International English: A Guide to Varieties of English Around the World
- ISBN-10
- 1138233684
- ISBN-13
- 9781138233683
- Series
- International English
- Category
- English language
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017
- Authors
- Peter Trudgill, Jean Hannah
Description
Cover -- Copyright -- Title -- Contents -- Note on the sixth edition -- Acknowledgements -- Symbols -- 1 Standard English in the world -- 1.1 Models of English -- 1.2 The spread of English -- 1.3 The nature of native overseas Englishes -- 2 English, Australasian, South African and Welsh English -- 2.1 The RP accent -- 2.2 Australian, New Zealand and South African English -- 2.3 Welsh English -- 3 The pronunciation of North American English -- 3.1 North American English vowels -- 3.2 North American English consonants -- 3.3 Regional variation in United States English -- 3.4 The pronunciation of Canadian English -- 3.5 Non-systematic differences between North American English and English English pronunciation -- 3.6 Stress differences -- 3.7 Further differences between American English and Canadian English pronunciation -- 4 English and North American English: grammatical, orthographical and lexical differences -- 4.1 Grammatical differences -- 4.2 Spelling and punctuation differences -- 4.3 Vocabulary differences -- 5 Scottish and Irish English -- 5.1 Scottish English -- 5.2 English in Ireland -- 6 West Indian English and English-based creoles -- 6.1 English-based pidgins -- 6.2 English-based creoles -- 6.3 Decreolization -- 6.4 Post-creoles and mesolectal varieties -- 6.5 West Indian Standard English -- 6.6 English-based creoloids -- 7 Lesser-known Englishes -- 8 Second-language varieties of English -- 8.1 West African English -- 8.2 East African English -- 8.3 Indian English -- 8.4 Singaporean English -- 8.5 English in the Philippines -- 8.6 Fiji English -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index
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- 2017-04-21
- 164 pages
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