{"product_id":"world-english-a-study-of-its-development-9781853595776","title":"World English: A Study of its Development","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis text traces the history of English language spread from the 18th to the beginning of the 21st century, combining that with a study of its language change. It links linguistic and sociolinguistic variables that have conditioned the evolution and change of English, putting forward a new framework of language spread and change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlossary \u003cbr\u003e Preface \u003cbr\u003e 1 Images of World English: Writing English as an International Language \u003cbr\u003e 2 The Representation of the Social in a Social Science: Methodology in Linguistics \u003cbr\u003e 3 Ideological and Economic Crosscurrents of Empire\u003cbr\u003e 4 The Contested Terrain of Colonial Language Policy \u003cbr\u003e 5 Access Denied: Containing the Spread of English \u003cbr\u003e 6 The Becoming of a World Language \u003cbr\u003e 7 Macroacquisition: Bilingual Speech Communities and Language Change \u003cbr\u003e 8 The Macroacquisition of English: New Representations in the Language \u003cbr\u003e 9 (The) World (of) English: Englishes in Convergence \u003cbr\u003e 10 Decentering English Applied Linguistics \u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e References \u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Channel View Publications Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51043054027095,"sku":"9781853595776","price":19.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781853595776.jpg?v=1750956815","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/world-english-a-study-of-its-development-9781853595776","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}