Standards of English: Codified Varieties around the World

by Edited by Raymond Hickey

• ISBN13: 9780521763899
• ISBN10: 0521763894
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-01-28
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Standard English and standards of English

The codification of English in England Ingrid

An evolving standard British English pronunciation model

Standard English in Scotland

Standard Irish English

Standards of English in Malta and the Channel Islands

The idea of Standard American English

Standard Canadian English

Standards of English in the Caribbean

Standard South African English

Standards of English in West Africa

Standards of English in East Africa

Standards of English in South Asia

Standards of English in South-East Asia

Standard Australian English

Standard New Zealand English

Acrolectal English in the South Pacific

Varieties resistant to standardisation

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