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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822174203321

Autore

Nelson Cecil L

Titolo

Intelligibility in World Englishes [[electronic resource] ] : Theory and Application

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2012

ISBN

0-203-83257-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (153 p.)

Collana

ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series

Disciplina

420.9

428.007

Soggetti

English language - Foreign countries

English language -- Foreign countries

English language - Social aspects - Foreign countries

English language -- Social aspects -- Foreign countries

English language - Variation - Foreign countries

English language -- Variation -- Foreign countries

Intercultural communication

English

Languages & Literatures

English Language

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Intelligibility in World Englishes: Theory and Application; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. "Understanding" and Intelligibility in World Englishes; 2. Intelligibility, Comprehensibility, Interpretability; 3. Hybridity, Creativity, and Intelligibility in World Englishes; 4. Other Conceptualizations of Intelligibility; 5. Intelligibility in English-Language Teaching; 6. Intelligibility and the Ongoing Expansions of Englishes; Notes; Annotated Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Intelligibility is the term most generally used to address the complex of criteria that describe, broadly, how useful someone's English is when talking or writing to someone else. Set within the paradigm of world Englishes - which posits that the Englishes of the world may be seen as



flexibly categorized into three Circles (Inner, Outer, Expanding) in terms of their historical developments - this text provides a comprehensive overview of the definitions and scopes of intelligibility, comprehensibility and interpretability, and addresses key topics within