7.1609, Sum: Suggestions on Texts on English world-wide

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Subject: 7.1609, Sum: Suggestions on Texts on English world-wide
 
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Date:  Wed, 13 Nov 1996 06:11:22 GMT
From:  bjones at unam.na
Subject:  Suggestions on Texts on English world-wide
 
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Date:  Wed, 13 Nov 1996 06:11:22 GMT
From:  bjones at unam.na
Subject:  Suggestions on Texts on English world-wide
 
 
Thank you to everyone who responded to my request for suggestions
on texts on English world-wide, suitable for undergraduate
use. For those who requested a summary of suggested texts, here
it is:
 
Trudgill, P. and J. Hannah. 1994 (3rd revised ed.) International
English. A guide to varieties of standard English. London: Edward
Arnold
 
Mc Crum, R., R. MacNeil and William Cran. 1991 (new revised ed.)
The story of English. London/Boston: Faber and Faber and BBC
Books
 
Cheshire, J. (ed.) 1991. English around the world. Cambridge: CUP
 
Graddol, D. et al. 1996. English: history, diversity and
change. London; Routledge
 
Gass, S. N. Lefkowitz. 1995. Varieties of English. University of
Michigan Pres
 
De Klerk, V. (ed.) 1996. Focus on South Africa (?) [not sure of
the title] John Benjamins ( ISBN 90 272 4873 7)
 
Thank you.
Brian Harlech-Jones
(University of Namibia)
 
 
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