World English : a study of its development / / Janina Brutt-Griffler

• Autore: Brutt-Griffler Janina <1966->
• Pubblicazione: Clevedon, UK ; ; Buffalo [N.Y.], : Multilingual Matters, c2002
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• 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.: 9910815795303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Bilingual education and bilingualism ; ; 34.