Intelligibility is the term most generally used to address the complex of criteria that describe, broadly, how useful someone' s English is when talking or writing to someone else. Set within the paradigm of world Englishes' which posits that the Englishes of the world may be se…
Exploring second-language varieties of English and learner Englishes: bridging a paradigm gap ; [Workshop on Second-Lan…
by Hundt, Marianne, Mukherjee, Joybrato, Conference of the International Society for the Study of English, Freiburg), ISLE, Freiburg), Workshop on Second-Language Varieties of English and Learner Englishes, Freiburg)
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The articles in this volume are intended to bridge what Sridhar and Sridhar (1986) have called the 'paradigm gap' between traditional SLA research on the one hand and research into institutionalised second-language varieties in former colonial territories on the other. Since bot…
Most of us have firm convictions about our language, as to what constitutes proper use and what is unacceptable abuse. As children we are taught a great deal about good and bad grammar, correct pronunciation and spelling, and the proper use of words. As adults we constantly enco…
Most of us have firm convictions about our language, as to what constitutes proper use and what is unacceptable abuse. As children we are taught a great deal about good and bad grammar, correct pronunciation and spelling, and the proper use of words. As adults we constantly enco…