De-hegemonizing language standards: learning from (post) colonial englishes about english
Auteur :
Parakrama, A.
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9780333616345
Date de publication :
6 oct. 1995
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This study first establishes the discriminatroy and elitist nature of standard languages and standardisation itself, considering as counter-example the case of Sri Lankan English as symptomatic of the 'other' or postcolonial Englishes.