The Analysis of Influence and Cause of British English on American English and New Zealand English by Liao Lei

“…Since the 17th century, with the colonial expansion of Britain, English has been brought to all parts of the world, forming many varieties of English such as British English, American English, Australian English and New Zealand English. As the population of the United States and its political and economic strength continue to increase, American English has greatly influenced other variants of English. …”
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On the native/nonnative speaker notion and World Englishes: Debating with K. Rajagopalan by John Robert SCHMITZ

“…ABSTRACT In a series of three articles published in the Journal of Pragmatics (1995, henceforth JP), the purpose of the papers is to question the division of English spoken in the world into, on one hand, "native" varieties (British English, American English. Australian English) and, on the other, "new/nonnative" varieties (Indian English, Singaporean English, Nigerian English). …”
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Ladz in the Hood: Features of Pasifika English in Drill Rappers from Western Sydney by Joshua Penney, Anita Szakay

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Social Priming in Speech Perception: Revisiting Kangaroo/Kiwi Priming in New Zealand English by Gia Hurring, Jennifer Hay, Katie Drager, Ryan Podlubny, Laura Manhire, Alix Ellis

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Exploration of the Spanish Version of the Attachment Style Questionnaire: A Comparative Study between Spanish, Italian, and Japanese Culture by Oscar López-de-la-Nieta, Mᵃ Alejandra Koeneke Hoenicka, José Luis Martinez-Rubio, Kazuyuki Shinohara, Gianluca Esposito, Giuseppe Iandolo

“…The results indicate that 5-factors ASQ Spanish version explains 43.67% of the variance, similar to the original English-Australian ASQ version. The Italian and Japanese versions explain 49.37% and 52.27% of the variance, respectively. …”
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