Edgar W Schneider

English Around the World

An Introduction

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 2nd Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juli 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 183mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9781108425377
• ISBN-10: 1108425372
• Artikelnr.: 58480746

Autorenporträt

Edgar W. Schneider is Full Professor and Chair of English Linguistics in the Department of English and American Studies at Universität Regensburg, Germany.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Basic notions
3. Historical background
4. Language crossing an ocean: old world and new world
5. Settlers and locals: Southern Hemisphere Englishes, transported and newly born
6. Missionaries, merchants, and more: English is useful, English is ours
7. Language development: a general perspective
8. Issues and attitudes
9. Conclusion
Appendix 1. Phonetic characters
Appendix 2. A list of guiding questions on English in any specific region
Appendix 3. How to research world Englishes: sources and methodology.