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Corpus-based Study on African English Varieties

Journal of language teaching and research, 2017-05, Vol.8 (3), p.615 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright Academy Publication Co., Ltd. May 2017 ;ISSN: 1798-4769 ;EISSN: 2053-0684 ;DOI: 10.17507/jltr.0803.22

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  • Title:
    Corpus-based Study on African English Varieties
  • Author: Xu, Xiaohui
  • Subjects: African languages ; Corpus linguistics ; English as a second language ; English as an international language ; Language policy ; Language varieties
  • Is Part Of: Journal of language teaching and research, 2017-05, Vol.8 (3), p.615
  • Description: Corpus-based research is more and more used in linguistics. English varieties are used a lot in daily communications throughout the world. African English varieties are discussed in this paper, including West African English, East African English and South African English. Kenya and Tanzania corpus is the main target corpus while Jamaica corpus is used as a comparative one. The tool used is AntConc 3.2.4.
  • Publisher: London: Academy Publication Co., Ltd
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1798-4769
    EISSN: 2053-0684
    DOI: 10.17507/jltr.0803.22
  • Source: AUTh Library subscriptions: ProQuest Central
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