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The present course is concerned with types of English which evolved in the past two centuries in the southern half of the anglophone world. The countries involved here can be divided into major and minor ones. Among the former are South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Among the latter are the Falkland Islands, Tristan da Cunha and various island locations in the Southern Pacific (including Hawaii). The purpose of the seminar is to examine different kings of English, to see how they arose historically and to examine the function of English in the present-day societies of the Southern Hemisphere which use English in every-day life.
Recommended literature
Bell, Allan and Koenraad Kuiper (eds) 2000. New Zealand English. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Burridge, Kate and Jean Mulder 1998. English in Australia and New Zealand. An introduction to its history, structure and use. Oxford: University Press.
Collins, Peter and David Blair (eds) 2000. Australian English.. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
de Klerk, Vivian (ed.) 1996. Focus on South Africa. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Hay, Jennifer, Margaret Maclagan and Elizabeth Gordon 2008. New Zealand English. Edinburgh: University Press.
Mesthrie, Rajend (ed.) 2002. Language in South Africa. Cambridge: University Press. Peters, Pam, Peter C. Collins and Adam Smith (eds) 2009. Comparative Studies in Australian and New Zealand English: Grammar and beyond. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
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