- Lingua franca
- Dialects
- Standard English
- Idiolects
- Braj Kachru's 3 Circle Model of World Englishes
- Streven's World Map of English
- McArthur's Circle of World English
- Reasons for the spread of English
I've uploaded the files for today's lecture..u guys just click the respective links under the downloads section..if there is any problem with the link pls let me know.. :peace:
PS: our next class (3rd Feb) will start at 8.15 AM
Hi people..as requested, here are the links for Braj Kachru's Circle Model of World Englishes.However, i have yet to find the other links for Strevens and McArthur's as i am still working on it.Will update you soon.Thanks....
ReplyDelete1)en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braj_Kachru
2)www.cla.purdue.edu/academic/engl/we/circles.html
3)www.answers.com/brajkachru
Thanks for the helpful links.Hmmm,what's McArthur and Strevens talking about?
ReplyDelete;)..Sorry for the late reply.Was in kampung last 2 days.
ReplyDeleteWell Ms Sarada, basically Kachru,McArthur and Strevens have come up with their own theory and model on how english was spread throughout the world.McArthur states that the world standard english or international english is in the heart of the the circle.Unlike Kachru who came up with 3 types of circles,McArthur said that the other englishes like the BBC english which we refer to the british english,African english,or indian english is categorized at one part of of the circle.Basically its like a big circle and within the circle there are different parts of englishes even though the speakers of these different places speak the same language.
Streven's on the other hand,came up with the world map of english theory.He states that the map of english is divided into 2 which is the american english and british english.This could mean that he maybe talking about colonization and how other countries are influenced by them.For example, Malaysia in influenced by the british english as a result of colonization and the phillipines is influenced by the Americans, therefore leading to different types of english speaking community.This can be determine by the accent or slang.