THE WORLD

Question 1

What r the main characteristics of world English

Answer 1

Vocab & phonology

Question 2

How many English speakers were there in 1600, & how many r there now?

Answer 2

≈5.7M in 1600 & 1.5-2B now

Question 3

What r the first & second diasporas

Answer 3

1st is large scale settlements (uk, us, australia, etc), 2nd is smaller scale & trade (south africa, South Asia, caribbean, etc)

Question 4

What r crystals estimates of worldwide English speakers?

Answer 4

≈400m as first language, over 400m as second language, ≈700m as a Lingua Franca

Question 5

What r Schneiders stages of English adoption?

Answer 5

Exonormative stabilisation (pidginisation), nativisation (creolisation), endonormative stabilisation (catches on), differentiation between basilect & acrolect

Question 6

What r two categorisations of world English?

Answer 6

Kachru’s inner circle (bad) & MacArthurs family of languages (good)

Question 7

What did Jenkins question abt English teaching

Answer 7

The UK being the basis 4 teaching abroad

Question 8

What did Saraceni say

Answer 8

Psychological umbilical cord innit

Question 9

What did crystal & grandoll say abt the growth of world English?

Answer 9

Crystal said it will keep growing & grandoll said it could degrade

Question 10

What did ostler say abt the growth of world English?

Answer 10

The financial decline of the US & UK may impact the growth of world English