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Indian English /
GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748625956');This book is a descriptive account of English as it is used in India. Indian English is a second language to most of its speakers. In its 400-year history it has acquired its own character, yet still looks to native varieties of English fo...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2022]
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| Colección: | Dialects of English : DIEN
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
| Sumario: | GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748625956');This book is a descriptive account of English as it is used in India. Indian English is a second language to most of its speakers. In its 400-year history it has acquired its own character, yet still looks to native varieties of English for norms. The complex nature of Indian English, which is not really a monolithic entity, is discussed in this book. The book also makes a distinction between what are considered to be standard and non-standard varieties, and provides an overview of the salient features. Indian English includes: A discussion of the sociolinguistic and cultural factorsThe history of the establishment of English in India, bringing it up to modern timesA description of the linguistic aspects: phonetics and phonology, lexical, discourse and morphosyntactic featuresSamples of written English from a range of contextsSamples of speechAn annotated bibliography divided according to topic. " |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (184 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9780748631254 9783110780468 |
| Acceso: | restricted access |