World Englishes: An Introduction (The ^AEnglish Language Series) - Softcover

Melchers, Gunnel; Shaw, Philip

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9780340718889: World Englishes: An Introduction (The ^AEnglish Language Series)

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ISBN 10: 0340718889 ISBN 13: 9780340718889

Publisher: Hodder Education Publishers, 2003

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This accessible, single volume text provides a lively overview of English around the world. The book is illustrated with fascinating examples of varieties of English taken from fiction, popular culture, newspapers, and transcriptions of the recordings on the accompanying cassette. It also includes an introduction to the principles of linguistic variation, varieties of English as a second language, and future trends. Nearly all areas of the world in which English is spoken are represented including the American South, the Shetland Islands, St. Kitts, and many others.

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About the Author:

Gunnel Melchers is Professor Emerita at Stockholm University, Sweden
Philip Shaw is Professor of Language and Communication at Stockholm University, Sweden

Review:

In my opinion, its empirical and factual rather than sociopolitically discursive orientation makes this text book highly superior to other recent publications with similar titles and goals. It presents a concise, balanced and nevertheless informative of global varieties of English today. As a textbook it deserves to be heartily recommended.
English World Wide 26:1

The book is a good text book of both the English language and sociolinguistics.
Asian Englishes

This is a concise and very readable introduction to a vast topic... As an undergraduate textbook, this is a very useful book indeed.

English Language and Linguistics

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