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Focus on South Africa.
This volume brings together a range of studies on various aspects of English and its use in Southern Africa. Experts in their field have written chapters on topics including the history and development of English in South Africa, the characteristics of particular pan-ethnic varieties of English whic...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam/Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
1996.
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| Colección: | Varieties of English around the world. General series ;
v. 15. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This volume brings together a range of studies on various aspects of English and its use in Southern Africa. Experts in their field have written chapters on topics including the history and development of English in South Africa, the characteristics of particular pan-ethnic varieties of English which have evolved in South Africa (including black, Indian and colored varieties) as well as the unique features of the English of South Africa's southern neighbours: Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi. Other contributions focus on English in relation to issues such as standardisation, lexicography. |
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| Notas: | 4.2 Accent, Pronunciation, and the Concept of 'Standard English' |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (326 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789027276049 9027276048 1283358425 9781283358422 9786613358424 6613358428 |
| ISSN: | 0172-7362 ; |