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1 - World Englishes: An Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 December 2019

By
Daniel Schreier ,
Marianne Hundt  and
Edgar W. Schneider
Edited by
Daniel Schreier ,
Marianne Hundt  and
Edgar W. Schneider
Daniel Schreier
Affiliation:
Universität Zürich
Marianne Hundt
Affiliation:
Universität Zürich
Edgar W. Schneider
Affiliation:
Universität Regensburg, Germany
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Summary

After a brief overview of the main developments in the field of World Englishes (WEs) research, particularly with respect to different typologies and models of WEs, as well as advances in methodology, this introductory chapter provides short chapter summaries.

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World EnglishesEnglish Language ComplexThree CirclesDynamic Modelcorpus linguisticslanguage variation and changecolonizationglobalization
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The Cambridge Handbook of World Englishes , pp. 1 - 22
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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