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Title

The variability of current world Englishes / edited by Eugene Green and Charles F. Meyer.

Publication

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2014]

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Additional Authors

• Meyer, Charles F.
• Green, Eugene, 1932-
• Green, Eugene
• International Society for the Linguistics of English. Conference (2nd : 2011 : Boston, Massachusetts), organizer.

Description

viii, 287 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Topics in English linguistics, 1434-3452 ; volume 87.1

Uniform Title

Topics in English linguistics ; v. 87.1.

Subject

• English language > Variation > Congresses
• English language > Social aspects > Congresses
• English language > Globalization > Congresses
• English language > Grammar > Congresses

Genre/Form

• Conference papers and proceedings
• Conference papers and proceedings.

Note

• Papers presented at a conference held in Boston in 2011.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Part 1 Methodological issues in distinguishing varieties -- New Englishes and the emergence of the unmarked / Caroline R. Wiltshire Wiltshire, Caroline R. 13 -- Methodological choices in language variation analysis / Kirk Hazen Hazen, Kirk 41 -- Globalisation and the transnational impact of non-standard varieties / Christian Mair Mair, Christian 65 -- The circle of English: an exploration of the "core" and "periphery" of world Englishes / Gerald Nelson Nelson, Gerald 99 -- Part 2 Studies of features in particular contexts -- A robust, Living substratum: contact and sociolinguistic factors in the evolution of a variety of Black English in Kimberley, South Africa / Rajend Mesthrie Mesthrie, Rajend 127 -- Got in Singapore English / Zhiming Bao Bao, Zhiming 147 -- Diasporic mixing of World Englishes: the case of Jamaican Creole in Toronto / Lars Hinrichs Hinrichs, Lars 169 -- System and society in the evolution of change: the view from Canada / Sali A. Tagliamonte Tagliamonte, Sali A. 199 -- A diachronic study of pseudo-titles and related appositives in the press reportage of British and American newspapers / Charles F. Meyer Meyer, Charles F. 239 -- The Diffusion of I need you to + infinitive in world Englishes / Eugene Green Green, Eugene 257.

ISBN

• 9783110339673 (hd.bd.)
• 9783110352108 (online) (canceled/invalid)

OCLC

• 886294170
• SCSB-11874777

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library