Questão de Língua Inglesa

Invitation to the Jenny Cheshire Lecture 2014 English in Paradise?: a new variety in the Pacific Friday 13 June 2014 at 6.30pm Maths Lecture Theatre, School of Mathematical Sciences, Mile End Campus The talk aims to provide a holistic sociohistorical, political as well as linguistic account of the process by wich a new English emerges in a colonial environment. Taking the case of the Republic of Palau in Micronesia as an example, I will examine, first, the emergence of English in the context of the country’s complex colonial past. Second, I attempt to apply Schneider’s ‘Dynamic Model’ of postcolonial English formation to this community. Palau provides an interesting and important testing ground for the model, because few communities in which English has emerged as a result of American as opposed to British colonialism have been examined to date. Finally, I present, based on analyses of recordings of informal conversations among Palauans, an initial portrait of the main linguistic characteristics of Paluan English, and assess the extent to which English is nativising in this small community. ŝƐƉŽŶşǀĞůĞŵ͗фŚƩƉ͗ͬͬůŝŶŐƵŝƐƟĐƐͲƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚͲĚŝŐĞƐƚ͘ďůŽŐƐƉŽƚ͘ĐŽŵ͘ď ƌх͘ĐĞƐƐŽĞŵ͗ϭϱũƵů͘ϮϬϭϰ;ĂĚĂƉƚĂĚŽͿ͘ /ĨĂĨŽƌĞŝŐŶůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞƚĞĂĐŚĞƌĂƩĞŶĚƐƚŚĞůĞĐƚƵƌĞďLJĂǀŝĚƌŝƚĂŝŶ͕ŝƚƐƐƵďũĞĐƚŵŝŐŚƚŚĞůƉŚŝŵͬŚĞƌƉƌĞƉĂƌĞĂ ĐůĂƐƐĂďŽƵƚ