The Cambridge Handbook of World Englishes

The plural form 'Englishes' conveys the diversity of English as a global language, pinpointing the growth and existence of a large number of national, regional and social forms. The global spread of English and the new varieties that have emerged around the world has grown to be a vast area of study and research, which intersects multiple disciplines. This Handbook provides a comprehensive and authoritative survey of World Englishes from 1600 to the present day. Covering topics such as variationist sociolinguistics, pragmatics, contact linguistics, linguistic anthropology, corpus- and applied linguistics and language history, it combines discussion of traditional topics with a variety of innovative approaches. The chapters, all written by internationally acclaimed authorities, provide up-to-date discussions of the evolution of different Englishes around the globe, a comprehensive coverage of different models and approaches, and some original perspectives on current challenges.

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• Authors: M. Hundt, E. Schneider, D. Schreier
• Assisted by: Marianne Hundt (Editor), Hundt Marianne (Editor), Edgar W Schneider (Editor), Edgar W. Schneider (Editor), Daniel Schreier (Editor), Schreier Daniel (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.01.2020
• EAN: 9781108425957
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42595-7
• No. of pages: 728
• Dimensions: 185 mm x 255 mm x 45 mm
• Series: Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; English, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, Sociolinguistics, Historical & comparative linguistics, Historical and comparative linguistics