What are non native varieties?

What are non native varieties?

These varieties are characterized by “nativization” (Kachru, 1981a): systematic changes in their formal features at all linguistic levels, which result from the use of English in new sociocultural settings, in contact with other languages, and in the absence of native speakers of English.

What is Nativized English?

Nativization of English is a linguistic process where an aspect of English linguistic structure (lexicon, syntax, and other aspects of grammar) is borrowed into a speaker’s native language (Sankoff & Laberge, 1974).

What are native varieties of English?

The variety of English with the largest number of native speakers is American English, with 225 million native speakers. The other major varieties of English are Canadian English, Australian English, New Zealand English, South African English and Indian English.

How do we differentiate native and non native varieties of English?

Nevertheless, people can be native speakers of two or more languages when they have acquired both languages early in childhood. Non-native speakers of a language, on the other hand, are people who have learned this particular language as second or third language, but have a different language as native language.

What are the most prevalent varieties of English?

What is nativization theory?

Nativization is the process through which in the virtual absence of native speakers, a language undergoes new phonological, morphological, syntactical, semantic and stylistic changes, and gains new native speakers. There are few undisputed examples of a creole arising from nativization of a pidgin by children.

What is linguistic nativization?

Nativization is the linguistic readjustment that a language experiences at the phonological, morphological, syntactic and lexical levels due to the influence of local languages and various Socio-cultural factors.