Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-212) and index.
Contents -- Glossary -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Images of World English: Writing English as an International Language -- Chapter 2 The Representation of the Social in a Social Science: Methodology in Linguistics -- Chapter 3 Ideological and Economic Crosscurrents of Empire -- Chapter 4 The Contested Terrain of Colonial Language Policy -- Chapter 5 Access Denied: Containing the Spread of English -- Chapter 6 The Becoming of a World Language -- Chapter 7 Macroacquisition: Bilingual Speech Communities and Language Change
Chapter 8 The Macroacquisition of English: New Representations in the LanguageChapter 9 (The) World (of) English: Englishes in Convergence -- Chapter 10 Decentering English Applied Linguistics -- Appendices -- References -- Index
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This text traces the history of English language spread from the 18th to the beginning of the 21st century, combining that with a study of its langauge change. It links linguistic and sociolinguistic variables that have conditioned the evolution and change of English, putting forward a new framework of language spread and change.
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World English.
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Communication, International.
English language-- English-speaking countries.
English language-- Foreign countries.
Intercultural communication.
Anglais (Langue) à l'étranger.
Anglais (Langue)-- Pays anglophones.
Communication interculturelle.
Communication internationale.
Communication, International.
Communication, International.
Engels.
Engelstaligen.
English language-- English-speaking countries.
English language-- Foreign countries.
English language-- Foreign countries.
English language.
Geschichte
Intercultural communication.
Intercultural communication.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES-- Linguistics-- General.