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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      January 2013
      December 2012
      ISBN:
      9781139023832
      9780521763899
      9781107515659
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139023832
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.76kg, 444 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.64kg, 444 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Sociolinguistics, English Language and Linguistics: General Interest, Historical Linguistics, Language and Linguistics
      Series:
      Studies in English Language
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    Subjects:
    Sociolinguistics, English Language and Linguistics: General Interest, Historical Linguistics, Language and Linguistics
    Series:
    Studies in English Language
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    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 around the world and the ways in which these have also been standardised. This volume provides the first book-length exploration of 'standard Englishes', with chapters on areas as diverse as Canada, the Caribbean, Africa, Asia, New Zealand and the South Pacific. This is a timely and important topic, edited by a well-known scholar in the field, with contributions by the leading experts on each major variety of English discussed. The book presents in full the criteria for defining a standard variety, and each chapter compares standards in both spoken and written English and explores the notion of register within standard varieties.

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    '… offers[s] some very interesting individual contributions which advanced scholars will find useful in advancing our understanding of processes and products of English codification.'

    Vineeta Chand Source: Journal of Sociolinguistics

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