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Postcolonial English : varieties around the world
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ISBN: 0521539013 9780521539012 9780521831406 0521831407 9780511618901 0511285930 9780511285936 9780511286650 9780511284359 0511286651 0511618905 0511284357 0511285175 9780511285172 1107174678 1280909846 9786610909841 0511322135 9781107174672 9781280909849 6610909849 9780511322136 Year: 2007 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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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 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.

University language : a corpus-based study of spoken and written registers
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ISBN: 9027222959 9027222967 9789027222954 9786612155925 128215592X 9027293627 9789027293626 9789027222961 6612155922 9781282155923 Year: 2006 Volume: v. 23 Publisher: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins,

Child language
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ISBN: 0415198364 0203258649 9780203258644 0203015894 9780203015896 9780415198363 1134640404 1280334371 9781134640355 9781134640393 9781138137578 113813757X 1134640390 Year: 1999 Publisher: London New York :Routledge

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Building on the established strengths of the first edition, Child Language has now been fully updated and includes some basic theory content, more exercises and summaries at the end of each unit. Child Language:* introduces students to key areas involved in the study of children's language: vocabulary development, word and sentence structure, conversational skills and pronunciation* contains a corpus of children's language* includes suggestions for project work.

Trends in teenage talk : corpus compilation, analysis, and findings
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ISBN: 9027222789 1588112527 9786612161827 1282161822 9027297339 9789027222787 9789027297334 9781588112521 9781282161825 6612161825 Year: 2002 Volume: 8 Publisher: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins,


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From philology to English studies : language and culture in the nineteenth century
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ISBN: 9780521518864 9781107515611 9781139023412 9781139775793 1139775790 1139023411 0521518865 1139887866 9781139887861 1139793217 9781139793216 1139783181 9781139783187 1139781820 9781139781824 1139778838 9781139778831 1283714507 9781283714501 1139777319 9781139777315 1107515610 Year: 2013 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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The study of English language and literature in Britain changed dramatically between the end of the eighteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth. From Philology to English Studies explores the contribution of philology to this movement. Haruko Momma charts both the rise and fall of philology from antiquity to the late eighteenth century, and the impact of modern philology on the study of modern languages and literatures. Focusing in detail on the work of key philologists in the nineteenth century, Momma considers how they shaped European discourse and especially vernacular studies in Britain: William Jones's discovery of Sanskrit in British India gave rise to Indo-European studies; Max Müller's study of this same language helped spread the Aryan myth to the English-speaking world; the OED achieved its greatness as a post-national lexicon under the editorship of James Murray, a dialectologist originally from Scotland.


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Standards and norms in the English language
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ISBN: 1282196715 9786612196713 3110206986 9783110206982 3110203987 9783110203981 9781282196711 9783110203981 6612196718 Year: 2008 Publisher: Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter,

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The theme of this collection is a discussion of the notions of 'norms' and 'standards', which are studied from various different angles, but always in relation to the English language. These terms are to be understood in a very wide sense, allowing discussions of topics such as the norms we orient to in social interaction, the benchmark employed in teaching, or the development of English dialects and varieties over time and space and their relation to the standard language. The collection is organized into three parts, each of which covers an important research field for the study of norms and standards. Part 1 is entitled "English over time and space" and is further divided into three thematic subgroups: standard and non-standard features in English varieties and dialects; research on English standardization processes; and issues of standards and norms in oral production. Part 2 deals with "English usage in non-native contexts," and Part 3 is dedicated to "Issues on politeness and impoliteness." The notions of standards and norms are equally important concepts for historical linguists, sociolinguists with a variationist background, applied linguists, pragmaticians, and discourse analysts.

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