Buchdetails
Format
Gebundene Ausgabe
Seiten
264
Sprache
Englisch
Veröffentlicht
Oct 29, 2015
Verlag
Routledge
ISBN-10
1138168521
ISBN-13
9781138168527
Beschreibung
World Englishes, Second Edition provides you with an engaging overview of the global variations in vocabulary, grammar, phonology and pragmatics of English as it is used worldwide.
It introduces you to the principles of linguistics variation and provides coverage on the roots of English (including Scots), the spread of English, variation of English as a second language, and trends for the future.
Thoroughly updated in line with recent research, World Englishes Second Edition also
Offering a thorough and detailed descriptive account of all the main varieties of English across the globe, World Englishes, Second Edition provides a balanced discussion of political issues and the socio-linguistics background to the varieties of English spoken and written, face-to-face, on paper and online, in the twenty-first century.
Gunnel Melchers is Professor Emerita, Department of English, Stockholm University.
Philip Shaw is Professor, Department of English, Stockholm University.
It introduces you to the principles of linguistics variation and provides coverage on the roots of English (including Scots), the spread of English, variation of English as a second language, and trends for the future.
Thoroughly updated in line with recent research, World Englishes Second Edition also
Offering a thorough and detailed descriptive account of all the main varieties of English across the globe, World Englishes, Second Edition provides a balanced discussion of political issues and the socio-linguistics background to the varieties of English spoken and written, face-to-face, on paper and online, in the twenty-first century.
Gunnel Melchers is Professor Emerita, Department of English, Stockholm University.
Philip Shaw is Professor, Department of English, Stockholm University.