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998938
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b753308
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Schneider, Edgar W., (Edgar Werner),1954-
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Postcolonial English : : varieties around the world /\ Edgar W. Schneider.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 2007.
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| Series Statement
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Cambridge approaches to language contact.
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1 online resource (xvi, 367 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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0511284357
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0511285175
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0521539013
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0521831407
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9780511285172
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9780521539012
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9780521831406
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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| Contents
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Cover -- Contents -- Maps, figures, and tables -- Series editor's foreword -- Preface and acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Charting the territory: Postcolonial Englishes as a field of linguistic investigation -- 2.1 Ancestry -- 2.2 Approaches -- 2.3 Alternative perspectives and issues -- the Dynamic Model / 3 The evolution of Postcolonial Englishes -- theoretical background / 3.1 Transforming selves in migration -- processes, perspectives, scenarios / 3.1.1 Language contact -- 3.1.2 Social identity and linguistic accommodation -- 3.2 The Dynamic Model of the evolution of Postcolonial Englishes -- 3.2.1 Rationale and overview -- Foundation / 3.2.2 Phase 1 -- Exonormative stabilization / 3.2.3 Phase 2 -- Nativization / 3.2.4 Phase 3 -- Endonormative stabilization / 3.2.5 Phase 4 -- Differentiation / 3.2.6 Phase 5 -- 3.2.7 Summary -- 3.3 Variations on the basic pattern -- 3.3.1 On the nature of a model -- 3.3.2 Adstrates -- 3.3.3 Creolization -- 3.3.4 English as a symbol of elitism -- 3.3.5 Variation by colonization type -- 3.4 Wider applicability -- 4 Linguistic aspects of nativization -- characteristic features / 4.1 Structural nativization -- 4.1.1 Phonology -- 4.1.2 Lexis -- 4.1.3 Grammar -- methodological and conceptual issues / 4.2 Tracing structural nativization -- 4.2.1 Degrees of difference -- linguistic processes / 4.3 The road to nativization -- parameters of language change / 4.3.1 Background -- linguistic processes / 4.3.2 Filling the feature pool -- factors in diffusion and selection / 4.3.3 Choosing a path -- case studies / 5 Countries along the cycle -- 5.1 Fiji -- 5.2 Australia -- 5.2.1 Phase 1 (1788-ca -- 1830s). 5.2.2 Phase 2 (ca -- 1830s-1901). 5.2.3 Phase 3 (1901-1942). 5.2.4 Phase 4 (1942-ca -- 1980s). 5.2.5 Phase 5 (ca -- 1980s- ). 5.3 New Zealand -- 5.3.1 Phase 1 (ca -- 1790s-1840). 5.3.2 Phase 2 (1840-1907). 5.3.3 Phase 3 (1907-1973). 5.3.4 Phase 4 (1973-ca -- 1990s). 5.3.5 Phase 5 (ca -- 1990s- ). 5.4 Hong Kong -- 5.4.1 Phase 1 (ca -- 1841-1898) and phase 2 (1898-1960s). 5.4.2 Phase 3 (1960s- ). 5.5 The Philippines -- 5.6 Malaysia -- 5.6.1.
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Phases 1 and 2 (1786-1957). 5.6.2 Arrested development? -- The impact of Malaysia's nationalist language policy -- 5.6.3 Phase 3 (1957- ). 5.6.4 ... and beyond??. 5.7 Singapore -- 5.7.1 Phases 1 (1819-ca -- 1867) and 2 (ca -- 1867-1942). 5.7.2 Phases 3 (ca -- 1945-ca -- 1970s) and 4 (ca -- 1970s- ). 5.8 India -- 5.8.1 Phase 1 (1600-1757). 5.8.2 Phase 2 (ca -- 1757-ca -- 1905). 5.8.3 Phase 3 (ca -- 1905- ). 5.8.4 Early symptoms of phase 4?. 5.9 South Africa --T.
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The global spread of English has resulted in the emergence of a diverse range of postcolonial varieties around the world. Postcolonial English provides a clear and original account of the evolution of these varieties, exploring the historical, social and ecological factors that have shaped all levels of their structure. It argues that while these Englishes have developed new and unique properties which differ greatly from one location to another, their spread and diversification can in fact be explained by a single underlying process, which builds upon the constant relationships and communication needs of the colonizers, the colonized, and other parties. Outlining the stages and characteristics of this process, it applies them in detail to English in sixteen different countries across all continents as well as, in a separate chapter, to a history of American English. Of key interest to sociolinguists, dialectologists, historical linguists and syntacticians alike, this book provides a fascinating new picture of the growth and evolution of English around the globe.
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English language-- Variation-- English-speaking countries.
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English language-- Variation-- Foreign countries.
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Engelska språket-- språkvariation.
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English language-- Variation-- Foreign countries.
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English language-- Variation.
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LANGUAGE ARTS DISCIPLINES-- General.
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Sprachvariante
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Sprachverbreitung
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Englisch.
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English-speaking countries.
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| Dewey Classification
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427.009
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| LC Classification
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PE2751.S36 2007eb
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