Involuntary Associations: Postcolonial Studies and World Englishes

by David Huddart

The consequences of English's spread have become increasingly clear to its diverse speakers. Sometimes associated with a standardization leading to homogenization, often also with imperialism, English is increasingly understood to have no necessary connection with any country or group of countries. The willingness to accept that English has become Englishes might be less evident among so-called native speakers, but their authority is weaker than it...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1781380252
• ISBN13: 9781781380253
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"