Index

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. 1 The current role of children and adolescents in World Englishes research 1
4. Part I: Language in the family
5. 2 Language among Trinidadian-heritage children raised in diaspora 13
6. 3 Language use patterns and strategies for children’s English language development: Insights from Chinese descendant mothers in multilingual Malaysia 37
7. 4 Family language policies in Thailand: Multiliteracy practices and Global Englishes 59
8. 5 Parental language ideologies and children’s language use in Singapore – raising speakers of “Standard” English? 83
9. Part II: Language acquisition and language learning in multilingual contexts
10. 6 Syntactic and lexical complexity in CLIL and EFL written production: Evidence for ELF as a WEs paradigm in Turkey 111
11. 7 Investigating child language acquisition from a joint perspective: A comparison of traditional and new L1 speakers of English 133
12. 8 Speech rhythm in Cameroon English: A cross-generational study 159
13. 9 From second to first language: Language shift in Singapore and Ireland 177
14. Part III: Attitudes and identity
15. 10 Children’s language attitudes in a World Englishes community: A focus on St. Kitts 205
16. 11 Youth identity as linguistic identity: Political engagement and language acquisition and use in Hong Kong 227
17. 12 Varieties of English and Third Culture Kids in Hong Kong 255
18. 13 Variation and change in the NURSE vowel in Trinidadian English: An apparent-time analysis of adolescent and adult speakers 279
19. 14 How linguistically tolerant or insecure are school-aged children? A matched-guise, gamified approach for 6- to 12-year-olds in Canada 307
20. 15 Caught between languages and cultures: Exploring linguistic and cultural identity among Maldivian adolescents 335
21. Part IV: Summary and discussion
22. 16 Conclusion and envoi: Language acquisition at the intersection of sociolinguistics and World Englishes research 361
23. Index 379