Tauhid Hossain Khan, Ellen MacEachen
Although social constructionism (SC) and Foucauldian discourse analysis (FDA) are well established constructionist analytical methods, this article propose that Foucauldian discourse analysis is more useful for qualitative data analysis as it examines social legitimacy. While the SC is able to illum...
Mohammad Mosiur Rahman, Md Shaiful Islam, Abdul Karim, Takad Ahmed Chowdhury et al.
Given the significance of English in the global world, English language teaching in Bangladesh has become subject to a supreme concern in maintaining economic growth and developing a skilled workforce. In this article, several barriers have been discussed based on a critical analysis of published ma...
Shoichi Takahashi, Sarah Hulsey
In this article, we develop a substantially expanded theory of late merger. Adopting related insights by Fox (2002), we argue that late merger is permitted whenever an output representation can be interpreted in the semantic component. A consequence of our approach is that late merger is available n...
Adnan Hossain
Hijra, the iconic figure of South Asian gender and sexual difference, comprise a publicly institutionalised subculture of male-bodied feminine-identified people. Although they have existed as a culturally recognised third gender for a very long time, it is only recently that hijra have been legally ...
Uzma Z. Rizvi
Abstract Acknowledgement I would like to thank my colleagues and friends Praveena Gullapalli and Benjamin Porter for the comments and insights that have helped shaped this piece in its initial stages. Additionally, this work has benefited from my conversations with Sandra Scham. I would also like to...
Md. Mahbubar Rahman, Willem van Schendel
In the wake of Partition—the break-up of British India in 1947—millions of people moved across the new borders between Pakistan and India. Although much has been written about these ‘Partition refugees,’ a comprehensive picture remains elusive. This paper advocates a rethinking of the study of cross...
Peter I. De Costa, Curtis Green‐Eneix, Wendy Li
Language policies generally seek to establish, regulate, and conform linguistic practices – whether explicit or implicit – that occur within an ‘authorized’ domain. While there are multiple levels (societal, institutional, and interpersonal) at which such policies are enacted (Hornberger & Johns...
Mohammad Mosiur Rahman, Ambigapathy Pandian
The 2016 World Bank report on worldwide per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) identified Bangladesh as a lower middle-income country based on its consistent GDP growth throughout last decade (World Bank, 2016). To maintain this growth rate and meet the radical demand for human resources in increas...
Lal, Brij
South Asia’s diaspora is among the world’s largest and most widespread, and it is growing exponentially. It is estimated that over 25 million persons of Indian descent live abroad; and many millions more have roots in other countries of the subcontinent, in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. There ...
Kazi Imran Hossain
English language learning has become a global phenomenon, with millions of learners around the world seeking to acquire proficiency in this lingua franca. One of the key factors influencing English language learning is culture. This paper critically examines the role of culture in English language l...
Birgit Meyer
Introduction: From Imagined Communities to Aesthetic Formations: Religious Mediations, Sensational Forms and Styles of Binding B.Meyer PART I: BOUNDARY POLITICS 'Don't ask questions, just observe!': Boundary Politics in Bahian Candomble M.van de Port Purity and the Devil: Community, Media and the Bo...
M. Obaidul Hamid, Hoa Thi Mai Nguyen
This paper focuses on English teachers in Asia in the context of globalization, the global spread of English and the emergence of English as an "Asian language". It highlights the dilemmas facing these teachers in meeting the growing social demands of English proficiency in a technology-influenced, ...
Rajeev Bhargava
INTRODUCTION 1. Democratic Vision of a New Republic: India, 1950 2. The Evolution and Distinctiveness of India's Linguistic Federalism 3. Indian Secularism: An Alternative, Trans-cultural Ideal 4. History, Nation and Community 5. Between Revenge and Reconciliation: Gandhi and Truth Commissions 6. Mu...
Sadia Sultana
This paper reports on a mixed-method study that explored the effect of English as a medium of instruction. It specifically focuses on the academic discourse and socialisation experiences of 1st year students in universities of Bangladesh. A questionnaire survey of 115 students and interviews with st...
Andy Kirkpatrick
The Routledge Handbook of World Englishes constitutes a comprehensive introduction to the study of World Englishes. Split into six sections with 40 contributions, this Handbook discusses how English is operating in a wide range of fields from business to popular culture and from education to new lit...