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Around the world in 80 cliches : overused expressions from across the globe / / Laura Lee
Around the world in 80 cliches : overused expressions from across the globe / / Laura Lee
Autore Lee Laura
Pubbl/distr/stampa Edison : , : Quayside Publishing Group, , 2016
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (259 pages)
Disciplina 427.009
Soggetto topico English language - Idioms
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-57715-152-6
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910466053403321
Lee Laura  
Edison : , : Quayside Publishing Group, , 2016
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Around the world in 80 cliches : overused expressions from across the globe / / Laura Lee
Around the world in 80 cliches : overused expressions from across the globe / / Laura Lee
Autore Lee Laura
Pubbl/distr/stampa Edison : , : Quayside Publishing Group, , 2016
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (259 pages)
Disciplina 427.009
Soggetto topico English language - Idioms
ISBN 1-57715-152-6
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910798697303321
Lee Laura  
Edison : , : Quayside Publishing Group, , 2016
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Around the world in 80 cliches : overused expressions from across the globe / / Laura Lee
Around the world in 80 cliches : overused expressions from across the globe / / Laura Lee
Autore Lee Laura
Pubbl/distr/stampa Edison : , : Quayside Publishing Group, , 2016
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (259 pages)
Disciplina 427.009
Soggetto topico English language - Idioms
ISBN 1-57715-152-6
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910814669703321
Lee Laura  
Edison : , : Quayside Publishing Group, , 2016
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English as a lingua franca in cross-cultural immigration domains / Maria Grazia Guido
English as a lingua franca in cross-cultural immigration domains / Maria Grazia Guido
Autore Guido, Maria Grazia
Pubbl/distr/stampa Bern, : Peter Lang, 2008
Descrizione fisica 285 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Disciplina 427.009
428
Collana Linguistic insights
Soggetto non controllato Lingua inglese parlata
Comunicazione interculturale
ISBN 978-3-03911-689-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-990009333050403321
Guido, Maria Grazia  
Bern, : Peter Lang, 2008
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English as a Lingua Franca in Cross-cultural Immigration Domains / Maria Grazia Guido
English as a Lingua Franca in Cross-cultural Immigration Domains / Maria Grazia Guido
Autore Guido, Maria Grazia
Pubbl/distr/stampa Bern [etc.] : Peter Lang, c2008
Descrizione fisica 285 p. ; 22 cm
Disciplina 427.009
Collana Linguistic Insights ; 84
Soggetto topico Lingua inglese - Variazioni - Paesi anglofoni
Comunicazione interculturale - Paesi anglofoni
ISBN 9783039116898
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNISALENTO-991004113459707536
Guido, Maria Grazia  
Bern [etc.] : Peter Lang, c2008
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Englishes around the World [[electronic resource] ] : Studies in honour of Manfred Görlach. Volume 2: Caribbean, Africa, Asia, Australasia
Englishes around the World [[electronic resource] ] : Studies in honour of Manfred Görlach. Volume 2: Caribbean, Africa, Asia, Australasia
Autore Schneider Edgar W
Pubbl/distr/stampa Amsterdam/Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1997
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (365 p.)
Disciplina 427.009
Soggetto topico English language -- Commonwealth countries
English language -- English-speaking countries
English language -- Foreign countries
English language -- Variation -- Commonwealth countries
English language -- Variation -- English-speaking countries
English language -- Variation -- Foreign countries
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-283-35838-7
9786613358387
90-272-7576-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto ENGLISHES AROUND THE WORLD 2; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; FOR MANFRED GÖRLACH ON THE OCCASION OF HIS 60TH BIRTHDAY; INTRODUCTION; Acknowledgments; THE ENGLISH OF WEST INDIAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS; 1. Concern about language; 2. Writing as data; 3. Results of an error analysis; 3.1. Word-totals, paragraphs, cancellations; 3.2. Spelling; 3.3. Punctuation and capitalisation; 3.4. Inflections, auxiliaries, modais; 3.5. Idiom; 3.6. Omissions; 3.7. Consistency of NP/VP relationships; 3.8. Lexical choices: Inclusion, exclusion and congruence in meaning
4. Implications for the language programme References; ONE PEOPLE, ONE NATION, ONE DESTINY: RACE, ETHNICITY AND GUYANESE SOCIOLINGUISTIC IDENTITY; 1. Wherefore Guyana; 2. One people, one nation: Race and ethnicity; 2.1. Race; 2.2. Ethnicity; 3. One destiny: Guyanese sociolinguistic identity; 3.1. The components; 3.2. Attitudes and behaviors; 3.3. The results of interaction and change; References; STYLE AND REGISTER IN JAMAICAN PATWA; 1. Introduction; 2. Internal varieties in creole studies; 3. Speaky-Spoky: a creole style; 4. Rasta Talk: a creole register
5. Creole internal varieties: common characteristics of functional codes References; REQUIEM FOR ENGLISH IN AN ""ENGLISH-SPEAKING"" COMMUNITY: THE CASE OF JAMAICA; 1. Introduction; 2. The historical evolution of the roles of English and Creole in Jamaica; 2.1. The tradition of English as sovereign in colonial and early post-colonial Jamaica; 2.2. Independence and the evolution of public/formal functions for Jamaican Creole; 3. The fate of English in contemporary Jamaica; 4. Prognosis for English; References; SIX VERNACULAR TEXTS FROM TRINIDAD, 1838-1851
1. ""The Sorrows of Kitty""-""Spectator"". (Trinidad Standard, 1 February 1839, p. 3)2. ""Look here, Sambo""-Anonymous. (Trinidad Standard, 13 September 1839, p. 2); 3. ""New Government Buildings""-""Eavesdropper"". (Port of Spain Gazette, 8 November 1844, p. 3); 4. ""Down de Coste""-""Quasshe"". (Trinidad Spectator, 31 March 1847, p. 2); 5. ""Tode genieman wha rite""-""George Hill"", (The Trinidad Spectator and Commercial Gazetteer, 8 January 1848, p. 2); 6. ""Drama of a certain day in life""-Anonymous. (The Trinidadian, 7 May 1851, p. 3); References
ASPECTS OF THE SYNTAX OF NIGERIAN ENGLISH 1. Introduction; 2. Varieties within varieties; 3. Reflexives and reciprocals; 4. The modal will; 4.1. A syntactic explanation; 4.2. A phonological explanation; 5. Conclusion; References; ENCOUNTERS WITH ENGLISH OVER THREE GENERATIONS IN A XHOSA FAMILY: FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE?; 1. Introduction; 2. The background; 2. 1 The sociolinguistic context; 2.2. The historical context; 2.3. The local context; 3. The Xhosa informants; 3.1. The grandmother; 3.1.1. Personal history; 3.1.2, Grammatical features; 3.2. The mother; 3.2.1. Personal history
3.2.2. Grammatical features
Record Nr. UNINA-9910458159803321
Schneider Edgar W  
Amsterdam/Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1997
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Englishes around the world . Volume 1 General studies, British Isles, North America : studies in honour of Manfred Görlach / / edited by Edgar W. Schneider
Englishes around the world . Volume 1 General studies, British Isles, North America : studies in honour of Manfred Görlach / / edited by Edgar W. Schneider
Pubbl/distr/stampa Amsterdam, Netherlands ; ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 1997
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (335 p.)
Disciplina 427.009
Altri autori (Persone) SchneiderEdgar W <1954-> (Edgar Werner)
Collana Varieties of English Around the World. General Series
Soggetto topico English language - Variation - English-speaking countries
English language - Variation - Commonwealth countries
English language - Variation - Foreign countries
English language - English-speaking countries
English language - Commonwealth countries
English language - Foreign countries
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-283-35839-5
9786613358394
90-272-7577-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto ENGLISHES AROUND THE WORLD 1; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; FOR MANFRED GORLACH ON THE OCCASION OF HIS 60TH BIRTHDAY; PUBLICATIONS BY MANFRED GORLACH; Books:; Forthcoming books:; Volumes edited:; Founder and editor of:; Articles:; Forthcoming articles:; Reviews and notes:; INTRODUCTION; Acknowledgments; TYPES OF ENGLISH HETERONYMS; ZERO COMING TO NAUGHT; References; THE PROGRESSIVE AND HABITUAL ASPECTS IN NON-STANDARD ENGLISHES; 1. Introduction; 2. The progressive aspect; 2.1. The extensive use of being
2.2. Locative express ions of the progressive aspect 2.3. Do as a progressive marker; 3. The habitual aspect; 3.1. Preliminaries; 3.2. From the progressive aspect to the imperfective; 3.3. Be + -ins as a habitual marker; 3.4. Do_ as a habitual marker; 4. Conclusion; References; COLONISATION, MIGRATION, AND FUNCTIONS OF ENGLISH; 1. Non-native varieties; 2. How English moved; 3. How English is used; 4. Conclusion; References; BRITISH ENGLISH AND INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH-TWO DEBATABLE TERMS; References; PASSIVE-LIKE CONSTRUCTIONS IN ENGLISH-BASED AND OTHER CREOLES; 1. Introduction
2. Creole structures (largely) parallel to European passives 3. Passive equivalents; 3.1. Semantic passivization of transitive verbs; 3.2. They' passive equivalent; 3.3. Non-Atlantic Creoles with unrelated passive constructions; 4. Conclusions; References; A SUB-TEXT OF THE SIXTIES; THE UNKNOWN ENGLISHES? TESTING GERMAN STUDENTS' ABILITY TO IDENTIFY VARIETIES OF ENGLISH; 1. Introduction; 2. Testing German students: the project; 2.1. Collecting data; 2.2. The tape; 2.3. Evaluating the answers; 2.4. Characterization of the individual recordings; 3. Results; 4. Discussion; 5. Conclusion
References Appendix; ""OH DEARIE ME!"": DRAMATIC RHETORIC AND LINGUISTIC SUBVERSION IN THE SCOTTISH SITUATION COMEDY THE HIGH LIFE; Abbreviations; References; HIGH-FREQUENCY VARIABLES IN DIALECT TEXTS:IN, ON AND OF IN CRAVEN (WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE)ON THE BASIS OF TWO DIALOGUES FROM 1828; References; IRISH ENGLISH AND WORLD ENGLISH: LEXICAL PERSPECTIVES; 1. Introduction; 2. The early lexicon; 2.1. External influences; 2.2. The lexicon of English in medieval Ireland; 3. The lexicon of modern Irish English; 3.1. "" The entry of words into the Irish English lexicon; 3.2. Geographical distribution
3.3. Meaning 3 4. Use; 3.5. Morphological relations; 4. Conclusion; Abbreviations; AYRSHIRE AS A LINGUISTIC AREA; 1. Introduction; 2. Data and methodology; 3. Results; 4. Conclusion; References; Appendix; THE SPELLING OF SCOTS: A DIFFICULTY; References; MA LANGUAGE IS DISGRACEFUL: TOM LEONARD'S GLASGOW DIALECT POEMS; References; THE REDISCOVERY OF THE ULSTER SCOTS LANGUAGE; 1. Introduction; 2. Language vs. dialect; 3. Ulster Scots and Ulster English; 4. History; 5. Literary documents; 6. Recent events; 7. Implications; References; ON SOME PLANT NAMES IN BRITAIN AND BEYOND; Abbreviations
References
Record Nr. UNINA-9910457229303321
Amsterdam, Netherlands ; ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 1997
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Englishes around the world : studies in honor of Manfred Görlach / edited by Edgar W. Schneider
Englishes around the world : studies in honor of Manfred Görlach / edited by Edgar W. Schneider
Pubbl/distr/stampa Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, c1997
Descrizione fisica 2 v. : ill. ; 23 cm
Disciplina 427.009
Altri autori (Persone) Görlach, Manfred
Schneider, Edgar W.
Collana Varieties of English Around the World. General Series ; v. 18-19
Soggetto topico Lingua inglese - Variazioni - Paesi di lingua inglese
Lingua inglese - Variazioni - Paesi del Commonwealth
ISBN 1556194498 (US : v. 1 : alk. paper)
1556197160 (US : v. 2 : alk. paper)
9027248761 (Eur. : v. 1 : alk. paper)
902724877X (Eur. : v. 2 : alk. paper)
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto vol. 1. General studies, British Isles, North America.-- vol. 2. Caribbean, Africa, Asia, Australasia
Record Nr. UNISALENTO-991001965839707536
Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, c1997
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Englishes around the world : studies in honour of Manfred Görlach . Volume 2 Caribbean, Africa, Asia, Australasia
Englishes around the world : studies in honour of Manfred Görlach . Volume 2 Caribbean, Africa, Asia, Australasia
Pubbl/distr/stampa Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 1997
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (365 pages)
Disciplina 427.009
Altri autori (Persone) SchneiderEdgar W
Soggetto topico English language - Commonwealth countries
English language - English-speaking countries
English language - Foreign countries
English language - Variation - Commonwealth countries
English language - Variation - English-speaking countries
English language - Variation - Foreign countries
ISBN 1-283-35838-7
9786613358387
90-272-7576-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto ENGLISHES AROUND THE WORLD 2; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; FOR MANFRED GÖRLACH ON THE OCCASION OF HIS 60TH BIRTHDAY; INTRODUCTION; Acknowledgments; THE ENGLISH OF WEST INDIAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS; 1. Concern about language; 2. Writing as data; 3. Results of an error analysis; 3.1. Word-totals, paragraphs, cancellations; 3.2. Spelling; 3.3. Punctuation and capitalisation; 3.4. Inflections, auxiliaries, modais; 3.5. Idiom; 3.6. Omissions; 3.7. Consistency of NP/VP relationships; 3.8. Lexical choices: Inclusion, exclusion and congruence in meaning
4. Implications for the language programme References; ONE PEOPLE, ONE NATION, ONE DESTINY: RACE, ETHNICITY AND GUYANESE SOCIOLINGUISTIC IDENTITY; 1. Wherefore Guyana; 2. One people, one nation: Race and ethnicity; 2.1. Race; 2.2. Ethnicity; 3. One destiny: Guyanese sociolinguistic identity; 3.1. The components; 3.2. Attitudes and behaviors; 3.3. The results of interaction and change; References; STYLE AND REGISTER IN JAMAICAN PATWA; 1. Introduction; 2. Internal varieties in creole studies; 3. Speaky-Spoky: a creole style; 4. Rasta Talk: a creole register
5. Creole internal varieties: common characteristics of functional codes References; REQUIEM FOR ENGLISH IN AN ""ENGLISH-SPEAKING"" COMMUNITY: THE CASE OF JAMAICA; 1. Introduction; 2. The historical evolution of the roles of English and Creole in Jamaica; 2.1. The tradition of English as sovereign in colonial and early post-colonial Jamaica; 2.2. Independence and the evolution of public/formal functions for Jamaican Creole; 3. The fate of English in contemporary Jamaica; 4. Prognosis for English; References; SIX VERNACULAR TEXTS FROM TRINIDAD, 1838-1851
1. ""The Sorrows of Kitty""-""Spectator"". (Trinidad Standard, 1 February 1839, p. 3); 2. ""Look here, Sambo""-Anonymous. (Trinidad Standard, 13 September 1839, p. 2); 3. ""New Government Buildings""-""Eavesdropper"". (Port of Spain Gazette, 8 November 1844, p. 3); 4. ""Down de Coste""-""Quasshe"". (Trinidad Spectator, 31 March 1847, p. 2); 5. ""Tode genieman wha rite""-""George Hill"", (The Trinidad Spectator and Commercial Gazetteer, 8 January 1848, p. 2); 6. ""Drama of a certain day in life""-Anonymous. (The Trinidadian, 7 May 1851, p. 3); References
ASPECTS OF THE SYNTAX OF NIGERIAN ENGLISH 1. Introduction; 2. Varieties within varieties; 3. Reflexives and reciprocals; 4. The modal will; 4.1. A syntactic explanation; 4.2. A phonological explanation; 5. Conclusion; References; ENCOUNTERS WITH ENGLISH OVER THREE GENERATIONS IN A XHOSA FAMILY: FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE?; 1. Introduction; 2. The background; 2. 1 The sociolinguistic context; 2.2. The historical context; 2.3. The local context; 3. The Xhosa informants; 3.1. The grandmother; 3.1.1. Personal history; 3.1.2, Grammatical features; 3.2. The mother; 3.2.1. Personal history; 3.2.2. Grammatical features
Record Nr. UNINA-9910781525003321
Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 1997
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Englishes around the world . Volume 1 General studies, British Isles, North America : studies in honour of Manfred Görlach / / edited by Edgar W. Schneider
Englishes around the world . Volume 1 General studies, British Isles, North America : studies in honour of Manfred Görlach / / edited by Edgar W. Schneider
Pubbl/distr/stampa Amsterdam, Netherlands ; ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 1997
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (335 p.)
Disciplina 427.009
Altri autori (Persone) SchneiderEdgar W <1954-> (Edgar Werner)
Collana Varieties of English Around the World. General Series
Soggetto topico English language - Variation - English-speaking countries
English language - Variation - Commonwealth countries
English language - Variation - Foreign countries
English language - English-speaking countries
English language - Commonwealth countries
English language - Foreign countries
ISBN 1-283-35839-5
9786613358394
90-272-7577-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto ENGLISHES AROUND THE WORLD 1; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; FOR MANFRED GORLACH ON THE OCCASION OF HIS 60TH BIRTHDAY; PUBLICATIONS BY MANFRED GORLACH; Books:; Forthcoming books:; Volumes edited:; Founder and editor of:; Articles:; Forthcoming articles:; Reviews and notes:; INTRODUCTION; Acknowledgments; TYPES OF ENGLISH HETERONYMS; ZERO COMING TO NAUGHT; References; THE PROGRESSIVE AND HABITUAL ASPECTS IN NON-STANDARD ENGLISHES; 1. Introduction; 2. The progressive aspect; 2.1. The extensive use of being
2.2. Locative express ions of the progressive aspect 2.3. Do as a progressive marker; 3. The habitual aspect; 3.1. Preliminaries; 3.2. From the progressive aspect to the imperfective; 3.3. Be + -ins as a habitual marker; 3.4. Do_ as a habitual marker; 4. Conclusion; References; COLONISATION, MIGRATION, AND FUNCTIONS OF ENGLISH; 1. Non-native varieties; 2. How English moved; 3. How English is used; 4. Conclusion; References; BRITISH ENGLISH AND INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH-TWO DEBATABLE TERMS; References; PASSIVE-LIKE CONSTRUCTIONS IN ENGLISH-BASED AND OTHER CREOLES; 1. Introduction
2. Creole structures (largely) parallel to European passives 3. Passive equivalents; 3.1. Semantic passivization of transitive verbs; 3.2. They' passive equivalent; 3.3. Non-Atlantic Creoles with unrelated passive constructions; 4. Conclusions; References; A SUB-TEXT OF THE SIXTIES; THE UNKNOWN ENGLISHES? TESTING GERMAN STUDENTS' ABILITY TO IDENTIFY VARIETIES OF ENGLISH; 1. Introduction; 2. Testing German students: the project; 2.1. Collecting data; 2.2. The tape; 2.3. Evaluating the answers; 2.4. Characterization of the individual recordings; 3. Results; 4. Discussion; 5. Conclusion
References Appendix; ""OH DEARIE ME!"": DRAMATIC RHETORIC AND LINGUISTIC SUBVERSION IN THE SCOTTISH SITUATION COMEDY THE HIGH LIFE; Abbreviations; References; HIGH-FREQUENCY VARIABLES IN DIALECT TEXTS:IN, ON AND OF IN CRAVEN (WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE)ON THE BASIS OF TWO DIALOGUES FROM 1828; References; IRISH ENGLISH AND WORLD ENGLISH: LEXICAL PERSPECTIVES; 1. Introduction; 2. The early lexicon; 2.1. External influences; 2.2. The lexicon of English in medieval Ireland; 3. The lexicon of modern Irish English; 3.1. "" The entry of words into the Irish English lexicon; 3.2. Geographical distribution
3.3. Meaning 3 4. Use; 3.5. Morphological relations; 4. Conclusion; Abbreviations; AYRSHIRE AS A LINGUISTIC AREA; 1. Introduction; 2. Data and methodology; 3. Results; 4. Conclusion; References; Appendix; THE SPELLING OF SCOTS: A DIFFICULTY; References; MA LANGUAGE IS DISGRACEFUL: TOM LEONARD'S GLASGOW DIALECT POEMS; References; THE REDISCOVERY OF THE ULSTER SCOTS LANGUAGE; 1. Introduction; 2. Language vs. dialect; 3. Ulster Scots and Ulster English; 4. History; 5. Literary documents; 6. Recent events; 7. Implications; References; ON SOME PLANT NAMES IN BRITAIN AND BEYOND; Abbreviations
References
Record Nr. UNINA-9910781529003321
Amsterdam, Netherlands ; ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 1997
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