768 Asian Englishes and lexicography, Outer Circle Englishes, 766–767 209–240 Atharvaveda people, 21 Asian Englishes and globalization, Austroasiatic languages 707–721 Khasic, 18, 20 Asian Englishes and English as a lexical borrowing, 37 Lingua Franca (ELF), 725–740 MSEA, 23 Asian Englishes and corpus linguistics, Munda, 18, 20 741–762 Southeastern Riverine Hypothesis, 23 Asian Englishes and popular culture, Tai‐Kadai languages and, 23 763–786 Tibeto‐Burman languages and, 23 Asian Englishes and Asian literatures, Vietnamese, 34 787–811 Austronesians, Papuan populations Asian Englishes and Asian religions, and, 30 813–832 Aw, Tash, 801, 802, 804 0004918362.INDD 888 8/7/2020 6:17:22 AM Index 889 Bangladesh, 51, 297–315 Bible, English, 816 Bangla bilingual creativity, 1 code‐switching, 306–308 popular culture and, 769–771 creating writing, 305 bilingual dictionaries, 210–211 education and, 301–302 bilingualism media and entertainment, 303 instinct, 2 nationalism and, 297–299 legal systems, 867–869 politics, 303–304 The black isle (Tan), 804–805 status, 300–301 Book of Han, 27 Common Law, 867–869 BPO (business process outsourcing), 9–10 East India Company and, 298 American slang, 259–260 ELT (English language teaching), The British Council, 50 108–109 British East India Company, 247–248 EMI higher education, 138, 154 Brunei, 51, 399–418 English in schools, 108–109 Bahasa Indonesia, 413 English users, 53–54 Bahasa Melayu, 109 English‐medium education system, Common Law, 865 108–109 Dwibahasa, 412–413 functions of English Dwibahasa policy, 109–110 creative writing, 304–305 East India Company, 400 education, 301–302 EMI higher education, 141–142, 154 electronic communication, 305 English in Constitution, 400 employment, 302–303 English in schools, 109–110 entertainment, 303 English users, 54 media, 303 functions of English, 402–403 NGOs (non‐government history of English, 400–402 organizations), 304 language in social media, 409–412 politics, 303–304 language policies, 402–403 history of English, 298–299 language‐in‐education policies, 412–414 languages spoken, 53 languages of, 399–400 linguistic ecology, 299–300 legal system, monolingual, 865 status of English, 300–301 linguistic landscape studies, 836 Bangladesh English dictionary, 221 Melaya Islam Beraja, 400 Bangladeshi English, 297–315 official language, 83 code‐mixing and, 306–308 phonology, 192 code‐switching and, 306–308 Brunei English, 399–418 features, 306–308 discourse, 406–407 linguistic carelessness, 309–311 existence, attitudes toward, 408–409 nativization, 309 features, 403–408 SMS texts, 306 lexis, 407–408 sociolinguistics, 306–307 morphosyntax, 405–406 technology and, 306–308 phonology, 403–405 varietal features versus errors, 309–310 Brunei English dictionary, 221 Bhutan, 51 Buddhism Common Law, 869–870 Sanskrit and, 33–34, 317–318 legal system English use, 869 spread to Southeast and East Asia, Bhutan English dictionary, 221 33–34 0004918362.INDD 889 8/7/2020 6:17:23 AM 890 Index Burma. See Myanmar Cambodian English dictionary, 221 Butler English, 175 Cambridge English, 50 Cantonese, 54 calibrations, 802 Macau, 530 Cambodia, 51, 649–666 capitalism, globalization and, 707 ASEAN and, 654 Catford, John C., 2 bilingual signage, 658–659 CEFRL (Common European Framework Civil Law, 872 of Reference for Language), dignitary visits, 659 118, 697 education, foreign language, 652 CET (College English Test), 93 EMI (English‐medium instruction), 655 China, 51, 503–528 higher education, 146–147, 156 bilingual education, 505 English in Cambodia, 649–666 business/trade, international, 510–511 English in schools, 116–117 EMI higher education, 149–150, 156 English users, 59 English in China, 503–528 history of English, 651–653 English in Chinese schools, 117–118 IFL (Institute of Foreign Languages), 653 English literacy, 505 Institute of Foreign Languages at the English users, 59 Royal University of Phnom international education, 509–510 Penh, 116 language‐in‐education policies, 89 Khmer Rouge, 651 linguistic landscape studies, 837–838 linguistic landscape studies, 837 minority languages, 60 multilingualism, 649–650 Mongolian, 60 official language, 83 NCEE (National College Entrance UNTAC (United Nations Transitional Examination), 508 Authority for Cambodia), 651 phonology, 197–198 Cambodian English Putonghua, 507 ACC (Accreditation Committee of script reform, 87 Cambodia), 662 southern geography, 16 bilingual signage, 658–659 status of English, 507–508 CamTESOL, 662 Tibetan, 60 culture and, 658–660 Uyghur, 60 features, 656–658 writing system, 87 functions of, 654–655 Zhuang, 60 future of, 663 China English dictionary, 221–222 grammar, 657 Chinese English, 504 language education, 660–663 American English and Chinese language policies, 660–663 English, 513–514 lexis, 657 British English and Chinese English, literature, 659–660 513–514 newspapers, 655 code‐mixing/code‐switching, 517–521 as official language, 654 in communications, 512–513 phonology, 657 CPE (Chinese Pidgin English), 541 ratification, 656 Crazy English movement, 505 status, 654–655 education, 505–507, 508–510 technology, 655 EMI (English‐medium instruction), 509 TV and radio, 659 functions, 508–513 0004918362.INDD 890 8/7/2020 6:17:23 AM Index 891 grammar, 516 code‐shifting, legal systems, 877–878 lexical features, 515 code‐switching linguistic features, 513–514 Chinese English, 517–521 in media, 512–513 legal systems, 877–878 phonology, 515–516 Madarin‐Hokkien (Taiwan), 549 pragmatic features, 517 Minglishes (Indian English) and, 267 Putonghua, 507 Nepali English, 328–329 research on, 504–507 Pinoylish, 495 sociolinguistics, 507–508 superdiversity and, 716–717 status of, 507–508 Collected works of B.B. Kachru, 1 tourism, international, 511–512 colonial pluralism, 793 universities, 509 Philippines, 795 varieties, 181–182 colonialism Chinese languages, 34 European, 711 Gan group, 60 India, 248 Guanhua group, 60 Indonesia, 118, 607 Hakka speakers, 35 Japanese in Korea, 586–587 Han, 34 lexicography and, 213–214 Hanfite Muslim Chinese community, 35 Myanmar, 360 Kejia group, 60 Outer Circle Asian societies, 51 Min group, 60 Philippines Min languages, 35 American colonialism, 480–481 Singaporean speakers, 424 Spanish colonial period, 480 Sinitic, 34 US colonialism, 114–115 standard, promotion, 507 postcolonial Englishes, 4 Wu group, 60 postcolonial nation‐states, 792 Xiang group, 60 postcolonial theory, linguistics and, Yue group, 60 218–219 Christianity, English
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