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Marshallese English: A first sketch
Author(s) -
BUCHSTALLER ISABELLE,
WILLSON NIKOLAS DANE
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
world englishes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.6
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1467-971X
pISSN - 0883-2919
DOI - 10.1111/weng.12243
Subject(s) - sketch , variety (cybernetics) , world englishes , linguistics , computer science , english language , history , artificial intelligence , philosophy , algorithm
This article provides a first sketch of Marshallese English, a variety which developed through contact between speakers of English and the Marshallese language. Our objectives are two‐pronged: (i) we attempt to position the varieties of English spoken in the Marshall Islands with regard to Kachru's Three Circles model of world Englishes; and (ii) we provide a first linguistic sketch of Marshallese English. Both of these aims have obvious applications for language policy and the development of educational resources and benchmarks.