Who's centric now? : the present state of post-colonial Englishes / edited by Bruce Moore. - viii, 320 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

"The Australian National Dictionary Centre at the Australian National University.". Papers originally presented at a conference held at the Australian National University, Oct. 27-29, 1999.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

World English(es), world dictionaries / New Zealand, New Zealand English, and the dictionaries / Australian English: Australian Identity / Lexical borrowing from Maori in New Zealand English / South African English: politics and the sense of place / Globalising Singaporean - Malaysian English in an inclusive learner's dictionary / English in Bangladesh after independence: dynamics of policy and practice / English in post-colonial India: an appraisal / The spread of Anglo-Indian words into South-East Asia / Pacific Pidgin Englishes: the Australian connection / Two-way English and the bicultural experience / The current status of English in Fiji / Queen's English and People's English / Neither Uncle Sam nor John Bull: Canadian English comes of age / Varietal effects: the influence of American English on Australian and British English / Tom McArthur -- Tony Deverson -- Bruce Moore -- Graeme Kennedy -- Penny Silva -- Vincent B. Y. Ooi -- Rahela Banu and Roland Sussex -- R. S. Gupta -- Cavan Hogue -- Darrell Tryon -- Ian Malcolm -- Jan Tent -- John Simpson -- Katherine Barber -- Pam Peters. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

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English language--Commonwealth countries--Congresses
Postcolonialism--Commonwealth countries--Congresses
English language--Foreign countries--Congresses
English language--Variation--Congresses
English language--Dialects--Congresses
Communication, International--Congresses

PE2751. / W48 2001

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