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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schneider, Edgar W. (Edgar Werner), 1954-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Colección:Cambridge approaches to language contact.
Temas:
English language > Variation > English-speaking countries.
English language > Variation > Foreign countries.
Anglais (Langue) > Variation > Anglophonie.
Anglais (Langue) > Variation > Pays étrangers.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General.
English language > Variation.
Sprachverbreitung
Sprachvariante
Engelska språket > språkvariation.
English-speaking countries.
Englisch.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Maps, figures, and tables
  • Series editor's foreword
  • Preface and acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Charting the territory: Postcolonial Englishes as a field of linguistic investigation
  • 2.1 Ancestry
  • 2.2 Approaches
  • 2.3 Alternative perspectives and issues
  • the Dynamic Model / 3 The evolution of Postcolonial Englishes
  • theoretical background / 3.1 Transforming selves in migration
  • processes, perspectives, scenarios / 3.1.1 Language contact
  • 3.1.2 Social identity and linguistic accommodation
  • 3.2 The Dynamic Model of the evolution of Postcolonial Englishes
  • 3.2.1 Rationale and overview
  • Foundation / 3.2.2 Phase 1
  • Exonormative stabilization / 3.2.3 Phase 2
  • Nativization / 3.2.4 Phase 3
  • Endonormative stabilization / 3.2.5 Phase 4
  • Differentiation / 3.2.6 Phase 5
  • 3.2.7 Summary
  • 3.3 Variations on the basic pattern
  • 3.3.1 On the nature of a model
  • 3.3.2 Adstrates
  • 3.3.3 Creolization
  • 3.3.4 English as a symbol of elitism
  • 3.3.5 Variation by colonization type
  • 3.4 Wider applicability
  • 4 Linguistic aspects of nativization
  • characteristic features / 4.1 Structural nativization
  • 4.1.1 Phonology
  • 4.1.2 Lexis
  • 4.1.3 Grammar
  • methodological and conceptual issues / 4.2 Tracing structural nativization
  • 4.2.1 Degrees of difference
  • linguistic processes / 4.3 The road to nativization
  • parameters of language change / 4.3.1 Background
  • linguistic processes / 4.3.2 Filling the feature pool
  • factors in diffusion and selection / 4.3.3 Choosing a path
  • case studies / 5 Countries along the cycle
  • 5.1 Fiji
  • 5.2 Australia
  • 5.2.1 Phase 1 (1788-ca
  • 1830s). 5.2.2 Phase 2 (ca
  • 1830s-1901). 5.2.3 Phase 3 (1901-1942). 5.2.4 Phase 4 (1942-ca
  • 1980s). 5.2.5 Phase 5 (ca
  • 1980s- ). 5.3 New Zealand
  • 5.3.1 Phase 1 (ca
  • 1790s-1840). 5.3.2 Phase 2 (1840-1907). 5.3.3 Phase 3 (1907-1973). 5.3.4 Phase 4 (1973-ca
  • 1990s). 5.3.5 Phase 5 (ca
  • 1990s- ). 5.4 Hong Kong
  • 5.4.1 Phase 1 (ca
  • 1841-1898) and phase 2 (1898-1960s). 5.4.2 Phase 3 (1960s- ). 5.5 The Philippines
  • 5.6 Malaysia
  • 5.6.1.
  • Phases 1 and 2 (1786-1957). 5.6.2 Arrested development?
  • The impact of Malaysia's nationalist language policy
  • 5.6.3 Phase 3 (1957- ). 5.6.4 ... and beyond??. 5.7 Singapore
  • 5.7.1 Phases 1 (1819-ca
  • 1867) and 2 (ca
  • 1867-1942). 5.7.2 Phases 3 (ca
  • 1945-ca
  • 1970s) and 4 (ca
  • 1970s- ). 5.8 India
  • 5.8.1 Phase 1 (1600-1757). 5.8.2 Phase 2 (ca
  • 1757-ca
  • 1905). 5.8.3 Phase 3 (ca
  • 1905- ). 5.8.4 Early symptoms of phase 4?. 5.9 South Africa
  • T.

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