English in Southeast Asia [[electronic resource] ] : features, policy and language in use / / edited by Ee-Ling Low, Azirah Hashim

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (408 p.)
• Disciplina: 427/.959
• Soggetto topico: English language - Variation - Southeast Asia; Language policy - Southeast Asia; Language planning - Southeast Asia
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: LowEe Ling Azirah Hashim
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Features -- pt. 2. Policy (historical context & language planning) -- pt. 3. Language in use -- pt. 4. Bibliography.
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume provides a first systematic, comprehensive account of English in Southeast Asia (SEA) based on current research by leading scholars in the field. The volume first provides a systematic account of the linguistic features across all sub-varieties found within each country. It also has a section dedicated to the historical context and language planning policies to provide a background to understanding the development of the linguistic features covered in Part I and, finally, the vibrancy of the sociolinguistic and pragmatic realities that govern actual language in use in a wide variet
• Titolo autorizzato: English in Southeast Asia
• ISBN: 1-283-42491-6; 9786613424914; 90-272-8183-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465478303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Varieties of English around the world. . -General series ; ; v. 42.