Patrizia Anesa - Lexical Innovation in World Englishes: Cross-fertilization and Evolving Paradigms

Lexical Innovation in World Englishes

Lexical Innovation in World Englishes contributes to the investigation of World Englishes by offering insights into the lexical developments of selected English varieties and their cross-fertilization potential. Taking a theoretical and empirical approach and focusing on neological formations, this book:

discusses and problematizes different categorizations of English varieties and processes of word formation, considering the expansion of English across the world;

draws on authentic examples taken from language corpora to gain a finer understanding of the varieties transformations and of their reciprocal influences from a lexical perspective;

aims to validate general considerations on the lexical features of these varieties of English and test them using corpora.

Including eight empirical case studies, this innovative text shows the importance of investigating lexical developments to observe the evolution of a variety while arguing for the need to go beyond a purely structuralist approach and to include a broader discursive and sociological perspective. Lexical Innovation in World Englishes is key reading for postgraduate students and researchers in the fields of World Englishes and language varieties.

Patrizia Anesa is a lecturer at the University of Bergamo, Italy.

Lexical Innovation in
World Englishes

Cross-fertilization and Evolving
Paradigms

Patrizia Anesa

First published 2019
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Names: Anesa, Patrizia, 1982- author.

Title: Lexical innovation in world Englishes : cross-fertilization and evolving paradigms / Patrizia Anesa.

Description: London ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018. | Series: Routledge focus on linguistics | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018019718| ISBN 9780815363453 (hardback) | ISBN 9781351109352 (e-book)

Subjects: LCSH: English languageNew words. | English languageWord formation. | English languageForeign countries.

Classification: LCC PE1583 .A525 2018 | DDC 422dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018019718

ISBN: 978-0-8153-6345-3 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-351-10935-2 (ebk)

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To Francesco

I am indebted to many people who have directly, or indirectly, contributed to the creation of this book, whether through their comments and their suggestions, or by the incredible amount of time they decided to share with me in order to discuss the contents of this work. Any errors or omissions remain, obviously, solely my responsibility.

I am particularly grateful to my colleagues and students at the University of Bergamo, for their precious help, for being so inspiring, and because the intellectually enriching exchanges that we had substantially contributed to this work. My thanks also go to the editorial staff at Routledge for their enthusiasm, patience, and the scrupulous attention they have devoted to this project throughout its different phases.

This acknowledgement would be incomplete if I failed to thank my family and friends for their constant and immeasurable support. Francesco, Fernanda, and Lorenzo are in this book more than they know, as nothing I have done would have been the same without them.

Finally, dear Francesco, thank you for teaching me that the best things in life are not things. I know you are probably smiling somewhere, thinking I have produced another incomprehensible piece of writing.