Variety shifting in Southeast Asia’s Outer Circle-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Variety shifting in Southeast Asia’s Outer Circle

Published:2024-03-21 Issue: Volume: Page:97-119
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Container-title:The Oxford Handbook of Southeast Asian Englishes
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Author:

Hashim Azirah¹,Chik Alice²,Martinez Julius C.³,McLellan James⁴,Moody Andrew J.⁵,Ooi Vincent B. Y.⁶

Affiliation:

1. English, University of Malaya

2. Language Learning, Macquarie University

3. International Studies, Niigata University of International and Information Studies

4. English Studies, University of Brunei Darussalam

5. English, University of Macau

6. English, National University of Singapore

Abstract

Abstract Variety shifting is a feature of English use in Outer Circle contexts in which endonormic local varieties are used alongside exonormic standard varieties. This chapter will introduce some of the theoretical reasons for variety shifting and will survey the scholarly literature related to variety shifting. The phenomenon can often be closely associated with the use of English in the media or popular culture. To demonstrate the types of variety shifting that takes place in Southeast Asia’s Outer Circle societies, the chapter includes a detailed analysis of the phenomenon in the five Outer Circle societies: Brunei Darussalam, Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Singapore.

Publisher

Oxford University Press

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