Variety in Contemporary English

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Advertising Language
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Author_W.R. O'Donnell
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Chinook Jargon
classroom discourse analysis
Creole Languages
Dialect Continuum
DMP
English language pedagogy
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Guinea Pidgin
Indian Airlines
Kingman Report
language teaching methods
Lingua Francas
linguistic diversity studies
Paralinguistic Device
Past Tense
Penguin Edn
Phatic Communion
Pidgin English
Pop Star
regional English language differences
Scandinavian Dialects
SED
Silent Pauses
sociolinguistic variation
Speech Melody
spoken language analysis
SVO Structure
Tok Pisin
Tone Group
Vocabulary Differences
Vowel Segments
Ya Ya

Product details

  • ISBN 9780415084376
  • Weight: 249g
  • Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
  • Publication Date: 03 Oct 1991
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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First Published in 1992. This is an exploration of the complex kinds of variation which occur in and between written and spoken English. Dialect, Pidgeon and Creole English are examined and the types of lingustics employed in advertising, literature and the classroom are discussed. The book is intended as an introduction to the study of English language. It is aimed primarily at college and university students, particularly thosed who are likely to find themselves teaching a language. It may also appeal to teachers, the general reader and sixth form pupils.

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