Full Description
The fifteen chapters in the book are the papers from a conference held at the Australian National University 17-29 October 1999. The conference was hosted by the Australian National Dictionary Centre, Oxford University Press, and the Humanities Research centre. It brought together leading lexicographers from around the world, including the Chief Editor (John Simpson) and Deputy Editor (Penny Silva) of the Oxford English Dictionary.
A dominant theme of the papers is the future of regional Englishes (Australian English, Indian English, Canadian English, etc.) in the context of the increasing globalisation of English. Other issues covered include: the relationships between English and other official languages, the relationships between English and indigenous languages, language and national identity, the history of recording regional Englishes in dictionaries, and the role of British and American English as 'linguistic imperialists'.
The countries which receive major emphasis are Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, Fiji, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, and South Africa.
Contents
Tables; Figures; Preface;
1. World English(es), world dictionaries - Tom McArthur
2. New Zealand, New Zealand English, and the dictionaries - Tony Deverson
3. Australian English: Australian identity - Bruce Moore
4. Lexical borrowing from Maori in New Zealand English - Graeme Kennedy
5. South African English: politics and the sense of place - Penny Silva
6. Globalising Singaporean-Malaysian English in an inclusive learner's dictionary - Vincent B. Y. Ooi
7. English in Bangladesh after independence: dynamics of policy and practice - Rahela Banu & Roland Sussex
8. English in post-colonial India: an appraisal - R. S. Gupta
9. The spread of Anglo-Indian words into South-East Asia - Cavan Hogue
10. Pacific Pidgin Englishes: the Australian connection - Darrell Tryon
11. Two-Way English and the bicultural experience - Ian Malcolm
12. The current status of English in Fiji - Jan Tent
13. Queen's English and People's English - John Simpson
