World English : A Study of its Development /
Brutt-Griffler, Janina
World English : A Study of its Development / Janina Brutt-Griffler. - 1 online resource (232 p.) - Bilingual Education & Bilingualism .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Glossary -- Preface -- 1. Images of World English: Writing English as an International Language -- 2. The Representation of the Social in a Social Science: Methodology in Linguistics -- 3. Ideological and Economic Crosscurrents of Empire -- 4. The Contested Terrain of Colonial Language Policy -- 5. Access Denied: Containing the Spread of English -- 6. The Becoming of a World Language -- 7. Macroacquisition: Bilingual Speech Communities and Language Change -- 8. The Macroacquisition of English: New Representations in the Language -- 9. The) World (of) English: Englishes in Convergence -- 10. Decentering English Applied Linguistics -- Appendices -- References -- Index
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This text traces the history of English language spread from the 18th to the beginning of the 21st century, combining that with a study of its langauge change. It links linguistic and sociolinguistic variables that have conditioned the evolution and change of English, putting forward a new framework of language spread and change.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781853595783 9781853595790
10.21832/9781853595790 doi
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics.
420
World English : A Study of its Development / Janina Brutt-Griffler. - 1 online resource (232 p.) - Bilingual Education & Bilingualism .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Glossary -- Preface -- 1. Images of World English: Writing English as an International Language -- 2. The Representation of the Social in a Social Science: Methodology in Linguistics -- 3. Ideological and Economic Crosscurrents of Empire -- 4. The Contested Terrain of Colonial Language Policy -- 5. Access Denied: Containing the Spread of English -- 6. The Becoming of a World Language -- 7. Macroacquisition: Bilingual Speech Communities and Language Change -- 8. The Macroacquisition of English: New Representations in the Language -- 9. The) World (of) English: Englishes in Convergence -- 10. Decentering English Applied Linguistics -- Appendices -- References -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
This text traces the history of English language spread from the 18th to the beginning of the 21st century, combining that with a study of its langauge change. It links linguistic and sociolinguistic variables that have conditioned the evolution and change of English, putting forward a new framework of language spread and change.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781853595783 9781853595790
10.21832/9781853595790 doi
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics.
420