
Lexical Innovation in World Englishes
Cross-fertilization and Evolving Paradigms
Patrizia Anesa(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 13. June 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-1-032-33900-9 (ISBN)
Description
Winner of the 2020 ESSE Book Award in English Language and Linguistics
Lexical Innovation in World Englishes contributes to the investigation of World Englishes by offering insights into the lexical developments of selected English varieties and their cross-fertilization potential. Taking a theoretical and empirical approach and focusing on neological formations, this book:
discusses and problematizes different categorizations of English varieties and processes of word formation, considering the expansion of English across the world;
draws on authentic examples taken from language corpora to gain a finer understanding of the varieties' transformations and of their reciprocal influences from a lexical perspective;
aims to validate general considerations on the lexical features of these varieties of English and test them using corpora.
Including eight empirical case studies, this innovative text shows the importance of investigating lexical developments to observe the evolution of a variety while arguing for the need to go beyond a purely structuralist approach and to include a broader discursive and sociological perspective. Lexical Innovation in World Englishes is key reading for postgraduate students and researchers in the fields of World Englishes and language varieties.
Lexical Innovation in World Englishes contributes to the investigation of World Englishes by offering insights into the lexical developments of selected English varieties and their cross-fertilization potential. Taking a theoretical and empirical approach and focusing on neological formations, this book:
discusses and problematizes different categorizations of English varieties and processes of word formation, considering the expansion of English across the world;
draws on authentic examples taken from language corpora to gain a finer understanding of the varieties' transformations and of their reciprocal influences from a lexical perspective;
aims to validate general considerations on the lexical features of these varieties of English and test them using corpora.
Including eight empirical case studies, this innovative text shows the importance of investigating lexical developments to observe the evolution of a variety while arguing for the need to go beyond a purely structuralist approach and to include a broader discursive and sociological perspective. Lexical Innovation in World Englishes is key reading for postgraduate students and researchers in the fields of World Englishes and language varieties.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Postgraduate and Undergraduate
Illustrations
7 s/w Abbildungen
7 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
230 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-33900-9 (9781032339009)
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Patrizia Anesa is a lecturer at the University of Bergamo, Italy.
Content
Acknowledgments List of abbreviations Part 1 1 Introduction 2 Investigating English and Englishes Part 2 3 Lexical developments 4 Word-formation processes 5 Methodological approach Part 3 6 Case studies 7 Conclusions Appendix 1 Appendix 2 References Index