Englishes around the World [[electronic resource] ] : Studies in honour of Manfred Görlach. Volume 2: Caribbean, Africa, Asia, Australasia

• Autore: Schneider Edgar W
• Pubblicazione: 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.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• 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
• Sommario/riassunto: The two volumes of Englishes around the World present high-quality original research papers written in honour of Manfred Görlach, founder and editor of the journal English World-Wide and the book series Varieties of English Around the World. The papers thematically focus on the field that Manfred Görlach has helped to build and shape. Volume 2 of Englishes Around the World presents studies of so-called "New Englishes", post-colonial varieties as spoken predominantly in countries of the former British Empire. There are five contributions on the Caribbean (covering Ja
• Titolo autorizzato: Englishes around the World
• ISBN: 1-283-35838-7; 9786613358387; 90-272-7576-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458159803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II