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1. Asian Englishes

   Edited by Kingsley Bolton, Braj B. Kachru

   Series: The History and Development of World Englishes Series

   In recent decades, the cultural and linguistic legacies of the colonial era have been superseded by the globalization of English through the international mass media, particularly via satellite television and the Internet. In many societies that were previously the colonies of Anglophone powers, ‘...

   Published November 15th 2006 by Routledge
2. World Englishes

   Edited by Kingsley Bolton, Braj Kachru

   Series: Critical Concepts in Linguistics

   The study of World Englishes has seen a revolutionary shift during the last twenty years. Before 1980, there was a general assumption within Britain, the United States and many other societies where English was taught, that the primary target was the 'Standard English' of Britain. However, during...

   Published December 8th 2005 by Routledge