Book description
The future of English linguistics as envisaged by the editors of Topics in English Linguistics lies in empirical studies which integrate work in English linguistics into general and theoretical linguistics on the one hand, and comparative linguistics on the other. The TiEL series features volumes that present interesting new data and analyses, and above all fresh approaches that contribute to the overall aim of the series, which is to further outstanding research in English linguistics.
Table of contents
- Topics in English Linguistics
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Foreword
- Contents
- Introduction
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Part 1: Methodological issues in distinguishing varieties
- New Englishes and the emergence of the unmarked
- Methodological choices in language variation analysis
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Globalisation and the transnational impact of non-standard varieties
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The World Language System and the World System of (Standard and Non-Standard) Englishes
- 3 Visual ethnolinguistic repertoires: Jamaican Creole and Nigerian Pidgin in computer-mediated communication
- 4 Global linguistic flows and urban spaces: the new multilingualism in the English-speaking world’s global cities
- 5 Conclusion
- References
- The circle of English: an exploration of the “core” and “periphery” of world Englishes
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Part 2: Studies of features in particular contexts
- A robust, living substratum: contact and sociolinguistic factors in the evolution of a variety of Black English in Kimberley, South Africa
- Got in Singapore English
- Diasporic mixing of World Englishes: the case of Jamaican Creole in Toronto
- System and society in the evolution of change: the view from Canada
- A diachronic study of pseudo-titles and related appositives in the press reportage of British and American newspapers
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The Diffusion of I need you to + infinitive in world Englishes
- 1 Introduction
- 2 An overview of the data
- 3 Qualified conditions in defining uses of I need you to + infinitive
- 4 Semantic and grammatical valence in the uses of I need you to + infinitive
- 5 Statistical comparison of I need you to + infinitive functions in inner and outer Englishes
- 6 Statistical analysis of sociolinguistic variables in the uses of I need you to + infinitive
- 7 Discussion
- References
- Index
Product information
- Title: The Variability of Current World Englishes
- Author(s):
- Release date: August 2014
- Publisher(s): De Gruyter Mouton
- ISBN: 9783110394917
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