Researching Chinese English: the State of the Art
Editors: Xu, Zhichang, He, Deyuan, Deterding, David (Eds.)
Free Preview- 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
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- About this book
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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 essential title for those who wish to gain insights on Chinese English.
- Table of contents (17 chapters)
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What We Know about Chinese English: Status, Issues and Trends
Pages 1-14
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The Pronunciation of English in Guangxi: Which Features Cause Misunderstandings?
Pages 17-31
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The Hong Kong English Syllable Structure
Pages 33-46
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Lexis-Grammar Interface in Chinese English: A Corpus Study of the Prototypical Ditransitive Verb GIVE
Pages 49-60
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Researching Collocational Features: Towards China English as a Distinctive New Variety
Pages 61-75
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Researching Chinese English: the State of the Art
- Editors
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- Zhichang Xu
- Deyuan He
- David Deterding
- Series Title
- Multilingual Education
- Series Volume
- 22
- Copyright
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-53110-6
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-53110-6
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-53108-3
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-85064-1
- Series ISSN
- 2213-3208
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XII, 279
- Number of Illustrations
- 10 b/w illustrations
- Topics
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