David West Brown (Pennsylvania Carnegie Mellon University)

Broschiertes Buch

English and Empire

Beschreibung

A study of how African diasporic, Chinese, and Indian speakers have been represented in British fiction. It explores the evolution of language ideologies and explains its computational techniques as part of a digital humanities toolkit. An ideal text for students and scholars of English historical linguistics and English literary studies.

Autor

David West Brown is Assistant Professor of Linguistics at Marymount University, Virginia. His research examines writing as a social practice, its structures, and its history, covering topics ranging from Singaporean identity performance in online discussion boards, to representations of gender in sports reportage, to the stylistic differences between higher and lower scoring essays on educational assessments. He is author of In Other Words: Lessons on Grammar, Code-Switching, and Academic Writing (2009).

Produktdetails

• Studies in English Language
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 370
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9781108444217
• ISBN-10: 1108444210
• Artikelnr.: 60716485