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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. The fifteen chapters in the book are the papers from a conference held atthe Australian National University 17-29 October 1999. The conference was hostedby the Australian National Dictionary Centre, Oxford University Press, and theHumanities Research centre. It brought together leading lexicographers fromaround the world, including the Chief Editor (John Simpson) and Deputy Editor(Penny Silva) of the Oxford English Dictionary.A dominant theme of the papers is the future of regional Englishes (AustralianEnglish, Indian English, Canadian English, etc.) in the context of theincreasing globalisation of English. Other issues covered include: therelationships between English and other official languages, the relationshipsbetween English and indigenous languages, language and national identity, thehistory of recording regional Englishes in dictionaries, and the role of Britishand American English as 'linguistic imperialists'.The countries which receive major emphasis are Australia, Bangladesh, Canada,Fiji, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, and South Africa. 336 pages.…

wrapps. viii,320pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. The fear that there is an emerging 'world English' spread by electronic communication which threatens to make regional Englishes irrelevant.