World Englishes : a resource book for students / Jennifer Jenkins.
"Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students. World Englishes:is a comprehensive introduction to the subjectcovers the major historical and sociopolitical developments in world Englishes, from the reign of Queen Elizabeth I...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2009.
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
| Series: | Routledge English language introductions series.
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| Online Access: | Contributor biographical information |
| Summary: | "Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students. World Englishes:is a comprehensive introduction to the subjectcovers the major historical and sociopolitical developments in world Englishes, from the reign of Queen Elizabeth I to the present dayexplores current debates in world Englishes from English in postcolonial America and Africa, and Asian Englishes in the Outer Circle, to Creole development in the UK and US, English as a Lingua Franca, and the teaching and testing of World Englishesdraws on a range of real texts, data and examples, including articles from the New York Times, Straits Times and The Economist, emails, texts and transcripts of speechprovides classic readings by some of the key names in the discipline including David Crystal, David Graddol, Ngugi Wa Thiong'o, Alastair Pennycook, and Henry Widdowson.The accompanying website can be found at http://www.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415466127"--Publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 256 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-252) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0415466113 9780415466110 0415466121 9780415466127 |