The Oxford guide to world English
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The Oxford guide to world English
Oxford University Press, 2002
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This is a survey of English both as a pre-eminent world language and as an increasingly divergent language. Setting out to be accessible and appealing to the non-specialist, it covers a range of dialects and languages, including UK dialects, Spanglish, Jamaican Creole, Yinglish, Blue-eyed English, Chicano English, Maori English, and Bearer English. This book is intended for general readers, especially those interested in dialects and the history of world English; students of A-level English Language in the UK and first-year undergraduates internationally; academics concerned with international English; advanced foreign learners interested in developing an awareness of the differences in English around the world.
Table of Contents
- PREFACE
- 1. INTRODUCTION: A GLOBAL LINGUA FRANCA
- 2. Europe
- 3. The Americas
- 4. American and British
- 5. Africa
- 6. Asia
- 7. Australasia, Oceania, and Antarctica
- 8. Conclusion: World English
- A Chronology of World English
- Bibliography
- Index
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