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1 online resource |
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Cambridge elements. Elements in world Englishes |
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Cambridge elements. Elements in world Englishes.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Posthumanist World Englishes -- Contents -- 1 Regimes of Truth in the Study of Language -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Cracks in Current 'Truths' about Language -- 1.2.1 Agency -- 1.2.2 Communities and Language Varieties -- 1.3 Conclusion -- 2 Posthumanism and the Linguistic Assemblage -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 On Posthumanism -- 2.3 The Systems Approach and its Critics -- 2.4 The Assemblage -- 2.5 Three Things to Note about Assemblages -- 2.6 The Linguistic Assemblage -- 2.6.1 Regularities in Language -- 2.6.2 There Is No Language in its Totality |
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2.6.3 Circulation Involves Assembling and Reassembling -- 2.6.4 Decentring, Re-Centring and Reconceptualizing Language -- 3 Creativity and World Englishes -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Creativity Encircled -- 3.3 Indexicality -- 3.4 Creativity Assembled -- 3.5 Discussion -- 3.6 Conclusion -- 4 Language Policy and World Englishes -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Performance of Policy -- 4.3 English Language Education: The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages -- 4.4 The Relationship Between PCEs and Non-PCEs -- 4.4.1 Industries With the Highest and Lowest BEI Scores |
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4.4.2 Countries With the Highest and Lowest BEI Scores -- 4.5 Conclusion -- 5 Conclusion: Linguistics for the Ontologically Curious -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Ontological Naivety -- 5.3 Ontological Curiosity -- 5.4 Conclusion -- References |
| Summary |
A posthumanist approach problematizes the separateness and centrality of humans in understanding the world around us. Posthumanism does not deny the role of humans but questions the assumption that it is human activity and agency that should be given pride of place in any analysis of social activity. This carries important and interesting implications for the study of World Englishes, some of which are explored in this Element. Sections 3 and 4, respectively, explore posthumanism in relation to two specific topics in World Englishes, creativity and language policy. These topics have been chosen because they allow us to see the contributions that posthumanism can make to a micro-level (creativity) as well as macro-level (language policy) topic |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 04, 2021) |
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English language -- Foreign countries -- Philosophy
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Posthumanism.
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Posthumanism
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Electronic books
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781108990615 |
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1108990614 |
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