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Author Buschfeld, Sarah.

Title English in Cyprus or Cyprus English : an empirical investigation of variety status / Sarah Buschfeld.

Publication Info. Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (262 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Varieties of English Around the World ; G46
Varieties of English around the world. General series ; v. 46.
Summary This volume provides the first-ever comprehensive analysis of a potential variety of English, spoken in the Greek part of the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. Despite the fact that Cyprus was a British colony from 1878 to 1960, the status of the English language spoken there has not yet been discussed systematically within the framework of World Englishes. To determine whether English in Cyprus has second-language variety status or should rather be considered as learner English, the monograph investigates its historical, sociopolitical and sociolinguistic background and, drawing on a corpus of.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Subject English language -- Dialects -- Cyprus.
English language -- Dialects.
Cyprus.
English language -- Foreign countries.
English language -- Foreign countries.
Cyprus -- Languages.
Language and languages.
Greek language -- Influence on English.
Greek language -- Influence on English.
Turkish language -- Influence on English.
Turkish language -- Influence on English.
Sociolinguistics -- Cyprus.
Sociolinguistics.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Buschfeld, Sarah. English in Cyprus or Cyprus English. Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2013 9789027249067
ISBN 9789027272171 (electronic book)
9027272174 (electronic book)
1299631231 e-book
9781299631236 e-book
9789027249067