@inbook{704921bf8896471bae9a49deeff63272,
title = "The politics of world Englishes",
abstract = "{\textquoteleft}Language is political from top to bottom{\textquoteright} (Joseph, 2006, p. 17), the way we use it, and the way we talk about it. In the field of World Englishes the political character of language and language practice is particularly evident. Originating from 1960s and 1970s debates on the necessity (or not) of recognizing the validity of varieties other than British and American English, the egalitarian stance in the World Englishes paradigm is inherently political. Analogously, the positions of those who express different views with respect to the forms and functions of English in the world are political, too. This chapter provides an overview of the intrinsically political nature of World Englishes in relation to the history and geography of the spread of English, the study of varieties of English, the different roles that this language plays for different people around the world.",
author = "Mario Saraceni",
year = "2020",
month = jan,
day = "1",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-1-108-42595-7",
series = "Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics",
publisher = "Cambridge University Press",
pages = "633--651",
editor = "Daniel Schreier and Marianne Hundt and Schneider, {Edgar W.}",
booktitle = "Cambridge Handbook of World Englishes",
address = "United Kingdom",
}