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Features of Japanese English (JE)

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What is the main reason for including Expanding Circle varieties among the Englishes of Asia?

To show the stability of Expanding Circle varieties compared to other English varieties.

To demonstrate the increasing importance of English in all contexts today. (correct)

To explore the nuances of intra-national usage of English.

To analyze the phonological features of Expanding Circle varieties.

What distinguishes Expanding Circle varieties from Inner or Outer Circle varieties?

Their exclusion from global interactions.

Their stability.

Their advanced stage in Schneider's Dynamic Model.

Their common features displayed by users. (correct)

What term is used in the chapter to describe a certain form of Japanese English (JE)?

Codifiable

Phonological

Similect (correct)

Dynamic Model

Which aspects are covered before discourse and pragmatic features in the chapter?

Phonological and morpho-syntactic features. (C) Signup and view all the answers

How does the chapter suggest Japanese interlocutors will bring their form of JE to global interactions?

With individual variation. (C) Signup and view all the answers

What are some of the areas that past work on Japanese English (JE) has focused on?

Phonological features, syntactic features, and lexical development (C) Signup and view all the answers

What did Thompson (2001) observe about the front vowel /a/ in Japanese English (JE)?

It is often substituted for five other vowels in JE. (C) Signup and view all the answers

What did Nihalani (2010) claim regarding the substitution of /a/ for other vowels in Japanese English?

The phonetic distinctness between the two vowels is lost. (D) Signup and view all the answers

Where were the sources of spoken data gathered for phonology and morphosyntax of Japanese English?

Both inside and outside Japan (D) Signup and view all the answers

What did Yamaguchi and Chiew (2020) demonstrate about Japanese English (JE) speakers in their corpus?

They differentiate between sounds, avoiding conflation. (C) Signup and view all the answers