18.1900, Books: Sociolinguistics/Historical Linguistics: Schneider

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Date: 21-Jun-2007
From:  Davies < ddavies at cambridge.org >
Subject: Postcolonial English: Schneider

 

	
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Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 23:49:03
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Title: Postcolonial English 
Subtitle: Varieties around the world 
Publication Year: 2007 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://us.cambridge.org
	
Author: Edgar W. Schneider

Hardback: ISBN:  Pages: 384 Price: U.S. $ 115.00
Hardback: ISBN:  Pages: 384 Price: U.K. £ 60.00
Paperback: ISBN:  Pages: 384 Price: U.S. $ 39.99
Paperback: ISBN:  Pages: 384 Price: U.K. £ 21.99


Abstract:

The global spread of English has resulted in the emergence of a diverse
range of postcolonial varieties around the world. Postcolonial English
provides a clear and original account of the evolution of these varieties,
exploring the historical, social and ecological factors that have shaped
all levels of their structure. It argues that while these Englishes have
developed new and unique properties which differ greatly from one location
to another, their spread and diversification can in fact be explained by a
single underlying process, which builds upon the constant relationships and
communication needs of the colonizers, the colonized, and other parties.
Outlining the stages and characteristics of this process, it applies them
in detail to English in sixteen different countries across all continents
as well as, in a separate chapter, to a history of American English. 

Of key interest to sociolinguists, dialectologists, historical linguists and
syntacticians alike, this book provides a fascinating new picture of the
growth and evolution of English around the globe. 



1. Introduction; 
2. Charting the territory: Postcolonial English as a field of linguistic
investigation; 
3. The evolution of postcolonial English: The dynamic model; 
4. Linguistic aspects of nativization; 
5. Countries along the cycle: Case studies;  
6. The cycle in hindsight: The emergence of American English; 
7. Conclusion. 


Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
                     Sociolinguistics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)


Written In: English  (eng)
	
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