Intelligibility in World Englishes [[electronic resource] ] : Theory and Application
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| Autore: |
Nelson Cecil L
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| Titolo: |
Intelligibility in World Englishes [[electronic resource] ] : Theory and Application
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| Pubblicazione: | Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (153 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 420.9 |
| 428.007 | |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Intelligibility in World Englishes |
| ISBN: | 0-203-83257-4 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910789527103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series