Settler Colonial Englishes Are Distinct from Postcolonial Englishes

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6032166
AutoresDerek Denis (0000-0002-1112-9083, University of Victoria, autor correspondente), Alex D’arcy (0000-0002-4316-350X), Alexandra D’arcy
Ano2018
Volume93
Fascículo1
Páginas3-31
Data de publicação2018-02-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Speech (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0003-1283 • E-ISSN: 1527-2133
EditoraDuke University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1215/00031283-6904065
OpenAlexW2809136276
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas14
Referências citadas60

In this position paper, we take up David Deterding's 2008 call to think more carefully about the differences across varieties of English that have developed as a product of settler influence (e.g., Australian, Canadian, New Zealand, United States) versus those in which the Indigenous languages continue to influence lexis, phonology, morphosyntax, and discourse-pragmatics (e.g., India, Nigeria, Singapore). For us, this distinction is fundamentally rooted in the types of colonialism that characterize nations. The delineation is not simply a matter of sociopolitical optics—it directly informs the developmental pathway a variety may follow. We propose that "postcolonial Englishes" is an inaccurate cover term, one that glosses over important ecological distinctions and places varieties on a continuum when they are better considered separate evolutionary contexts

Archaeology · Colonialism · Indigenous · Lexis · Linguistics · Phonology · Pragmatics · Product (mathematics · Sociology · Varieties of English · Variety (cybernetics · World Englishes · Computer Science · Ecology · History · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy