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- Pragmatic markers in World Englishes
English
First pages
Synopsis Pragmatic markers in World Englishes
This book contributes to the field of pragmatic variation in World Englishes by analysing the pragmatic markers 'kind of' and 'sort of'. After a general review of their history and current use, the book offers a contrastive study of their frequency, semantics and pragmatic values in four varieties of English, as represented in the GloWbE corpus. These are, on the one hand, the two most influential inner circle varieties of English, those spoken in the United States and Great Britain, and, on the other, two outer circle varieties spoken in former colonies of these two countries, namely the Philippines and Singapore respectively. The results strengthen the understanding of the effects of global processes such as Americanization and glocalization on pragmatic variation and illustrate phenomena of linguistic convergence and divergence across space.
EAN
9788411183062
Editorial
Year of edition
2024
pages
156
Binding
Soft cover or pocket
Idiom
English
Collection no.
7
Collection
IULMA MONOGRAPHS
High
230
Width
150