World English : a study of its development / Janina Brutt-Griffler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brutt-Griffler, Janina, 1966-

Series:

Bilingual education and bilingualism ; 34.

Bilingual education and bilingualism ; 34

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Foreign countries.

English language.

English language--English-speaking countries.

Communication, International.

Intercultural communication.

English-speaking countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Clevedon, UK ; Buffalo [N.Y.] : Multilingual Matters, c2002.

Language Note:

English

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 language change. It links linguistic and sociolinguistic variables that have conditioned the evolution and change of English, putting forward a new framework of language spread and change.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Glossary

Preface

1. Images of World English: Writing English as an International Language

2. The Representation of the Social in a Social Science: Methodology in Linguistics

3. Ideological and Economic Crosscurrents of Empire

4. The Contested Terrain of Colonial Language Policy

5. Access Denied: Containing the Spread of English

6. The Becoming of a World Language

7. Macroacquisition: Bilingual Speech Communities and Language Change

8. The Macroacquisition of English: New Representations in the Language

9. The) World (of) English: Englishes in Convergence

10. Decentering English Applied Linguistics

Appendices

References

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-212) and index.

ISBN:

9786610739264

9781280739262

1280739266

9781853595790

1853595799

OCLC:

614727562