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Late Modern English is a fruitful period for linguistic research of all kinds. This became evident once again at the Third Late Modern English Conference, held at the University of …

The intention of the present volume is to unite the research of a range of scholars who have been working on features of non-standard, vernacular English which show an areal …

Das Buch enth lt eine Reihe kleinerer Beitr ge, die bei der Arbeit am "W rterbuch Pal stinensisch-Deutsch" entstanden sind: Deteriorative mit Femininendung bei Maskulina Das Wort …

This book is the first monograph devoted entirely to English dialect literature published between the sixteenth and the nineteenth centuries. Over the course of six chapters, the …

Tradition, community, and pride are fundamental aspects of the history of Appalachia, and the language of the region is a living testament to its rich heritage. Despite the …

The present study explores the aesthetic productivity of idiomatic ambiguity in children’s literature. Looking at the connection between context and understanding of idiomatic …

This new four volume collection, Pidgins and Creoles, will showcase the major areas of research and their achievements in this multidisciplinary field. The collection will include …

This timely volume constitutes the first book-length account of implicit as well as explicit language attitudes. It details the findings of a large-scale study, incorporating …

Kinder in der Deutschschweiz mussen mit den beiden Sprachvarietaten Schweizerdeutsch und Hochdeutsch umgehen koennen: Hochdeutsch ist Schul- und Schriftsprache und der Dialekt …