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2 - The Colonial and Postcolonial Expansion of English

from Part I - The Making of Englishes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 December 2019

By
Raymond Hickey
Edited by
Daniel Schreier ,
Marianne Hundt  and
Edgar W. Schneider
Daniel Schreier
Affiliation:
Universität Zürich
Marianne Hundt
Affiliation:
Universität Zürich
Edgar W. Schneider
Affiliation:
Universität Regensburg, Germany
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Summary

The spread of English during the colonial period (ca. 1600–1900) led to the rise of different overseas varieties. The shape of these varieties was determined by a series of factors, such as the number of settlers, the relationship of regional dialects with this group, contact with other populations, the possible existence of pidgins, and later the rise of creoles at overseas locations. In the postcolonial period, the situation changed radically with former colonies continuing on a path toward indigenous varieties with profiles of their own and with an increasing effect of transnational factors and a reorientation away from Britain-based models of English toward an America-based one.

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spread of Englishtypes of overseas Englishsettler Englishdialect inputregional sourcesfeature reductionmergerreallocationpostcolonial scenarios
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The Cambridge Handbook of World Englishes , pp. 25 - 50
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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