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WORLD ENGLISHES SECOND EDITION provides an overview of the global variation in vocabulary, grammar, phonology and pragmatics of English and includes coverage of spoken varieties that have only recently been researched, as well as changes occurring due to the increasing use of En…
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 …
'World Englishes' provides an overview of the global variation in vocabulary, grammar, phonology and pragmatics of English and includes coverage of spoken varieties.
This study first establishes the discriminatroy and elitist nature of standard languages and standardisation itself, considering as counter-example the case of Sri Lankan English as symptomatic of the 'other' or postcolonial Englishes. On the basis of this understanding of the s…
Here, an examination of so-called uneducated and otherwise non-standard usage in the Sri Lankan context, including popular cultural and protest writing and speech, shows that Sri Lankans communicate powerfully and creatively in this medium. The legitimization of this practice on…
This book offers an accessible but stimulating overview of Global Englishes, raising awareness of all the crucial issues, and providing ample reader activities and discussion topics, as well as key readings