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UNINA9910815795303321 |
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Autore |
Brutt-Griffler Janina <1966-> |
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Titolo |
World English : a study of its development / / Janina Brutt-Griffler |
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Clevedon, UK ; ; Buffalo [N.Y.], : Multilingual Matters, c2002 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-73926-6 |
9786610739264 |
1-85359-579-9 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (229 p.) |
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Collana |
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Bilingual education and bilingualism ; ; 34 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English language - Foreign countries |
English language - English-speaking countries |
Communication, International |
Intercultural communication |
English-speaking countries |
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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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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-212) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Glossary -- Preface -- 1. Images of World English: Writing English as an International Language -- 2. The Representation of the Social in a Social Science: Methodology in Linguistics -- 3. Ideological and Economic Crosscurrents of Empire -- 4. The Contested Terrain of Colonial Language Policy -- 5. Access Denied: Containing the Spread of English -- 6. The Becoming of a World Language -- 7. Macroacquisition: Bilingual Speech Communities and Language Change -- 8. The Macroacquisition of English: New Representations in the Language -- 9. The) World (of) English: Englishes in Convergence -- 10. Decentering English Applied Linguistics -- Appendices -- References -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This text traces the history of English language spread from the 18th to the beginning of the 21st century, combining that with a study of its language change. It links linguistic and sociolinguistic variables that have conditioned the evolution and change of English, putting forward a new framework of language spread and change. |
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