To what extent do educated British users of English accept certain established norms in selected non-British Inner Circle and Outer Circle Englishes?

Bu çalışma Dünya İngilizcelerinin özelliklerini tanımlamaya ve çözümlemeye çalışarak İngilizcenin eğitimli İngiliz kullanıcıları tarafından dilin birbirinden farklı çeşitlerinde ortak olarak yerleşmiş belli başlı normlarının kabul edilebilir olup olmadığı sorusunun cevabını bulmayı amaçlamaktadır. Çalışmanın bulguları katılımcıların seçilen normların birçoğunu kabul etmediğini göstermiştir. Katılımcıların çoğu tarafından sadece üç madde kabul edilebilir bulunmuştur. Kadın ve erkek katılımcıların cevaplarında önemli bir farklılık olmamakla birlikte birden fazla dilin kullanıcısı olmanın kabul edebilirliğin derecelendirilmesinde etkisini belirlemede yeterli kanıt bulunamamıştır. İngilizcenin İngiliz olmayan kişiler tarafından kullanımındaki normlarında kabul edilebilirlik olmaması bu İngilizcelerin kullanımında bir eksiklik olduğu anlamına gelmemesine rağmen bu durum İngilizcenin tüm çeşitliliklerindeki kabul edilebilir formların ve standartların belirlenmesi açısından anlam taşımaktadır. Uluslararası bir dil olarak İngilizcenin temelini oluşturan norm ve standartların sadece yaygın olarak kabul edilmiş bu norm ve standartlar olduğu öne sürülebilir.

Eğitimli İngilizler seçilmiş iç ve dış grup İngilizcelerdeki belirli normları ne derecede kabul ediyorlar?

Drawing on work that has attempted to describe and codify features of World Englishes, this study sought to address the question of whether certain established norms common to several varieties of English would be accepted by educated British users of English. The findings revealed that the respondents did not accept most of the selected norms. Only three items were acceptable to the majority of respondents. There was no significant difference in the responses of male and female respondents, and there was insufficient evidence to determine whether being a user of more than one language was a factor in the degree of acceptance. Whilst the lack of acceptance of non-British English norms does not imply deficiency in other Englishes, it does have implications for the identification of norms and standards that are commonly acceptable across all varieties of English. It could be argued that only those norms and standards that are commonly accepted provide the foundation of English as an International Language.

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