peter strevens world map of english (1980) Flashcards
who does Strevens support?
Mario Saraceni (another descriptivist)
Strevens was the first linguist to do what?
to develop a model for the spread of global Englishes in 1980.
how does he structure his model?
he structured his model like a “family tree” to argue that all variations of global Englishes come from either British English or American English.
what does this modelfocus on?
the impact of the first dispersal of English and English being spread to ‘the New World’.
- Britain settled in America, from America we conquered places like Australia and New Zealand.
why is the American English branch less extensive and complex?
Britain continued to build its empire and colonise other continents like Asia and Africa (second dispersal - which led to second language varieties).
what is his book called and what does he say?
Teaching English as an International Language (1980)
- “the native speaker of English must accept that English is no longer his possession alone”
from his quote, is a global standard needed for English all over the world according to Strevens?
NO because it could be seen as oppressive.
