World English : a study of its development /

Brutt-Griffler, Janina, 1966-

World English : a study of its development / Janina Brutt-Griffler. - xiii, 215 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. - Bilingual education and bilingualism ; 34 . - Bilingual education and bilingualism 34. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Images of world English: writing English as an international language. -- The representation of the social in a social science: methodology in linguistics. -- Ideological and economic crosscurrents of Empire. -- The contested terrain of colonial language policy. -- Access denied: containing the spread of English. -- The becoming of a world language. -- Macroacquisition: bilingual speech communities and language change. -- The macroacquisition of English: new representations in the language. -- (The) world (of) English: Englishes in convergence. -- Decentering English applied linguistics.

This text traces the history of English language spread from the 18th to the beginning of the 21st century combining that with a study of its langauge change.


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1853595780 9781853595783 1853595772 9781853595776

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English language--Foreign countries
English language--English-speaking countries
Communication, International
Intercultural communication.


English-speaking countries

PE2751 / .B78 2002

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