World English : : A Study of its Development / / Janina Brutt-Griffler.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Brutt-Griffler, Janina,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2002]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Language: English
• Series: Bilingual Education & Bilingualism
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (232 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Glossary --; Preface --; 1. Images of World English: Writing English as an International Language --; 2. The Representation of the Social in a Social Science: Methodology in Linguistics --; 3. Ideological and Economic Crosscurrents of Empire --; 4. The Contested Terrain of Colonial Language Policy --; 5. Access Denied: Containing the Spread of English --; 6. The Becoming of a World Language --; 7. Macroacquisition: Bilingual Speech Communities and Language Change --; 8. The Macroacquisition of English: New Representations in the Language --; 9. The) World (of) English: Englishes in Convergence --; 10. Decentering English Applied Linguistics --; Appendices --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781853595790; 9783111024738; 9783110663136; 9783110606713
• DOI: 10.21832/9781853595790
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Janina Brutt-Griffler.

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.