English in Cyprus or Cyprus English: an empirical investigation of variety status
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1. Verfasser: Buschfeld, Sarah 1981- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam/Philadelphia John Benjamins Publishing Company 2013
Schriftenreihe:Varieties of English around the world v. 46
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Beschreibung:This volume provides the first-ever comprehensive analysis of a potential variety of English, spoken in the Greek part of the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. Despite the fact that Cyprus was a British colony from 1878 to 1960, the status of the English language spoken there has not yet been discussed systematically within the framework of World Englishes. To determine whether English in Cyprus has second-language variety status or should rather be considered as learner English, the monograph investigates its historical, sociopolitical and sociolinguistic background and, drawing on a corpus of
Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (262 pages)
ISBN:9027272174
9789027272171

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