Interactions across Englishes

Linguistic Choices in Local and International Contact Situations

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Christiane Meierkord

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Studies in English Language

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English is a language at the centre of research into language contact, because its global spread has resulted in contact with an enormous variety of different languages worldwide, leading to the creation of many new varieties of English, including second language varieties, and also pidgins and creoles. This book takes an original look at what happens when speakers of these different varieties interact with one another. Using her own rich fieldwork data from diverse international and South African contexts, Meierkord proposes an innovative approach to how Englishes merge and blend in such interactions, creating further new forms of English and further changes to the language. Through skilful analyses and descriptions, the book provides fascinating insights into where and who the users of English as a lingua franca are and what English then looks like at the levels of phonetics, morphosyntax, the lexicon and discourse.

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Christiane Meierkord is Chair Professor of English Linguistics in the English Department at Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany.

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April 26th, 2012

Author

Christiane Meierkord

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Professional & Vocational

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21 Tables, black and white; 13 Maps; 4 Halftones, unspecified; 14 Line drawings, unspecified

Pages

264

Series

Studies in English Language

Dimensions

155x234x17

ISBN-13

9780521192286

Product ID

18397252

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