The handbook of world Englishes / / edited by Braj B. Kachru, Yamuna Kachru, Cecil L. Nelson

• Pubblicazione: Oxford, England : , : Blackwell Publishing, , [2006]; ©2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (834 p.)
• Disciplina: 427
• Soggetto topico: English language - Foreign countries; English language - Variation - Foreign countries; English language - Social aspects - Foreign countries
• Persona (resp. second.): KachruBraj B.; KachruYamuna; NelsonCecil L.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The Handbook of World Englishes; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Contributors; Preface; Introduction: The World of World Englishes; Part I The Historical Context; 1 The Beginnings; First Diaspora; 2 First Steps: Wales and Ireland; 3 English in Scotland; Second Diaspora; 4 English in North America; 5 English in Australia and New Zealand; Third Diaspora; 6 South Asian Englishes; 7 East Asian Englishes; 8 Southeast Asian Englishes; 9 South American Englishes; 10 South African Englishes; 11 West African Englishes; 12 East African Englishes; 13 Caribbean Englishes; 14 Euro-Englishes ; Fourth Diaspora15 World Englishes Today; Part II Variational Contexts; 16 Contact Linguistics and World Englishes; 17 Varieties of World Englishes; 18 Pidgins and Creoles; 19 African American English; Part III Acculturation; 20 Written Language, Standard Language, Global Language; 21 Speaking and Writing in World Englishes; 22 Genres and Styles in World Englishes; Part IV Crossing Borders; 23 Literary Creativity in World Englishes; 24 World Englishes and Issues of Intelligibility; 25 World Englishes and Culture Wars; Part V Grammar Wars and Standards ; 26 Grammar Wars: Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century England27 Grammar Wars: The United States; 28 World Englishes and Descriptive Grammars; Part VI Ideology, Identity, and Constructs; 29 Colonial/Postcolonial Critique: The Challenge from World Englishes; 30 Cultural Studies and Discursive Constructions of World Englishes; 31 World Englishes and Gender Identities; Part VII World Englishes and Globalization; 32 World Englishes in the Media; 33 World Englishes in Global Advertising; 34 World Englishes and Global Commerce; Part VIII World Englishes and Applied Theory ; 35 A Recurring Decimal: English in Language Policy and Planning36 Teaching World Englishes; 37 Models, Methods, and Curriculum for ELT Preparation; 38 World Englishes and Lexicography; 39 World Englishes and Test Construction; 40 World Englishes and Communicative Competence; Part IX Resources on World Englishes; 41 World Englishes and Corpora Studies; 42 Comparing World Englishes: A Research Guide; Author Index; Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The Handbook of World Englishes is a collection of newly commissioned articles focusing on selected critical dimensions and case studies of the theoretical, ideological, applied and pedagogical issues related to English as it is spoken around the world. Represents the cross-cultural and international contextualization of the English languageArticulates the visions of scholars from major varieties of world Englishes - African, Asian, European, and North and South AmericanDiscusses topics including the sociolinguistic contexts of varieties of English in the inner, oute
• Titolo autorizzato: Handbook of world Englishes
• ISBN: 1-280-85088-4; 1-78034-236-5; 9786610850884; 0-470-79687-1; 1-4051-6430-1; 0-470-75759-0; 1-4051-7836-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910143299803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Blackwell handbooks in linguistics.