Standards of English - Codified Varieties Around the World

Informationen zum Autor Raymond Hickey is Professor of Linguistics in the English Department at the University of Duisburg, Essen. Klappentext The first book-length exploration of 'standard Englishes' with contributions by the leading experts on each major variety of English discussed. Zusammenfassung This volume provides the first book-length exploration of 'standard Englishes'! with chapters on areas as diverse as Canada! the Caribbean! Africa! Asia! New Zealand and the South Pacific. This is a timely and important topic! with contributions by the leading experts on each major variety of English discussed. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Standard English and standards of English Raymond Hickey; 2. The codification of English in England Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade; 3. An evolving standard British English pronunciation model Clive Upton; 4. Standard English in Scotland John Corbett and Jane Stuart-Smith; 5. Standard Irish English Raymond Hickey; 6. Standards of English in Malta and the Channel Islands Manfred Krug and Anna Rosen; 7. The idea of Standard American English William A. Kretzschmar, Jr and Charles F. Meyer; 8. Standard Canadian English Charles Boberg; 9. Standards of English in the Caribbean Hubert Devonish and Ewart A. C. Thomas; 10. Standard South African English Sean Bowerman; 11. Standards of English in West Africa Ulrike Gut; 12. Standards of English in East Africa Josef Schmied; 13. Standards of English in South Asia Claudia Lange; 14. Standards of English in South-East Asia Lisa Lim; 15. Standard Australian English Felicity Cox and Sallyanne Palethorpe; 16. Standard New Zealand English Elizabeth Gordon; 17. Acrolectal English in the South Pacific Carolin Biewer; 18. Varieties resistant to standardisation Daniel Schreier.

Product details

• Authors: Raymond Hickey, Raymond (Universitat Duisburg-Essen) Hickey
• Assisted by: Raymond Hickey (Editor), Raymond (Universitat Duisburg-Essen) Hickey (Editor), Hickey Raymond (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.12.2012
• EAN: 9780521763899
• ISBN: 978-0-521-76389-9
• No. of pages: 444
• Series: Studies in English Language; Studies in English Language
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; English, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Sociolinguistics, Historical & comparative linguistics, Historical and comparative linguistics