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.
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10 maps, 10 line drawings
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978-0-19-866248-8 (9780198662488)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
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
