Postcolonial English : varieties around the world / / Edgar W. Schneider [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Schneider Edgar W (Edgar Werner), <1954->
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 367 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 427.009
• Soggetto topico: English language - Variation - English-speaking countries; English language - Variation - Foreign countries
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-359) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 subjects
• Sommario/riassunto: The 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Postcolonial English
• ISBN: 1-107-17467-8; 1-280-90984-6; 9786610909841; 0-511-28665-1; 0-511-28593-0; 0-511-28435-7; 0-511-32213-5; 0-511-61890-5; 0-511-28517-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811942703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Cambridge approaches to language contact.