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Postcolonial English : varieties around the world /
The global spread of English has resulted in the emergence of a diverse range of postcolonial varieties around the world. Postcolonial English provides a clear and original account of the evolution of these varieties, exploring the historical, social and ecological factors that have shaped all level...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2007.
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| Colección: | Cambridge approaches to language contact.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The global spread of English has resulted in the emergence of a diverse range of postcolonial varieties around the world. Postcolonial English provides a clear and original account of the evolution of these varieties, exploring the historical, social and ecological factors that have shaped all levels of their structure. It argues that while these Englishes have developed new and unique properties which differ greatly from one location to another, their spread and diversification can in fact be explained by a single underlying process, which builds upon the constant relationships and communication needs of the colonizers, the colonized, and other parties. Outlining the stages and characteristics of this process, it applies them in detail to English in sixteen different countries across all continents as well as, in a separate chapter, to a history of American English. Of key interest to sociolinguists, dialectologists, historical linguists and syntacticians alike, this book provides a fascinating new picture of the growth and evolution of English around the globe. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 367 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 0511285930 9780511285936 9780511286650 9780511284359 0511286651 9780511618901 0511618905 0511284357 0521539013 9780521539012 1107174678 9781107174672 1280909846 9781280909849 9786610909841 6610909849 0511322135 9780511322136 |