Multilingual English users’ linguistic innovation

• Published in: World Englishes Vol. 39; no. 2; pp. 236 - 248
• Main Author: Wei, Li
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2020
• Subjects: Creativity; English as an international language; Innovation; Innovations; Language usage; Multilingualism; Nonnative speakers; Semiotics; Social media; Sociolinguistics

Can ‘non‐native’ speakers of English innovate in English? This seemly simple question bothers sociolinguists and sociolinguistic research because we feel uncertain whether the ‘inventive’ productions by ‘non‐native’ speakers should be treated as evidence of creativity or mistakes. This article aims...