Russian Journal of LinguisticsRussian Journal of LinguisticsRussian Journal of Linguistics2687-00882686-8024Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)2439810.22363/2687-0088-2020-24-3-523-550ArticlesСтатьиArticlesMiscellaneousVarieties of English and Kachru’s Expanding CircleВарианты английского языка и Расширяющийся круг КачруProshinaZoya G.ПрошинаЗоя Григорьевна

Professor in the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Area Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia, and Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Intercultural Communication Studies, Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, Russia

доктор филологических наук, профессор кафедры теории преподавания иностранных языков, факультет иностранных языков и регионоведения

proshinazoya@yandex.ruNelsonCecil L.НельсонСесил Л.

Professor Emeritus of Linguistics in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics

Почетный профессор лингвистики, кафедра языков, литератур и лингвистики

cj3nelson@yahoo.comLomonosov Moscow State UniversityМосковский государственный университет имени М.В. ЛомоносоваIndiana State UniversityУниверситет штата Индиана15122020243World Englishes in the Expanding CircleВарианты английского языка Расширяющегося круга52355019082020Copyright ©; 2020, Proshina Z.G., Nelson C.L.Copyright ©; 2020, Прошина З.Г., Нельсон С.Л.Copyright ©; 2020, Proshina Z., Nelson C.2020Proshina Z.G., Nelson C.L.Прошина З.Г., Нельсон С.Л.Proshina Z., Nelson C.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0https://journals.rudn.ru/linguistics/article/view/24398

In this overview article, we present the motivations for compiling this issue of RJL and summarize the major premises of the World Englishes (WE) Paradigm. The focus is on the relations between the WE school of thought and the paradigms that branched from it, i.e. English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) and English as an International Language (EIL). The statuses of Englishes in the Kachruvian Expanding Circle that function mainly as lingua francas in international communication is one of the most controversial issues in sociolinguistics. We discuss the misconceptions regarding the Expanding Circle Englishes. Finally, we give a brief survey of the articles contributed to this issue, which develop theoretical and empirical material for the WE paradigm.

В данной обзорной статье объясняются причины, обусловившие подготовку этого выпуска журнала, и суммируются основные положения контактной вариантологии английского языка. Обращается внимание на связь между парадигмой, изучающей варианты английского языка в мире, и теориями, отпочковавшимися от нее - теорией английского как лингва франка и теорией английского как международного языка. Одной из самых спорных проблем социолингвистики стал вопрос о статусе вариантов из Расширяющегося круга, представленного в теории Б. Качру. В международной коммуникации эти варианты функционируют главным образом как языки-посредники, или лингва франка. Рассматриваются ошибочные концепции относительно вариантов Расширяющегося круга. В заключение делается краткий обзор статей, представленных в данный номер, развивающих теорию и предоставляющих эмпирический материал для дальнейшей разработки теории вариантов английского языка в мире.

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