03811nam 2200697Ia 450 991081194270332120200520144314.01-107-17467-81-280-90984-697866109098410-511-28665-10-511-28593-00-511-28435-70-511-32213-50-511-61890-50-511-28517-5(CKB)1000000000353221(EBL)295706(OCoLC)437181885(SSID)ssj0000306531(PQKBManifestationID)12106490(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000306531(PQKBWorkID)10298514(PQKB)10925375(UkCbUP)CR9780511618901(MiAaPQ)EBC295706(Au-PeEL)EBL295706(CaPaEBR)ebr10178448(CaONFJC)MIL90984(EXLCZ)99100000000035322120070606d2007 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPostcolonial English varieties around the world /Edgar W. Schneider1st ed.Cambridge ;New York Cambridge University Press20071 online resource (xvi, 367 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Cambridge approaches to language contactTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).0-521-53901-3 0-521-83140-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-359) and indexes.Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Maps, figures, and tables; Series editor's foreword; Preface and acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Charting the territory: Postcolonial Englishes as a field of linguistic investigation; 3 The evolution of Postcolonial Englishes: the Dynamic Model; 4 Linguistic aspects of nativization; 5 Countries along the cycle: case studies; 6 The cycle in hindsight: the emergence of American English; 7 Conclusion; Notes; References; Index of authors; Index of subjectsThe global spread of English has resulted in the emergence of a diverse range of postcolonial varieties around the world. Postcolonial English provides a clear and original account of the evolution of these varieties, exploring the historical, social and ecological factors that have shaped all levels of their structure. It argues that while these Englishes have developed new and unique properties which differ greatly from one location to another, their spread and diversification can in fact be explained by a single underlying process, which builds upon the constant relationships and communication needs of the colonizers, the colonized, and other parties. Outlining the stages and characteristics of this process, it applies them in detail to English in sixteen different countries across all continents as well as, in a separate chapter, to a history of American English. Of key interest to sociolinguists, dialectologists, historical linguists and syntacticians alike, this book provides a fascinating new picture of the growth and evolution of English around the globe.Cambridge approaches to language contact.English languageVariationEnglish-speaking countriesEnglish languageVariationForeign countriesEnglish languageVariationEnglish languageVariation427.009Schneider Edgar W(Edgar Werner),1954-156909MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811942703321Postcolonial English233831UNINA