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"A number of recent studies address issues related to the ideological, cultural, and elitist power of English...related to such power is the immense economic advantage of English to the countries in the Inner Circle, particularly Britain and the United States.
The Power and Politics
of English
1978 Honolulu
Current Approaches
Theoretical Issues
Controversies
Kachru represents the spread of English in terms of three concentric circles:
1. The spread and stratification of English;
2.Characteristics of the stratification;
3.Interactional contexts of World Englishes;
4.Descriptive and prescriptive concerns;
5.The bilingual’s creativity and the literary canon;
6.Multicanons of English;
7.The two faces of English:
8. Nativisation and Englishisation;
9.Fallacies concerning users and uses;
10.The power and politics of English and Teaching World Englishes.
The international and intranational functions of English became the focus
of the conference
The Spread and Stratification of English
Descriptive and Prescriptive Concerns
What determines the difference between an error (or
a mistake) and an innovation?
What are the variables of intelligibility for World
Englishes across languages and cultures?
The spread of English demands a fresh conceptualization
The traditional dichotomy between native and nonnative is functionally uninsightful and linguistically questionable
The earlier distinction of English as ENL, ESL, EFL has come under attack
The Bilingual's
Creativity and the Literary Cannon
Multicanons of English
Interlocutors in World Englishes have a variety
of linguistic, cultural, and social backgrounds.
Conclusion /
Reflecting on Wider Issues
"Nativisation and Englishisation"
"It is indeed essential to recognize that World
Englishes represent certain linguistic, cultural, and
pragmatic realities and pluralism, and that pluralism
is now an integral part of World Englishes and literatures written in English."
English has had an influence on a wide range of other languages in terms of vocabulary, grammar, and literature.