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Autore: |
Brutt-Griffler Janina <1966->
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Titolo: |
World English [[electronic resource] ] : a study of its development / / Janina Brutt-Griffler
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Pubblicazione: | Clevedon, UK ; ; Buffalo [N.Y.], : Multilingual Matters, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (229 p.) |
Disciplina: | 420 |
Soggetto topico: | English language - Foreign countries |
English language - English-speaking countries | |
Communication, International | |
Intercultural communication | |
Soggetto geografico: | English-speaking countries |
Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-212) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | World English ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-280-73926-6 |
9786610739264 | |
1-85359-579-9 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910780151903321 |
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