Is English an Asian Language?

by Andy Kirkpatrick and Wang Lixun

Book Overview

Asia is now home to some 800 million multilingual speakers of English, more than the total number of native English speakers, and how they use English is continuously evolving and changing to reflect their cultural backgrounds and everyday experiences. Can English, therefore, be considered an Asian language? Drawing upon the Asian Corpus of English, this book will be the first comprehensive account of the roles, uses and features of English in Asia,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1316500772
• ISBN13: 9781316500774
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"