Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Contributors
1. Introduction: English spreading at the grassroots
Christiane Meierkord, Ruhr-University of Bochum and Edgar W. Schneider, University of Regensburg
2. Grassroots English, learner English, second-language English, English
as a lingua franca ... : What's in a name?
Sarah Buschfeld, University of Dortmund
Part I: English at the grassroots in former spheres of British interest
3. The sociolinguistic profile of English at the grassroots level: A comparison of Northern and Western Uganda
Bebwa Isingoma, Gulu University
4. English language learning trajectories among Zanzibaris working in tourism
Susanne Mohr, Bayreuth Academy of Advanced African Studies
5. Access to English and the Englishes of the disadvantaged - examples from Uganda and South Africa
Christiane Meierkord, Ruhr-University of Bochum and Edgar W. Schneider, University of Regensburg
6. Artistic re-creation of grassroots English: Ideologies and structures in English Vinglish
Edgar W. Schneider, University of Regensburg
Part II: English in trade and work migration
7. Facets of intercultural communication employed in the conversations of local Arab traders in Bahrain
Anthonia Bamidele-Akhidenor, AMA International University Bahrain
8. The value of grassroots English for Bangladeshi migrants to the Middle East
Qumrul Hasan Chowdhury, University of Dhaka and Elizabeth J. Erling, University of Graz
9. Grassroots diffusion of English in a 'blue-collar' workplace: the case of a multilingual cleaning company in New Jersey, USA
Kellie Gonçalves, University of Köln
Part III: English in forced migration
10. Language use among Syrian refugees in Germany
Guyanne Wilson, Ruhr University Bochum
11. Uprooted speakers' grassroots English: Metalinguistic perspectives
of asylum seekers in Germany
Axel Bohmann, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
12. Onward migration from Italy to the UK: reshaped linguistic repertoires
and the role of English
Francesco Goglia, University of Exeter
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