Decentering Language: Displacing Englishes from the Study of Englishes

Autor/in	Tupas, Ruanni
Titel	Decentering Language: Displacing Englishes from the Study of Englishes
Quelle	In: Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 17 (2020) 3, S.228-245 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1542-7587
DOI	10.1080/15427587.2019.1641097
Schlagwörter	Language Variation; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Foreign Countries; Language Attitudes; Language Role; Language Research; Social Differences; Multilingualism; Foreign Policy; Tagalog; Global Approach; Social Class; Social Structure; Philippines + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachenvielfalt; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Ausland; Sprachverhalten; Sprachforschung; Sozialer Unterschied; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Außenpolitik; Globales Denken; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Sozialstruktur; Philippinen
Abstract	Much has been written about the linguistics, pragmatics and politics of the pluralization of English under conditions of colonization and globalization. By and large, however, the focus of the work on World Englishes has understandably been on "Englishes" rather than the "world". This paper explores the theoretical potential of strategically displacing "Englishes" from the study of World Englishes and, instead, train our lens on the study of the "world" by operationalizing such strategic decentering in the context of Philippine English studies. Thus, the specific argument of this paper concerns the need to train our lenses on what constitutes "Philippine" in Philippine English. This crucial modifier of English is rarely discussed, much more unpacked and critiqued, thus "English" remains relatively disconnected from its very complex "local" moorings. In the end, however, a strategic decentering of English from the study of Philippine English will strengthen the conceptual power of our accounting of the critical role of English in Philippine society. This mobilizes the field to go beyond the study of Philippine English and into "Unequal Philippine Englishes." (As Provided).
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