The evolution of Englishes
the dynamic model and beyond
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Contributions
- Schneider, Edgar W. (Edgar Werner), 1954- honouree - Contributor
Publication
2014 - John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Language
English
Word Count
128,250 words, Guess
Page Count
513 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL31028964M
- ISBN-139789027249098
- OCLC Control Number882463986
- Library of Congress Control Number2014022647
Classifications
- DDC427
- LCCPE2751 .E96 2014
Description
By facilitating the contact between smaller groups of people living in widely separated places, the new media stimulate the use of minority languages, including constructed and historical languages. This article looks at the international community of users of Old English as a living language on the Internet. It analyses the linguistic competence behind the modest Anglo-Saxon revival and the strategies applied to deal with the modern world. As a sample of online texts, especially from Wikipedia, shows, not only does neo-Old English suffer from haphazard grammar and pervasive interference from Modern English, but it also depends too essentially on lexical innovation to have much of a future.
Subjects
Series Statement
- Varieties of English around the world -- volume G49
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