World Englishes/future Of English

Question 1

What was Graddol’s views in the future of a world English?

Answer 1

World language won’t be based on british or American English because of the increased economic power of the East

Question 2

What does Trudgill say about the future of the inner circle varieties?

Answer 2

Inner circle:
Lexis will converge
Grammar is unclear as changes take place more slowly
Pronunciation will diverge as little face to face contact for majority between American and Australian or New Zealand and Irish etc.

Question 3

What was Crystal’s opinion on convergence/divergence of world varieties in the future?

Answer 3

• sees local Englishes becoming increasingly divergent
• international Englishes becoming increasingly convergent to a point of merging into a single world variety
• speakers of world english varieties will use local english dialects in their own countries but will speak a new form of ‘world standard spoken English’ in international situations