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Legacies of Colonial English
As a result of colonization, many varieties of English now exist around the world. Legacies of Colonial English brings together a team of internationally-renowned scholars to …
In The Name of Jaysus!
Ever lose the head when the country grinds to a halt after two centimetres of snow?Do the parish-pump politicians, perennially pathetic health services and practically useless road …
Teaching About Dialect Variations and Language in Secondary English Classrooms
Standardized tests demand Standard English, but secondary students (grades 6-12) come to school speaking a variety of dialects and languages, thus creating a conflict between …
Emergence of Korean English
Emergence of Korean English explores the dynamic nature of emerging Korean English and its impact on Korean society, culture, and identity. This book challenges the negative …
The Hakka Dialect
Originally published in 1973, this was the second in a series of dialect studies planned and produced by the Princeton Chinese Linguistics Project. Professor Hashimoto, Director of …
Niederdeutsch und regionale Umgangssprache in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Diachrony and Synchrony in English Corpus Linguistics
The volume brings together a selection of invited articles and papers presented at the 4th International CILC Conference held in Jaén, Spain, in March 2012. The chapters describe …
Linguistic Consequences of Language Contact and Restriction
The description of minority or threatened languages with a view to documenting the linguistic consequences of language contact and restriction has now emerged as a distinct area of …
Scribes, Printers, and the Accidentals of their Texts
The essays in this collection demonstrate that much can be learned from studying features such as word-division, printer’s type, and spelling conventions. These features – termed …
Space in Language and Linguistics
This book brings together three perspectives on language and space that are quite well-researched within themselves, but which so far are lacking productive interconnections. …
American English
The new edition of this classic text chronicles recent breakthrough developments in the field of American English, covering regional, ethnic, and gender-based differences. Now …
Current Approaches to Limits and Areas in Dialectology
Defining the geographical space of linguistic variation and drawing the areal distribution of linguistic variants are classical issues in dialectology. Over recent decades, …