Title: World Englishes--problems, properties and prospects : selected papers from the 13th IAWE conference /
Authors: Hoffmann, Thomas, 1976-; Siebers, Lucia; International Association for World Englishes. 2007 :
Publisher: John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
Year: 2009
Subjects: English language Variation English-speaking countries Congresses.; English language Variation Foreign countries Congresses.; English language English-speaking countries Congresses.; English language Foreign countries Congresses.; Communication, International Congresses.; Intercultural communication Congresses.
Contents: Series editor's preface: the World Englishes conference in Regensburg 2007 : a retrospective look / Edgar W. Schneider -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction / Thomas Hoffmann and Lucia Siebers -- Africa. Deracialising the GOOSE vowel in South African English: accelerated linguistic change amongst young, middle class females in post-apartheid South Africa / Rajend Mesthrie -- Codifying Ghanaian English: problems and prospects / Jemima Asabea Anderson -- The Caribbean. Corpus linguistics meets sociolinguistics: Studying educated spoken usage in Jamaica on the basis of the international corpus of English / Christian Mair -- Rhoticity in educated Jamaican English: An analysis of the spoken component of ICE-Jamaica / Ingrid Rosenfelder -- Standard English in the secondary school in Trinidad: problems, properties, prospects / Dagmar Deuber -- Australia and New Zealand. Australian English as a regional epicenter / Pam Peters --^