Interactions across Englishes linguistic choices in local and international contact situations
English is a language at the centre of research into language contact, because its global spread has resulted in contact with an enormous variety of different languages worldwide, leading to the creation of many new varieties of English, including second language varieties, and also pidgins and creo...
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| Format: | eBook |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2012
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| Series: | Studies in English language
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| Collection: | Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- From English as a lingua franca to Interactions across Englishes
- Interactions across Englishes and contact phenomena
- International interactions across Englishes and the outer circle
- Local choices in South Africa
- International interactions across Englishes-trends and developments
- Linguistic choices in global IaEs
- Conclusion and outlook