IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/alk/jweep0/v3y2021i2id1346.html

Development of Fiji English

Author

Listed:
  • Zakia Ali-Chand

    (Assistant Professor, Department of Language & Literature, School of Communication, Language and Literature, College of Humanities and Education, Fiji National University, Suva, Fiji)

Abstract

This paper traces the development of Fiji English as a variety of English distinct from standard British English. This variety of English has been used colloquially; however, in the recent past, it has been slowly creeping in to students’ academic papers. Some of its vocabulary may be seen to be quite distinct from standard British English. This paper will first discuss the classifications and models of World Englishes that have been proposed by scholars such as Kachru, Schneider, Quirk and Bolton, among others. These classifications try and explain the differences in the ways English developed its own varieties in different countries. It will then attempt to explain the stages Fiji English went through to give birth to its own distinct variety of English. Finally, it will examine some of the sources of Fiji English lexis.

Suggested Citation

Handle: RePEc:alk:jweep0:v:3:y:2021:i:2:id:1346
DOI: 10.32996/jweep.2021.3.2.5
as

Download full text from publisher

File URL: https://al-kindipublisher.com/index.php/jweep/article/view/1346
File Function: Abstract page
Download Restriction: no
File URL: https://al-kindipublisher.com/index.php/jweep/article/download/1346/1092
File Function: Full text
Download Restriction: no
File URL: https://libkey.io/10.32996/jweep.2021.3.2.5?utm_source=ideas
LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
---><---

More about this item

Keywords

;
;
;

Statistics

Access and download statistics

Corrections

All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:alk:jweep0:v:3:y:2021:i:2:id:1346. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Al-Kindi Center for Research and Development (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://al-kindipublisher.com/index.php/jweep .

Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.