The evolution of Englishes :: the dynamic model and beyond /

By facilitating the contact between smaller groups of people living in widely separated places, the new media stimulate the use of minority languages, including constructed and historical languages. This article looks at the international community of users of Old English as a living language on the...

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Weitere Verfasser: Buschfeld, Sarah (HerausgeberIn), Hoffmann, Thomas, 1976- (HerausgeberIn), Huber, Magnus (HerausgeberIn), Kautzsch, Alexander, 1969-2018 (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2014]
Schriftenreihe:Varieties of English around the world ; G49.
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Zusammenfassung:By facilitating the contact between smaller groups of people living in widely separated places, the new media stimulate the use of minority languages, including constructed and historical languages. This article looks at the international community of users of Old English as a living language on the Internet. It analyses the linguistic competence behind the modest Anglo-Saxon revival and the strategies applied to deal with the modern world. As a sample of online texts, especially from Wikipedia, shows, not only does neo-Old English suffer from haphazard grammar and pervasive interference from.
Beschreibung:Festschrift for Edgar Schneider on the occasion of his 60th birthday.
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027269416
9027269416
ISSN:0172-7362 ;