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World Englishes

  • APG5349
  • Clayton Second semester 2013 (Off-campus)
  • 12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL
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Explore the varieties of English around the world. You will study descriptive surveys of the main national standard Englishes, as well as a selection of the distinctive regional, ethnic and social varieties. Specific topics in this unit include: historical and cultural background and the current sociolinguistic situation of the respective regions; special focus on the non-standard varieties of Australasia and the Pacific; global tendencies in phonological and grammatical variation; notion of Standard English, attitudes to local varieties of English and the problem of standards. -- Course Website

Instructor: Prof Kate Burridge



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