| Description |
1 online resource |
| Summary |
This volume addresses recent issues concerning language change and standardization in postcolonial settings. The book brings together experts from North America, Africa, Asia and the insular areas of Australia and Trinidad and Tobago, and discusses aspects of language variation in the emergence of new varieties. The approaches range from linguistic diagnostics and related methodologies to the most accredited interpretative theories on the evolution of New Englishes. The book includes a section on emerging varieties of English in new media, and special focus has been given to those new varietie |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 22, 2015) |
| Subject |
Language and languages -- Variation.
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Linguistic change.
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Postcolonialism.
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postcolonialism.
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Linguistics.
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Sociolinguistics.
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Bilingualism & multilingualism.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General.
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Language and languages -- Variation
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Linguistic change
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Postcolonialism
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Calabrese, Rita, editor.
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Chambers, J. K., editor.
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Leitner, Gerhard, editor.
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| ISBN |
1443884936 |
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9781443884938 |
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