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Researching Chinese English: the State of the Art

  • Provides ‘state of the art’ research on Chinese English, based on prior research in the 1980s, 1990s, and the first decade of the 21st Century
  • Serves as a useful reference work for researching Chinese English
  • Features an introductory chapter by the editors, a concluding chapter by Andy Kirkpatrick, and five sections with original research by established and emerging scholars

Part of the book series: Multilingual Education (MULT, volume 22)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. What We Know about Chinese English: Status, Issues and Trends

    • Zhichang Xu, David Deterding, Deyuan He
    Pages 1-14
  3. Researching Chinese English Pronunciation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
    2. The Hong Kong English Syllable Structure

      • Lian-Hee WEE
      Pages 33-46
  4. Researching Cultural Conceptualizations and Identities in Chinese English

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 203-203

About this book

This volume offers a timely collection of original research papers on the various features and issues surrounding Chinese English, one of the varieties in World Englishes with a large and increasing number of learners and users. The five sections entitled ‘Researching Chinese English Pronunciation’, ‘Researching Chinese English Lexis, Grammar and Pragmatics’, ‘Researching Perceptions, Attitudes and Reactions towards Chinese English’, ‘Researching Cultural Conceptualizations and Identities in Chinese English’, and ‘Chinese Scholarship on Chinese English’, bring together three generations of Chinese and overseas researchers, both established and emerging, who offer lively dialogues on the current research, development and future of Chinese English. The introductory chapter by the editors on the state-of-the-art of researching Chinese English, and a concluding chapter by a leading researcher in World Englishes on the future directions for researching Chinese English make this an essentialtitle for those who wish to gain insights on Chinese English.

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics, Monash University, Clayton, Australia

    Zhichang Xu

  • Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Gadong, Brunei Darussalam

    Deyuan He, David Deterding

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Researching Chinese English: the State of the Art

  • Editors: Zhichang Xu, Deyuan He, David Deterding

  • Series Title: Multilingual Education

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53110-6

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-53108-3Published: 10 May 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85064-1Published: 08 August 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-53110-6Published: 01 May 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2213-3208

  • Series E-ISSN: 2213-3216

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 279

  • Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Applied Linguistics, Language Education, Comparative Linguistics

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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