Exploring Spoken English is a practical guide to the features of natural spoken English, designed for teachers and advanced learners of English use in groups and for self-study.
This book examines the special nature of English both as a global and a local language, focusing on some of the ongoing changes and on the emerging new structural and discoursal characteristics of varieties of English. Although it is widely recognised that processes of language …
This book examines the special nature of English both as a global and a local language, focusing on some of the ongoing changes and on the emerging new structural and discoursal characteristics of varieties of English. Although it is widely recognised that processes of language …
This book examines the special nature of English both as a global and a local language, focusing on some of the ongoing changes and on the emerging new structural and discoursal characteristics of varieties of English. Although it is widely recognised that processes of language …
Sociolinguistics provides a powerful instrument by which we can interpret the contemporary and near-contemporary use of language in relation to the society in which speakers live. Almost since the beginning of the discipline, however, attempts have been made to extrapolate backw…
'English Historical Sociolinguistics' provides students with a more profound understanding of the sociolinguistic forces which initiate or encourage language change.
Sociolinguistics provides a powerful instrument by which we can interpret the contemporary and near-contemporary use of language in relation to the society in which speakers live. Almost since the beginning of the discipline, however, attempts have been made to extrapolate backw…
Varieties of English
by Kortmann, Bernd, Burridge, Kate, Mesthrie, Rajend, Schneider, Edgar W.
fromMouton Textbook
Varieties of English
by Kortmann, Bernd, Burridge, Kate, Mesthrie, Rajend, Schneider, Edgar W.
fromMouton Textbook
"This volume gives a detailed overview of the varieties of English spoken in the Americas and the Caribbean, including regional, social and ethnic dialects (such as Southern US, Canadian or Chicago English) as well as Caribbean creoles from the Bahamas to Suriname. The chapters …
"This volume gives a detailed overview of the varieties of English spoken in Africa, South and Southeast Asia, including L1 varieties (such as White South African or St Helena English), L2 varieties (such as Cameroon, Pakistani, or Malaysian English) as well as pidgins and creol…