Changing English

Informationen zum Autor David Graddol, Dick Leith, Joan Swann and Martin Rhys are all affiliated to the Open Universty, Julia Gillen is at Lancaster University. Klappentext Changing English focuses on the radical changes that have taken place in the structure of English over a millennium and a half, detailing the influences of migration, colonialism and many other historical, social and cultural phenomena. Zusammenfassung Changing English focuses on the radical changes that have taken place in the structure of English over a millennium and a half, detailing the influences of migration, colonialism and many other historical, social and cultural phenomena. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. English Voices 2. The Origins of English ; Revised and Updated with Substantial New Material 3. Modernity and English as a National Language 4. English - Colonial to Postcolonial 5. Accent as Social Symbol 6. Dialect Variation in English 7. Style Shifting, Codeswitching. References. Acknowledgements. Index

Product details

• Authors: David Graddol, Dick Leith
• Assisted by: Julia Gillen (Editor), David Graddol (Editor), Dick Leith (Editor), Martin Rhys (Editor), Joan Swann (Editor)
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.02.2007
• EAN: 9780415376792
• ISBN: 978-0-415-37679-2
• Dimensions: 190 mm x 245 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics