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Modelling world Englishes : a joint approach to postcolonial and non-postcolonial varieties / edited by Sarah Buschfeld and Alexander Kautzsch.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Edinburgh scholarship online.
- Edinburgh scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Variation.
- English language.
- English language--Foreign countries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 428 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- This book brings together two types of varieties of English that have so far been treated separately: postcolonial and non-postcolonial Englishes. It examines these varieties of English against the backdrop of current World Englishes theory, with a special focus on the extra- and Intra-Territorial Forces (EIF) Model.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- 1 Introduction
- 2 English in England: The Parent Perspective
- 3 English in Namibia: Multilingualism and Ethnic Variation in the Extra- and Intraterritorial Forces Model
- 4 English in the United Arab Emirates: Status and Functions
- 5 English in India: Global Aspirations, Local Identities at the Grassroots
- 6 English in Singapore: Two Issues for the EIF Model
- 7 English in the Philippines: A Case of Rootedness and Routedness
- 8 English in South Korea: Applying the EIF Model
- 9 English in Japan: The Applicability of the EIF Model
- 10 English in Australia – Extra-territorial Influences
- 11 English in North America: Accounting for its Evolution
- 12 English in The Bahamas and Developmental Models of World Englishes: A Critical Analysis
- 13 Standard English in Trinidad: Multinormativity, Translocality, and Implications for the Dynamic Model and the EIF Model
- 14 Englishes in Tristan da Cunha, St Helena, Bermuda and the Falkland Islands: PCE, non-PCE or both? Blurred Boundaries in the Atlantic
- 15 English in Ireland: Intra-territorial Perspectives on Language Contact
- 16 English in Gibraltar: Applying the EIF Model to English in Non-Postcolonial Overseas Territories
- 17 English in Ghana: Extra- and Intra-territorial Forces in a Developmental Perspective
- 18 Synopsis: Fine-tuning the EIF Model
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Oct 2020).
- ISBN:
- 1-4744-9077-8
- 1-4744-4588-8
- OCLC:
- 1306541229
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