American or British? A Corpus-Based Analysis of Asian Englishes' Orthographical Norms

Autor/inn/en	Antonio, Abigail F.; Bacang, Bernardita G.; Rillo, Richard M.; Alieto, Ericson O.; Caspillo, Warrelen D. C.
Titel	American or British? A Corpus-Based Analysis of Asian Englishes' Orthographical Norms
Quelle	26 (2019) 6, (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Language Variation; English (Second Language); Computational Linguistics; Databases; Spelling; Foreign Policy; Diachronic Linguistics; North American English; Information Technology; Global Approach; Foreign Countries; Language Attitudes; Language Research; Classification; Web Sites; Preferences; Asia; United Kingdom; India; Sri Lanka; Hong Kong; Philippines; Malaysia; Singapore; Bangladesh; Pakistan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachenvielfalt; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Linguistics; Computerlinguistik; Datenbank; Schreibweise; Außenpolitik; Diachronische Sprachbetrachtung; Historische Linguistik; Amerikanisches Englisch; Informationstechnologie; Globales Denken; Ausland; Sprachverhalten; Sprachforschung; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Web-Design; Asien; Großbritannien; Indien; Ceylon; Hongkong; Philippinen; Singapur; Bangladesch
Abstract	This study is one of the pioneers in investigating and analyzing the orthographical conventions/norms of the outer circle Asian Englishes using one of the largest databases of English corpus, the Global Web-based English (GloWbE). This study extends the analysis of the current orthographical norms of the new varieties to their colonial parents. Results of this study indicate that there is an evident Americanization in some of the orthographical norms of the outer circle Asian Englishes, even though all of them, except for Philippine English, have British English as parent English. The results can be accounted for the emergence and proliferation of technology, as initiated by the United States as a superpower country today. This huge global influence enables American English to accelerate in indirectly colonizing the orthographical norms of these new English varieties. (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01