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English Pronunciation Models in a Globalized World: Accent, Acceptability and Hong Kong English

English Pronunciation Models in a Globalized World: Accent, Acceptability and Hong Kong English

Sewell, Andrew

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Studies in World Englishes

Grammar & StyleLinguistics

ISBN10: 1138017477
ISBN13: 9781138017474
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Apr 18 2016
Pages: 202
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.20
Language: English

This book explores the topics of English accents and pronunciation. It highlights their connections with several important issues in the study of English in the world, including intelligibility, identity, and globalization. The unifying strand is provided by English pronunciation models: what do these models consist of, and why? The focus on pronunciation teaching is combined with sociolinguistic perspectives on global English, and the wider question asked by the book is: what does it mean to teach English pronunciation in a globalized world? The book takes Hong Kong - 'Asia's World City' - as a case study of how global and local influences interact, and of how decisions about teaching need to reflect this interaction. It critically examines existing approaches to global English, such as World Englishes and English as a Lingua Franca, and considers their contributions as well as their limitations in the Hong Kong context. A data-based approach with quantitative and qualitative data anchors the discussion and assists in the development of criteria for the contents of pronunciation models. English Pronunciation Models in a Globalized World: Accent, Acceptability and Hong Kong English discusses, among other issues:

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