English as problem and resource in Sri Lankan Universities

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Foreword vii
3. The Authors xi
4. The Editors xvii
5. Contents xix
6. Introduction 1
7. ENGLISH ACROSS CULTURES
8. Section One: The impact of differences in socio-cultural backgrounds of interlocutors on communication in English: Socio-pragmatic constraints
9. Some types of communicative strategies across cultures: Sense and sensitivity 13
10. English as object and medium of (mis)understanding 31
11. The (mis)identification of regional and national accents of English: Pragmatic, cognitive and social aspects 55
12. Culture and language in classroom communication 83
13. English for academic purposes: A hidden curriculum in ways of speaking 103
14. Invisible culture in the classroom: Minority pupils and the principle of adaptation 117
15. ENGLISH ACROSS CULTURES
16. Section Two: The impact of differences in socio-political realities on communication in English: Macro-societal constraints
17. Intercultural miscommunication as a source of friction in the workplace and in educational settings in South Africa 139
18. Socio-political influence on cultural identity in Canada: Implications for cross-cultural communication in English 161
19. English as problem and resource in Sri Lankan Universities 185
20. They speak English, don’t they? 205
21. CULTURES ACROSS ENGLISH
22. Section Three: The impact of differences in socio-linguistic backgrounds of interlocutors on communication in English: Ethno-linguistic constraints
23. British-American lexical differences: A typology of interdialectal variation 219
24. Questions of standards and intra-regional differences in Caribbean examinations 243
25. Structural mimicry in decreolization and its effect on pseudocomprehension 263
26. Cultural congruence and conflict in the acquisition of formulae in a second language 281
27. Dialectology in our time? The English of the Cajuns 305
28. Flexibility in lexical usage in Cameroon English 319
29. Cultures in conflict: Varieties of English in Northern Ireland 335
30. Patois and the politics of protest: Black English in British classrooms 359
31. Code-switching in narrative performance: A Puerto Rican speech community in New York 373
32. Social and linguistic parameters of prosody in Chicano English 387
33. Central Canadian English and Received Standard English. A comparison of pronunciation 403
34. Indian literature in English 421
35. Bibliography 441
36. Author Index 473
37. Subject Index 479
38. 493-494 493