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World English : a study of its development

Title
World English : a study of its development / Janina Brutt-Griffler.
Author
Brutt-Griffler, Janina, 1966-
Publication
Clevedon, UK ; Buffalo [N.Y.] : Multilingual Matters, ©2002.

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Description
xiii, 215 pages : illustrations; 21 cm
Summary
This text traces the history of English language spread from the 18th to the beginning of the 21st century combining that with a study of its langauge change.
Series Statement
Bilingual education and bilingualism ; 34
Uniform Title
Bilingual education and bilingualism ; 34.
Subject
  • English language > Foreign countries
  • English language > English-speaking countries
  • Communication, International
  • Intercultural communication
  • English language
  • Englisch
  • Geschichte
  • Weltsprache
  • Engelstaligen
  • Wereldtalen
  • Meertaligheid
  • Engels
  • English-speaking countries
  • Englisch
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-212) and index.
Contents
Images of world English: writing English as an international language. -- The representation of the social in a social science: methodology in linguistics. -- Ideological and economic crosscurrents of Empire. -- The contested terrain of colonial language policy. -- Access denied: containing the spread of English. -- The becoming of a world language. -- Macroacquisition: bilingual speech communities and language change. -- The macroacquisition of English: new representations in the language. -- (The) world (of) English: Englishes in convergence. -- Decentering English applied linguistics.
ISBN
  • 1853595780
  • 9781853595783
  • 1853595772
  • 9781853595776
LCCN
2001047707
OCLC
  • ocm48077483
  • 48077483
  • SCSB-1255333
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library