Unequal Englishes in the Philippines

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ID3636682
AuthorsRuanni Tupas (0000-0003-2569-702X, National Institute of Education Singapore), Aileen Salonga (National Institute of Education Singapore), Aileen O Salonga (University of the Philippines System, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume20
Issue3
Pages367-381
Publication date2016-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Sociolinguistics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1360-6441 • E-ISSN: 1467-9841
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/josl.12185
OpenAlexW2466000692
LanguageEN
Citations received36
References cited30

In this paper, we show how the notion ofunequal Englishescan be deployed as an alternative way of accounting for the global spread of English. Through our data, we show how call-center agents in the Philippines espouse conflicting ideologies in the workplace that invoke unequal Englishes. On the one hand, they espouse ideologies of privilege by seeing themselves as being able to exploit the resources of English in the call-center workplace, thus celebrating themselves as proficient users of the language. On the other hand, they also espouse ideologies of delegitimization borne out of pressures to subscribe to American Standard English and the belief in the inherent superiority of 'native speaker' Englishes and their varieties. By mobilizing the paper towards unpacking inequalities of Englishes as invoked in the statements of call-center agents, we hope to contribute to critically engaged discussions of the role of English in the world today

Exploit · Ideology · Linguistics · Political science · Politics · Privilege (computing · Sociology · Unpacking · World Englishes · Computer Science · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Law · Multilingual Education and Policy · Second Language Learning and Teaching

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