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Title The evolution of Englishes : the dynamic model and beyond / edited by Sarah Buschfeld, University of Regensburg ; Thomas Hoffmann, University of Osnabruck ; Magnus Huber, Justus Liebig University Giessen ; Alexander Kautzsch, University of Regensburg
Published Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2014]

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Series Varieties of English around the world, 0172-7362 ; v. G49
Varieties of English around the world ; G49
Summary By facilitating the contact between smaller groups of people living in widely separated places, the new media stimulate the use of minority languages, including constructed and historical languages. This article looks at the international community of users of Old English as a living language on the Internet. It analyses the linguistic competence behind the modest Anglo-Saxon revival and the strategies applied to deal with the modern world. As a sample of online texts, especially from Wikipedia, shows, not only does neo-Old English suffer from haphazard grammar and pervasive interference from
Notes Festschrift for Edgar Schneider on the occasion of his 60th birthday
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Schneider, Edgar W. (Edgar Werner), 1954-
SUBJECT Schneider, Edgar W. (Edgar Werner), 1954- fast
Subject English language -- Variation -- English-speaking countries
English language -- Variation -- Foreign countries
English language -- English-speaking countries
English language -- Foreign countries.
Communication, International.
Intercultural communication.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
Communication, International
English language
English language -- Foreign countries
English language -- Variation
English language -- Variation -- Foreign countries
Intercultural communication
Englisch
Sprachwandel
Mundart
English-speaking countries
Englisches Sprachgebiet
Genre/Form Festschriften
Festschriften.
Form Electronic book
Author Buschfeld, Sarah, editor
Hoffmann, Thomas, 1976- editor.
Huber, Magnus, editor
Kautzsch, Alexander, 1969-2018, editor
Schneider, Edgar W. (Edgar Werner), 1954- honouree.
ISBN 9789027269416
9027269416