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The complex politics of English as a world language provides the backdrop both for linguistic studies of varieties of English around the world and for postcolonial literary criticism. The present volume offers contributions from linguists and literary scholars that explore this common ground in a spirit of open interdisciplinary dialogue. Leading authorities assess the state of the art to suggest directions for further research, with substantial case studies ranging over a wide variety of topics - from the legitimacy of language norms of lingua franca communication to the recognition of newer post-colonial varieties of English in the online OED. Four regional sections treat the Caribbean (including the diaspora), Africa, the Indian subcontinent, and Australasia and the Pacific Rim. Each section maintains a careful balance between linguistics and literature, and external and indigenous perspectives on issues. The book is the most balanced, complete and up-to-date treatment of the topic to date.

English language --- Sociolinguistics --- Anglais (langue) --- Langage --- Germanic languages --- Social aspects. --- Langue universelle --- Politique linguistique

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Standard English has evolved and developed in many ways over the past hundred years. From pronunciation to vocabulary to grammar, this concise survey clearly documents the recent history of Standard English. Drawing on large amounts of authentic corpus data, it shows how we can track ongoing changes to the language, and demonstrates each of the major developments that have taken place. As well as taking insights from a vast body of literature, Christian Mair presents the results of his own cutting-edge research, revealing some important changes which have not been previously documented. He concludes by exploring how social and cultural factors, such as the American influence on British English, have affected Standard English in recent times. Authoritative, informative and engaging, this book will be essential reading for anyone interested in language change in progress, particularly those working on English, and will be welcomed by students, researchers and language teachers alike.

Historical linguistics --- English language --- Dialectology --- anno 1900-1999 --- taalverandering --- 802.0-024 --- 802.0-024 Modern Engels--(vanaf 16de eeuw) --- Modern Engels--(vanaf 16de eeuw) --- standaardtaal. --- taalverandering. --- Linguistic change --- Change, Linguistic --- Language change --- Language and languages --- Standardization --- Variation --- History --- Dialects --- Engelse taal --- geschiedenis. --- Standardization. --- Variation. --- Arts and Humanities --- Language & Linguistics --- Germanic languages

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From being the occupation of a marginal (and frequently marginalised) group of researchers, the linguistic analysis of machine-readable language corpora has moved to the mainstream of research on the English language. In this process an impressive body of results has accumulated which, over and above the intrinsic descriptive interest it holds for students of the English language, forces a major and systematic re-thinking of foundational issues in linguistic theory. Corpus linguistics and linguistic theory was accordingly chosen as the motto for the twentieth annual gathering of ICAME, the International Computer Archive of Modern/ Medieval English, which was hosted by the University of Freiburg (Germany) in 1999. The present volume, which presents selected papers from this conference, thus builds on previous successful work in the computer-aided description of English and at the same time represents an attempt at stock-taking and methodological reflection in a linguistic subdiscipline that has clearly come of age. Contributions cover all levels of linguistic description - from phonology/ prosody, through grammar and semantics to discourse-analytical issues such as genre or gender-specific linguistic usage. They are united by a desire to further the dialogue between the corpus-linguistic community and researchers working in other traditions. Thereby, the atmosphere ranges from undisguised skepticism (as expressed by Noam Chomsky in an interview which is part of the opening contribution by Bas Aarts) to empirically substantiated optimism (as, for example, in Bernadette Vine's significantly titled contribution Getting things done).

802.0-56 --- Engels: syntaxis; semantiek --- 802.0-56 Engels: syntaxis; semantiek --- Computational linguistics --- English language --- Linguistics --- Discourse analysis --- Data processing --- Research

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This book examines the special nature of English both as a global and a local language, focusing on some of the ongoing changes and on the emerging new structural and discoursal characteristics of varieties of English. Although it is widely recognised that processes of language change and contact bear affinities, for example, to processes observable in second-language acquisition and lingua franca use, the research into these fields has so far not been sufficiently brought into contact with each other. The articles in this volume set out to combine all these perspectives in ways that give us a better understanding of the changing nature of English in the modern world.

English language --- E-books --- Globalization. --- Global cities --- Globalisation --- Internationalization --- International relations --- Anti-globalization movement --- English. --- Lingua Franca Use. --- Second-Language Acquisition.

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This book brings together three perspectives on language and space that are quite well-researched within themselves, but which so far are lacking productive interconnections. Specifically, the book aims to interconnect the following research areas: Language, space, and geography Grammar, space, and cognition Language and interactional spaces The contributions in this book cover geographical language variation within and across languages, language use in stationary and mobile interactional spaces, computer-mediated communication, and spatial reasoning across languages. This range of issues showcases the thematic and methodological breadth of research on language and space. In order to identify interconnections, the respective contributions are accompanied by commentaries that highlight common threads.

Philosophy of nature --- Psycholinguistics --- Space and time in language --- Cognition --- Typology (Linguistics) --- Espace et temps dans le langage --- Linguistique cognitive --- Typologie (linguistique) --- Cognition. --- Psycholinguistics. --- Space and time in language. --- Typology (Linguistics). --- Languages & Literatures --- Philology & Linguistics --- Language, Psychology of --- Language and languages --- Psychology of language --- Speech --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Linguistic typology --- Psychological aspects --- Psychology --- Typology --- Linguistics --- Thought and thinking --- Linguistic universals --- Classification --- Linguistique cognitive. --- Espace et temps dans le langage. --- Typologie linguistique. --- Geolinguistics. --- Interaction. --- Space.