Julia Gillen / David Graddol / Dick Leith / Martin Rhys / Joan Swann (eds.)

Changing English

Herausgegeben von Graddol, David; Leith, Dick; Swann, Joan; Rhys, Martin; Gillen, Julia

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge / Taylor & Francis
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: RU6793Z
• 2. Aufl.
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 248mm x 187mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 658g
• ISBN-13: 9780415376792
• ISBN-10: 0415376793
• Artikelnr.: 21416788

Autorenporträt

David Graddol, Dick Leith, Joan Swann and Martin Rhys are all affiliated to the Open Universty, Julia Gillen is at Lancaster University.

Inhaltsangabe

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