ENGL 5355 - Global Englishes

Credits: 1-4
Max Credit 8

Advanced investigation of the spread of English as the lingua franca for business, technology, research, education, and popular culture around the world. Does the spread create cross-cultural communication or intensify global economic inequality? This course explores global Englishes in their historical and present contexts, engaging the fields of linguistics, sociolinguistics, postcolonial studies, and English language teaching.

Prerequisite: Graduate status or 12 hours of 4000-level ENGL courses