Standards of English codified varieties around the world

The notion of a 'standard' variety of English has been the subject of a considerable body of research. Studies have tended to focus on the standard features of British and American English. However, more recently interest has turned to the other varieties of English that have developed aro...

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Otros Autores: Hickey, Raymond, 1954- editor (editor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press 2012.
Colección:CUP ebooks.
Studies in English language.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b42008608*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Standard English and standards of English / Raymond Hickey
  • 2. The codification of English in England / Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade
  • 3. An evolving standard British English pronunciation model / Clive Upton
  • 4. Standard English in Scotland / John Corbett and Jane Stuart-Smith
  • 5. Standard Irish English / Raymond Hickey
  • 6. Standards of English in Malta and the Channel Islands / Manfred Krug and Anna Rosen
  • 7. The idea of Standard American English / William A. Kretzschmar, Jr, and Charles F. Meyer
  • 8. Standard Canadian English / Charles Boberg
  • 9. Standards of English in the Caribbean / Hubert Devonish and Ewart A.C. Thomas
  • 10. Standard South African English / Sean Bowerman
  • 11. Standards of English in West Africa / Ulrike Gut
  • 12. Standards of English in East Africa / Josef Schmied
  • 13. Standards of English in South Asia / Claudia Lange
  • 14. Standards of English in South-East Asia / Lisa Lim
  • 15. Standard Australian English / Felicity Cox and Sallyanne Palethorpe
  • 16. Standard New Zealand English / Elizabeth Gordon
  • 17. Acrolectal English in the South Pacific / Carolin Biewer
  • 18. Varieties resistant to standardisation / Daniel Schreier.