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Download full textOwusu-Ansah, L. K. – Edinburgh Working Papers in Linguistics, 1991
Deviation for native-speaker norms in non-native varieties of English are often regarded as interlanguage features which must either be weeded out through teaching or which the learner will eventually abandon as his competency moves in the direction of the target language. It is argued in this paper that some deviations are motivated by style,…
Descriptors: College Students, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Grammar
Peer reviewedLeitner, Gerhard; Hesselmann, Markus – World Englishes, 1996
Combines contextual parameters with media language studies, focusing on the sports domain in the print and broadcast media in British, Indian, and Ghanaian English. The article examines the link between the sports register and the media version of actions. Findings confirm that media are a considerable differentiating factor. (18 references)…
Descriptors: Adverbs, Athletics, Broadcast Industry, Broadcast Journalism
