A corpus-based investigation of world Englishes in literature

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2293705
AutoresMichael Percillier (0000-0002-5195-3501, English Department, University of Mannheim D‐68131 Mannheim Germany, autor de correspondencia), Catherine Paulin (0000-0002-3440-6039, Department of English and American Studies University of Strasbourg F‐67084 Strasbourg Cedex France, autor de correspondencia)
Año2017
Volumen36
Número1
Páginas127-147
Fecha de publicación2017-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaWorld Englishes (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0883-2919 • E-ISSN: 1467-971X
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/weng.12208
OpenAlexW2464547974
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas17

Given the spread of English as a world language and the subsequent development of numerous varieties during the colonial and postcolonial periods, the emergence of local literatures using local varieties of English was only a matter of time. The sheer diversity of new Englishes, literary traditions and motivations to use the localised features in writing results in a wide range of strategies at the disposal of writers who choose to incorporate such features in their work. By compiling a corpus of selected literary works, an analysis of various distinctive features is performed, which makes it possible to address the following questions: Which localised features of English are represented in our corpus? What is the motivation to use a particular set of localised features? Is the representation of such linguistic variation in writing a symbolic or mimetic enterprise

Archaeology · Colonialism · Corpus linguistics · Diversity (politics · Linguistics · Political science · Representation (politics · Set (abstract data type · Sociology · Variation (astronomy · Variety (cybernetics · World Englishes · Anthropology · Computer Science · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · History · Lexicography and Language Studies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Philosophy · Artificial Intelligence