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Language contact and world Englishes
Author(s) -
ONYSKO ALEXANDER
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
world englishes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.6
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1467-971X
pISSN - 0883-2919
DOI - 10.1111/weng.12190
Subject(s) - world englishes , linguistics , relevance (law) , language contact , point (geometry) , sociology , political science , philosophy , mathematics , geometry , law
Language contact has continued to play a role in world Englishes research, but its potential for analyzing Englishes and for mapping their diversity has not yet been applied in a comprehensive manner. This introduction to the special issue addresses different facets of the connection between language contact and world Englishes. The seven articles of the special issue are briefly outlined, showing the relevance of taking a contact linguistic approach to understanding world Englishes both from a theoretical and an empirical point of view.