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UNINA9910791970603321 |
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Titolo |
English in Southeast Asia [[electronic resource] ] : features, policy and language in use / / edited by Ee-Ling Low, Azirah Hashim |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-42491-6 |
9786613424914 |
90-272-8183-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (408 p.) |
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Collana |
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Varieties of English around the world (VEAW) ; ; v. G42 |
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Classificazione |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English language - Variation - Southeast Asia |
Language policy - Southeast Asia |
Language planning - Southeast Asia |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. 1. Features -- pt. 2. Policy (historical context & language planning) -- pt. 3. Language in use -- pt. 4. Bibliography. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This volume provides a first systematic, comprehensive account of English in Southeast Asia (SEA) based on current research by leading scholars in the field. The volume first provides a systematic account of the linguistic features across all sub-varieties found within each country. It also has a section dedicated to the historical context and language planning policies to provide a background to understanding the development of the linguistic features covered in Part I and, finally, the vibrancy of the sociolinguistic and pragmatic realities that govern actual language in use in a wide variet |
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