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"The notion of a 'standard' variety of English has been the subject of a considerable body of research. Studies have tended to focus on the standard features of British and American English. However, more recently interest has turned to the other varieties of English that have developed around the world and the ways in which these have also been standardised. This volume provides the first book-length exploration of 'standard Englishes', with chapters on areas as diverse as Canada, the Caribbean, Africa, Asia, New Zealand and the South Pacific. This is a timely and important topic, edited by a well-known scholar in the field, with contributions by the leading experts on each major variety of English discussed. The book presents in full the criteria for defining a standard variety, and each chapter compares standards in both spoken and written English and explores the notion of register within standard varieties"--

802.0-087 --- 802.0 <100> --- 800:316 --- Engels: dialecten --- Engels. Engelse taalkunde--Wereld. Internationaal. Alle landen gezamenlijk --- Sociolinguistiek --- English language --- Sociolinguistics. --- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES --- Englisch. --- Standardsprache. --- Sprachvariante. --- Soziolinguistik. --- English world wide. --- Standard English. --- Standardization. --- Variation. --- Dialects. --- Study and teaching. --- Linguistics --- General. --- 800:316 Sociolinguistiek --- 802.0 <100> Engels. Engelse taalkunde--Wereld. Internationaal. Alle landen gezamenlijk --- 802.0-087 Engels: dialecten --- Language arts & disciplines --- Standard english. --- Normalisation --- Sociolinguistics --- Language and languages --- Language and society --- Society and language --- Sociology of language --- Language and culture --- Sociology --- Integrational linguistics (Oxford school) --- Dialects --- Standardization --- Study and teaching --- Variation --- Social aspects --- Sociological aspects --- Dialectology --- Anglais (langue) --- Dialectes --- Variation linguistique --- Normalisation. --- Dialectes. --- Variation linguistique. --- English language Study and teaching --- Arts and Humanities --- Language & Linguistics --- Germanic languages