The evolution of Englishes
Subtitle: the dynamic model and beyond
By: Edited by Sarah Buschfeld, University of Regensburg ; Thomas Hoffmann, University of Osnabrück ; Magnus Huber, Justus Liebig University Giessen ; Alexander Kautzsch, University of Regensburg
Contributors: Schneider, Edgar W. (Edgar Werner), 1954- honouree
Series: Varieties of English around the world -- volume G49
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company; Benjamins Publishing Company, John
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 513
ISBN-13: 9789027249098; 9789027269416
Subjects: English language; Variation; International Communication; Intercultural communication
Description: By facilitating the contact between smaller groups of people living in widely separated places, the new media stimulate the use of minority languages, including constructed and historical languages. This article looks at the international community of users of Old English as a living language on the Internet. It analyses the linguistic competence behind the modest Anglo-Saxon revival and the strategies applied to deal with the modern world. As a sample of online texts, especially from Wikipedia, shows, not only does neo-Old English suffer from haphazard grammar and pervasive interference from Modern English, but it also depends too essentially on lexical innovation to have much of a future.
Notes: Festschrift for Edgar Schneider on the occasion of his 60th birthday.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.