World Englishes : an introduction / Gunnel Melchers and Philip Shaw.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Melchers, Gunnel.

Contributor:

Shaw, Philip.

Series:

English language series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Variation.

English language.

Physical Description:

x, 229 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Arnold ; New York : Distributed in the United States of America by Oxford University Press, 2003.

Summary:

This accessible, single volume text provides a lively overview of English around the world. The book is illustrated with fascinating examples of varieties of English taken from fiction, popular culture, newspapers, and transcriptions of the recordings on the accompanying cassette. It also includes an introduction to the principles of linguistic variation, varieties of English as a second language, and future trends. Nearly all areas of the world in which English is spoken are represented including the American South, the Shetland Islands, St. Kitts, and many others.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [212]-224) and index.

ISBN:

0340718889

0340718870

OCLC:

52991634