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Volume 7, Numéro 2, Pages 123-138
2026-07-15

Rethinking World Englishes Through The Ghanaian Experience: Toward A Practice-oriented And Ideology-sensitive Paradigm



Authors : Adogpa James Nsoh .

Abstract

Abstract: This position paper argues that the Ghanaian experience compels a theoretical reorientation within World Englishes (WE) scholarship. While the paradigm, most prominently articulated by Braj B. Kachru, successfully decentered monolithic conceptions of English, its classificatory emphasis risks obscuring the ideological, pragmatic, and translanguaging dynamics that shape English in postcolonial contexts. Drawing on Ghana as a focal case, the paper critiques static Circle-based models and argues for a dynamic, practice-oriented, and ideology-sensitive framework. Ghanaian English reveals tensions between endonormative innovation and persistent exonormative allegiance, particularly within education and public discourse. Moreover, English in Ghana operates within multilingual repertoires that challenge the notion of discrete varieties. By foregrounding feature–behavioral norm interplay, language ideology, and translanguaging practices, this paper proposes a rethinking of World Englishes beyond taxonomic description toward socioculturally embedded analysis.

Keywords

Keywords: Endonormativity, Ghanaian English, Language ideology, Postcolonial sociolinguistics, Translanguaging, World Englishes

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