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Postcolonial English: Varieties around the World (Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact)

 
Postcolonial English: Varieties around the World (Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact)

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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 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. 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.

Product details

EAN/ISBN:
9780521831406
Edition:
Illustrated
Format:
Illustriert
Medium:
Bound edition
Number of pages:
384
Publication date:
2007-05-17
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Manufacturer:
Unknown
EAN/ISBN:
9780521831406
Edition:
Illustrated
Format:
Illustriert
Medium:
Bound edition
Number of pages:
384
Publication date:
2007-05-17
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Manufacturer:
Unknown

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