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English in Southeast Asia : features, policy and language in use / edited by Ee-Ling Low, Azirah Hashim.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Varieties of English around the world. General series ; v. 42.
- Varieties of English around the world (VEAW) ; v. G42
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Variation--Southeast Asia.
- English language.
- Language policy--Southeast Asia.
- Language policy.
- Language planning--Southeast Asia.
- Language planning.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (408 p.)
- Edition:
- 1版.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume provides a first systematic, comprehensive account of English in Southeast Asia (SEA) based on current research by leading scholars in the field. The volume first provides a systematic account of the linguistic features across all sub-varieties found within each country. It also has a section dedicated to the historical context and language planning policies to provide a background to understanding the development of the linguistic features covered in Part I and, finally, the vibrancy of the sociolinguistic and pragmatic realities that govern actual language in use in a wide variet
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Features
- pt. 2. Policy (historical context & language planning)
- pt. 3. Language in use
- pt. 4. Bibliography.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786613424914
- 9781283424912
- 1283424916
- 9789027281838
- 9027281831
- OCLC:
- 772845112
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