AHMAR MAHBOOB
What world Englishes applied dynamic system theories to
How I see world Englishes understanding language
What I see world englishes to be
Where I see issues of dynamicity
Where I see the issues of power of differential 1st demiension:
Where I see world Englishes has something to conquer USERS – LOW SOCIAL DISTANCE-
to empowering our communities OR HIGH SOCIAL DISTANCE
That is the history of world Englishes
Talking with friends with shared
language with them using a
shift from British colonization of
language, if you have more than
south asia to so- called independence
one language you can use more
of south asia
than one language because it’s a
“we are now living in the world that no
low social distance relationship.
longer dictated by the british or the English
Ex. Ppl have their own way of talking
and therefore we don’t need to be dictated
(couple talk
by the norms of english that we have
HIGH SOCIAL DISTANCE = EDUC,
develop. MOVEMEMENT OF
FORMAL CONTEXT
EMPOWERMENT
high social distance and low social
distance tells us how we create
World Englishes has stagnated variations in language how we
Forgotten the purpose of why we do what change language based on who we
we do which is the empowerment od the are and what we are talking about
communities If we don’t exist language doesn’t
We are involved in essentially thinking exist, RESPECT THE USERS
world Englishes in naturalistic terms users of the language are people
thinking of Malaysian English Chinese who make language
English Filipino English if you're not
really look at language in terms of 2nd Dimention:
nation-states we need some other way MODES: (Written like or oral like)
of looking at it right because how do 3rd. Dimension :
we think of language if it's not in terms USE: what use are the users putting the
of naming it in relation to a rating a language to
*everyday language= sort of stuff you talk
state or a country
about
EMPOWER OURSELVES THROUGH
*specialized/technicalized = language of
LANGUAGE
linguistics ex. Psychology, engineering or
*World English cases what are the initials
any specialization.
don't exist in isolation they are part of our
8 DOMAINS
linguistic ecology and they're part of our
1. Low Social Distance, Every day, Oral
effort you know ways in which we make
Language
meaning
2. Low Social Distance, Every day,
3 TYPES OF VARIATION
Written Language
- formal structural variations
3. Low Social Distance, Specialized/
- semantic variation drawing on world Technicalized, Oral Language
wide linguist 4. Low Social Distance, Specialized/
- I look at dynamic Systems Theory Technicalized, Written Language
work that is coming out by black Tech 5. High Social Distance, Every day, Oral
Diane Larson Freeman and her Language
colleagues who are developing new 6. High Social Distance, Every day,
ways of looking at dynamic systems Written Language
AHMAR MAHBOOB
7. High Social Distance, Specialized/ is identified in social class, age, gender, etc.
Technicalized, Oral Language Each of these variables affects how similar
8. High Social Distance, Specialized/ or different the Language of speakers is. As
Technicalized, Written Language Mahboob stated, every human being has
their way of expressing the Language:
Domain 5& 6 is for education because Examples of this are the Language of love,
the purpose is you want to interact friendly talk, and sibling talk that shows
with people outside your community Low social distance, and an external
with the shared context of education. audience cannot interpret it. On the other
Domain 7&8 is for Academia hand, High social distance is shown when
People develop language in the Domain interacting with users of a standard or
1 and 2 but power of language lies in global Language. In short, language
Domain 7 and 8 variation can be based on low and high
In order to be a contributor to social distance. The second dimension is
knowledge production the speakers the mode, in which the way we use the
must get into the domain 7 and 8 Language varies, either oral or written. In
especially the domain 8. my view, the mode of communication
English racism occurs because of the affects the language choices that we make.
language For example, when we want to deliver a
Domain 3 and 4 = no studies, why ? message, we are picky of our Language
need development to become
depending on how the message is
developed.
delivered. The third dimension is the use of
1 and 2 developing communities
Empowering the 3 and 4 is important Englishes. Language serves its purpose
because this are the stuffs that we don’t depending on how users use the Language
know. Empowering 3 and 4 can help us itself. For example, when we talk to our
to end the exploitation. And knowing family, the Language serves as everyday
the 4 and 4 can helps us to know what use, but if we speak about our specialized
the community can do itself. courses, the languages are technicalized or
specialized. Mahboob also introduces the
As I’ve watched the video of Ahmar eight domains of the language dimensions.
Mahboob, it gives me a better It helps us know where we should focus or
understanding of the World Englishes and what domain is needed to empower to end
languages used in different communities. the exploitation and language racism.
There are several dimensions in world In conclusion, we as the Language
Englishes, but Mahboob states three users who made the Language dictate the
dimensions to understand how various Language and how we treat the Language
Englishes are related to each other. We as part of our lives. We are the ones that
need to remember three essential points are in charge of empowering these
such as the users, modes, and uses of domains. To contribute to knowledge
Englishes. production, we must focus on using
In Mahboob’s video, Language domains 7 and 8, but for this to happen, we
exists because of its users. Users are must first acknowledge and study other
essential on Language because users of domains. Mahboob’s speech helps us
Language are the ones who made those. explore how different Englishes are used in
When we are talking about the World educational or daily lives.
Englishes, it is indeed to look at the social
distance, but precisely this social distance
