Author: Australian National Dictionary Centre and Bruce Moore OD FAAO
Title: Who's Centric Now? - the present state of post-colonial Englishes
Description: Oxford University Press 2001 Paperback, 336pp. The fifteen chapters in the book are the papers from a conference held atthe Australian National University 17-29 October 1999. The conference was hostedby the Australian National Dictionary Centre, Oxford University Press, and theHumanities Research centre. It brought together leading lexicographers fromaround the world, including the Chief Editor (John Simpson) and Deputy Editor(Penny Silva) of the Oxford English Dictionary.A dominant theme of the papers is the future of regional Englishes (AustralianEnglish, Indian English, Canadian English, etc.) in the context of theincreasing globalisation of English. Other issues covered include: therelationships between English and other official languages, the relationshipsbetween English and indigenous languages, language and national identity, thehistory of recording regional Englishes in dictionaries, and the role of Britishand American English as 'linguistic imperialists'.The countries which receive major emphasis are Australia, Bangladesh, Canada,Fiji, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, and South Africa. (ISBN: 9780195514506). Very Good.

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