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The Dynamics of English in Namibia
Perspectives on an emerging variety
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The English language as spoken in Namibia has virtually been overlooked in most textbooks, handbooks, and surveys of varieties of English around the world, or else has only been mentioned in passing. However, this variety of English has recently attracted the attention of several researchers and the present volume brings together most scholars actively involved in the research on English in Namibia from various linguistic fields to present their current research. It covers a wide range of linguistic issues, such as empirical analyses on various levels of linguistic description and use, as well as the application of diverse methodologies, from questionnaire surveys, sociolinguistic interviews and focus group discussions, to corpus linguistics, linguistic landscaping, and digital ethnography. This book represents the first comprehensive collection of articles and in-depth discussions of this emerging variety of World Englishes.
[Varieties of English Around the World, G65] 2021. ix, 305 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 12 August 2021
Published online on 12 August 2021
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements | pp. ix–x
- Chapter 1. The dynamics of English in Namibia: An introductionAnne Schröder | pp. 1–18
- Part I. Setting the scene
- Chapter 2. English in Namibia: A socio-historical accountGerald Stell | pp. 21–42
- Part II. Communicative practices
- Chapter 3. Voices from the post-independence classroom: Language use and attitudes towards English in NamibiaHelene Steigertahl | pp. 45–62
- Chapter 4. English and multilingual repertoires in healthcare: Communicative experiences of expatriate healthcare providers in WindhoekNelson Mlambo | pp. 63–82
- Chapter 5. The linguistic landscape and soundscape of WindhoekMarion Schulte | pp. 83–108
- Part III. Linguistic features
- Chapter 6. The phonetics of Namibian English: Investigating vowels as local features in a global contextAnne Schröder, Frederic Zähres and Alexander Kautzsch | pp. 111–134
- Chapter 7. Broadcasting your variety: Namibian English(es) on YouTubeFrederic Zähres | pp. 135–168
- Chapter 8. The question of structural nativization in Namibian English: Some answers from extended uses of the progressiveSarah Buschfeld | pp. 169–194
- Chapter 9. A variational pragmatic approach to responses to thanks in Namibian English: From quantitative to qualitative analysisAnne Schröder and Klaus P. Schneider | pp. 195–216
- Part IV. Literary creativity in Namibian English
- Chapter 10. Namibian literature in English: An overviewKerstin Frank | pp. 219–240
- Chapter 11. A land in transition: The representation of linguistic diversity in Joseph Diescho’s Born of the Sun and Troubled WatersAnne Schröder | pp. 241–272
- Part V. Namibian English and beyond
- Chapter 12. The dynamics of English in Namibia: A World Englishes perspectiveEdgar W. Schneider and Anne Schröder | pp. 275–298
- Index | pp. 299–305
“The book is an important contribution to the body of knowledge within the ambit of the World Englishes approach, because it presents details about the use of a constellation of Englishes from the Namibian context that was not studied extensively previously. [...] The book presents a comprehensive and coherent investigation of the nature of Namibian Englishes. Moreover, the picture that the book provides is nuanced because it is situated in the consistent awareness of the multilingual context within which English develops in this setting; all this is embedded in and supported by relevant empirical data. The nuanced awareness of the complexities related to the linguistic ecology of Namibia is a major strength of the book and an example of exemplary scholarship in the field of varieties of Englishes across the world.”
Susan Coetzee-Van Rooy, North-West University, in English World-Wide 44:1 (2023)
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