On nativization of English

Pandharipande, Rajeshwari V.

doi:10.1111/j.1467-971x.1987.tb00189.x

Cited by 15 publications

(13 citation statements)

References 8 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…If innovations are seen as errors, a non-native variety can never receive any recognition." This definition of an innovation is parallel to those given by Kachru (1983) and Pandharipande (1987). In other words, Bamgbose (1998) argues for an existence of an innovation as an emerging linguistic feature of new Englishes.…”

Section: Introductionsupporting

confidence: 57%

“…If an innovation is accepted by reputable authorities for use, it will be codified and become a part of a non-native variety of English. Kachru (1983) and Pandharipande (1987) are similar in that they point out linguistic characteristics of an innovation with reference to a non-native variety of English whereas Bamgbose (1998) goes beyond such features by imposing criteria for justifying the actual recognition of an innovation. However, the three scholars' concepts meet at a description of lexical and grammatical features of an innovation as well as an acceptance of creative writing (or new literatures in English or non-native English literature) as a key source of an innovation.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Some Syntactic Innovations in New Literatures in English

Bennui

2013

IJL

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

New literatures in English mirror the identity of non-native writers who are eager to weave linguistic and thematic elements in English in divergence to the so-called Anglo English literature so that their nationality appearing in the characterization and various literary devices would contribute to the uniqueness of new varieties of English. This paper pays attention to an innovative facet of such linguistic components, particularly regarding syntax, which are manifested in the discipline of World Englishes. It aims to present particular types of syntactic innovations used in literary texts in English produced by Asian, African and Caribbean authors whose mother tongue is not English, through a range of previous studies. It appears that those authors mainly point out six types of syntactic creativity -literal translation, overgeneralization, omission, reduction, restructuring and progressive verb forms -to highlight their writings which reflect localization of the English language.

show abstract

Section: Introductionsupporting

confidence: 57%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Some Syntactic Innovations in New Literatures in English

Bennui

2013

IJL

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…The following types of deviation occur in nativized features as a consequence of coping with Chinese grammar: using commas to join two sentences (comma splices), using deviant parts of speech, using no plural forms and articles for countable nouns, deleting or misusing third person singular present tense, omitting copula verbs before adjectives, using null subjects, and breaking collocational rules. In sum, Taiwanese copywriters utilize English for ‘intentional’ purposes; however, the result is an ‘unintentional’ transfer of Chinese structure to English by way of verbatim translation, showing ‘systematic, regular and productive’ deviation (Pandharipande, , p. 156).…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The nativization of English in Taiwanese magazine advertisements

Jia-Ling

2019

World Englishes

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This study investigates from a sociolinguistic perspective how Taiwanese copywriters nativize English in Chinese‐based advertising copy in Taiwanese magazines in response to the growing impact of globalization over a decade. Two corpuses of magazine ads are used for quantitative and qualitative analyses: 649 ads from a 1999 English‐mixing magazine ads corpus and 1,505 ads from a 2009 corpus. The analysis demonstrates a clear trend of Taiwanese copywriters showing growing bilingual ingenuity by coining English phrases and sentences via recruiting verbatim translation based on Chinese grammar. The results of this study shed light on how nativization of English has been reinforced through copywriters’ linguistic innovation and exploitation of grammatical and collocational deviations in an era of increasing globalization.

show abstract

“…In short, deviations are distinguished from mistakes in that they are violations of native speaker norms because they are a product of the non-native context in which the variety is being used; deviations result from 'productive processes' [e.g. Bokamba (1982)' Kachru (1983) and Pandharipande (1987)l which reflect a systematic transfer of features of the first language and its context into English. These productive processes include direct lexical borrowings from L1 into English (as mentioned above) as well as transfers of morphological processes from L1 to English, such as the West African English compound and the use of reduplication as intensifiers, e.g.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evaluation of institutionalized varieties of English and its implications for placement and pedagogy

Kenkel

Tucker

1989

World Englishes

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Traditionally, ESL programs in the United States have not distinguished between students coining from countries where.English has been institutionalized, such as Nigeria, and those from countries where it has not been, such as Japan. However, the legitimacy of these institutionalized or nativized varieties has become more and more accepted. In spite of this acceptance, scant attention has been focused on how ESL programs might adapt to the growing consensus. This paper outlines an application of theoretical understandings of nativized varieties to the very practical concerns of ESL programs; namely, testing, placement and pedagogy. First, through analysis of placement essays written by Nigerian and Sri Lankan students at an American university, we demonstrate that the non-recognition of the legitimacy of nativized varieties can have the very real effect of lowering a student's placement. We then suggest a two-tiered evaluation which discriminates between those students competent in English but significantly unfamiliar with the American variety and those whose competence in English is deficient. Finally, we advance a pedagogical approach and techniques which we believe appropriate for speakers who are competent in a non-native variety, but are unfamiliar with the American idiom and culture.

show abstract

On nativization of English

Cited by 15 publications

References 8 publications

Some Syntactic Innovations in New Literatures in English

Some Syntactic Innovations in New Literatures in English

The nativization of English in Taiwanese magazine advertisements

Evaluation of institutionalized varieties of English and its implications for placement and pedagogy

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About