From deficit to dialect : the evolution of English in India and Singapore /
"The emergence of new English dialects in postcolonial regions has transformed the politics of English in the world and language ecologies in many regions. Why, how, and when did these dialects develop? Why do they have the accents and grammars that we hear? Are the grammars of these dialects c...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
[2023]
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| Series: | Oxford studies in sociolinguistics.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "The emergence of new English dialects in postcolonial regions has transformed the politics of English in the world and language ecologies in many regions. Why, how, and when did these dialects develop? Why do they have the accents and grammars that we hear? Are the grammars of these dialects completely different due to the influence of local languages, or similar due to natural tendencies in human cognition? In terms of social identity, do their speakers behave like native speakers of British or American English, or like language learners? Focusing on two prominent cases—English in India and in Singapore—this book examines the social, historical, and cognitive forces that together created and continue to shape these dialects. Differences in the linguistic ecology of the two regions help us to identify the strongest mechanisms of dialect formation under long-term cultural contact. The multiscale analysis moves beyond a simplistic divide between “deficit” and “dialect” views of these speech communities, showing that change proceeds unevenly across the language system and the social group, with feedback loops between social history, language learning, language structure, and identity"--Publisher's description. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (261 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197698624 019769862X 9780197696415 0197696414 |