World Englishn.

Brit.

/wəːld ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˌwər(ə)ld ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃ/

Forms: also with lower-case initial in the first element.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: world n., English n.

Etymology: < world n. + English n. Compare earlier Standard English at standard adj. 3d.

1. An international variety of English regarded as standard or acceptable wherever it is spoken in the world; (also) the fundamental features of such a variety. Cf. Standard English at standard adj. 3d.

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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > standard

King's English1553

king's languagea1566

Queen's English1592

received pronunciation?1710

Standard English1806

Southern English1860

World English1888

RP1889

Modified Standard English1913

Received Standard1913

B.B.C. English1928

Oldspeak1949

1888 Science Jan. 40 Let a committee be appointed,..and I feel convinced that they would readily create a new and simple tongue in the form of what may be called ‘world English’.

1888 A. M. Bell (title) World-English: the universal language.

1927 K. Malone in Amer. Speech 2 323/2 He..warns against a slavish conformity to the dictionary, i.e., to the prescriptions of standard English, or world-English, as some people call it.

1958 M. Pei One Lang. for World ii. xiii. 117 Two proposals to reform English spelling were made in the early years of this century (J. Hamilton's Cosmo-English of 1924 and F. Braendle's earlier World-English, or Weltlang, of 1910).

1980 Eng. World-wide 1 i. 80 The categories or types of AVE..can be seen as existing across a scale having ‘World English’ (‘book English’, ‘standard English’, ‘teachers' preferred English’, &c.), at one end, and a national variety most distinct from it at the other.

2000 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 1 Apr. 2 In terms of vocabulary, Australians are increasingly speaking what linguists call ‘world English’, an international dialect heavily influenced by America.

a. English as spoken around the world and regarded as comprising numerous differing regional varieties (usually excluding those of Britain and the United States).

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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > other varieties of English

French English1553

Black English1734

Rock English1843

South African English1855

Canadian English1857

Canadian1910

Bermudian English1933

Ozarkian1949

World English1957

Japlish1960

White English1969

Konglish1970

Singlish1984

World English-

1957 Mod. Lang. Rev. Apr. 300 The Outline remains solidly a book about ‘Southern British’ English (R.P.), and..does not attempt to be a guide to world English.

1968 WLWE Newslet. Nov. Suppl. (title) Literary periodicals in World-English (Commonwealth and former Commonwealth countries): a selective checklist.

1991 J. Cheshire Eng. around World Introd. 7 In the absence of systematic empirical research, descriptions of different varieties of World English have often been based either on the writer's personal observations or on the recorded speech of a single person.

2004 B. Davis & P. Mason in P. LeVine & R. Scollon Disc. & Technol. 48 Half of the students..were fluent speakers of both American English and either another language (Hindi, German, Italian, Russian) or a geographically distinct variety of World English.

Thesaurus »

b. As a count noun. Any of the national regional varieties of English (but usually excluding those of Britain and the United States).

1981 B. J. Kachru in C. A. Ferguson & S. B. Heath Language in USA i. ii. 28 It is a fascinating study in language imposition and language acculturation, and in many respects, it is similar to the cases of non-native World Englishes.

1992 Eng. Today Jan. 12/1 Caribbean English is a variety of the family of world Englishes. It takes its peculiar characteristics from the twenty-two Caribbean territories in which it is spoken.

2001 T. McArthur in B. Moore Who's Centric Now? i. 2 Since the late 1970s, Braj Kachru and others have coined and disseminated such usages as the ‘Englishes’, the ‘New Englishes’, and most notably ‘World Englishes’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	world english
释义	World Englishn. Brit. /wəːld ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃ/, U.S. /ˌwər(ə)ld ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃ/ Forms: also with lower-case initial in the first element. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: world n., English n. Etymology: < world n. + English n. Compare earlier Standard English at standard adj. 3d. 1. An international variety of English regarded as standard or acceptable wherever it is spoken in the world; (also) the fundamental features of such a variety. Cf. Standard English at standard adj. 3d. ΘΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > standard King's English1553 king's languagea1566 Queen's English1592 received pronunciation?1710 Standard English1806 Southern English1860 World English1888 RP1889 Modified Standard English1913 Received Standard1913 B.B.C. English1928 Oldspeak1949 1888 Science Jan. 40 Let a committee be appointed,..and I feel convinced that they would readily create a new and simple tongue in the form of what may be called ‘world English’. 1888 A. M. Bell (title) World-English: the universal language. 1927 K. Malone in Amer. Speech 2 323/2 He..warns against a slavish conformity to the dictionary, i.e., to the prescriptions of standard English, or world-English, as some people call it. 1958 M. Pei One Lang. for World ii. xiii. 117 Two proposals to reform English spelling were made in the early years of this century (J. Hamilton's Cosmo-English of 1924 and F. Braendle's earlier World-English, or Weltlang, of 1910). 1980 Eng. World-wide 1 i. 80 The categories or types of AVE..can be seen as existing across a scale having ‘World English’ (‘book English’, ‘standard English’, ‘teachers' preferred English’, &c.), at one end, and a national variety most distinct from it at the other. 2000 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 1 Apr. 2 In terms of vocabulary, Australians are increasingly speaking what linguists call ‘world English’, an international dialect heavily influenced by America. 2. a. English as spoken around the world and regarded as comprising numerous differing regional varieties (usually excluding those of Britain and the United States). ΘΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > other varieties of English French English1553 Black English1734 Rock English1843 South African English1855 Canadian English1857 Canadian1910 Bermudian English1933 Ozarkian1949 World English1957 Japlish1960 White English1969 Konglish1970 Singlish1984 World English- 1957 Mod. Lang. Rev. Apr. 300 The Outline remains solidly a book about ‘Southern British’ English (R.P.), and..does not attempt to be a guide to world English. 1968 WLWE Newslet. Nov. Suppl. (title) Literary periodicals in World-English (Commonwealth and former Commonwealth countries): a selective checklist. 1991 J. Cheshire Eng. around World Introd. 7 In the absence of systematic empirical research, descriptions of different varieties of World English have often been based either on the writer's personal observations or on the recorded speech of a single person. 2004 B. Davis & P. Mason in P. LeVine & R. Scollon Disc. & Technol. 48 Half of the students..were fluent speakers of both American English and either another language (Hindi, German, Italian, Russian) or a geographically distinct variety of World English. Thesaurus » b. As a count noun. Any of the national regional varieties of English (but usually excluding those of Britain and the United States). 1981 B. J. Kachru in C. A. Ferguson & S. B. Heath Language in USA i. ii. 28 It is a fascinating study in language imposition and language acculturation, and in many respects, it is similar to the cases of non-native World Englishes. 1992 Eng. Today Jan. 12/1 Caribbean English is a variety of the family of world Englishes. It takes its peculiar characteristics from the twenty-two Caribbean territories in which it is spoken. 2001 T. McArthur in B. Moore Who's Centric Now? i. 2 Since the late 1970s, Braj Kachru and others have coined and disseminated such usages as the ‘Englishes’, the ‘New Englishes’, and most notably ‘World Englishes’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1888
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