ENGLISHES
ENGLISHES. Varieties of ENGLISH collectively: ‘Discourse analysis, non-native Englishes and second language acquisition’ (title of a paper by Yamuna Kachru, in World Englishes 4: 2, 1985). The singular an English appears not (yet) to be common in the second sense, but comparable usage occur: ‘There must … be provision for each English to have a distinctive lexical set that will express local cultural content’ ( Gerry Abbott, ‘English across cultures’, English Today 28, Oct. 1991). See ENGLISH LANGUAGES, -GLISH AND -LISH, NEW ENGLISH, TEIL, VARIETY.
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British English , BRITISH ENGLISH Short from BrE. The English language as used in Britain. The phrase contrasts with kinds of ENGLISH used elsewhere, and especially wi… Modern English , MODERN ENGLISH, short form ModE, MnE. Also sometimes New English.
1. The third stage in the history and development of the ENGLISH language, c.1450 t… anglicism , ANGLICIZE AmE & BrE, Anglicise AusE & BrE [with and without an initial capital].
1. To make (someone or something) English in nationality, culture, o… Norse , NORSE Also Old Norse, Scandinavian, and (with particular reference to its use in England) DANISH. The SCANDINAVIAN LANGUAGES in an early, relatively… English Horn , Eng·lish horn • n. Mus. an alto woodwind instrument of the oboe family, having a bulbous bell and sounding a fifth lower than the oboe.
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