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The Cassell dictionary of slang
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ISBN: 0304344354 9780304344352 Year: 1998 Publisher: London Cassell


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Dictionary of scientific literacy
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ISBN: 0471532142 Year: 1992 Publisher: New York Chichester Toronto Wiley


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Meeting, communicating and negotiating effectively in English
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ISBN: 9033432919 Year: 1996 Publisher: Leuven Acco

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Variety in written English : texts in society : societies in text
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ISBN: 0415108403 Year: 1996 Publisher: London Routledge

The Oxford dictionary of Slang
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ISBN: 019863157X Year: 1998 Publisher: Oxford Oxford university press

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Swearing : a social history of foul language, oaths and profanity in English
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ISBN: 0631165932 Year: 1991 Publisher: Oxford : Blackwell,

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.

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