Patrizia Anesa, Lexical Innovation in World Englishes: Cross-fertilization and Evolving Paradigms
Year: 2020
Type: book-review
Abstract: In recent decades, different varieties of World Englishes have received an increasing level of scholarly attention.Given this phenomenon and the potential influence that it may have on the development of the English language in general, the topics examined in this book appear particularly relevant in gaining new insight into the language's lexical evolution.This book uses eight empirical case studies to demonstrate the importance of investigating lexical developments in World Englishes to observe their evolution from a broader discursive and sociological perspective, rather than a purely structuralist approach.Lexical Innovation in World Englishes: Cross-fertilization and Evolving Paradigmsis divided into three major thematic parts, consisting of seven chapters, with an aim to validate general considerations on the lexical features of these varieties of English and then test them using corpora.
Authors: Gaoxin Li, Fan Ye
Institution: Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2997702813