03755nam 2200613 450 991082913880332120230809234806.03-11-052304-33-11-052504-610.1515/9783110525045(CKB)4340000000210767(MiAaPQ)EBC5116129(DE-B1597)474044(OCoLC)1011453899(DE-B1597)9783110525045(Au-PeEL)EBL5116129(CaPaEBR)ebr11462249(OCoLC)1009207578(EXLCZ)99434000000021076720171129h20172017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe history of EnglishVolume 5Varieties of English /edited by Alexander Bergs, Laurel BrintonBerlin, [Germany] ;Boston, [Massachusetts] :De Gruyter Mouton,2017.©20171 online resource (406 pages) illustrationsThe History of English ;Volume 53-11-052279-9 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Standard American English -- Chapter 3: Regional varieties of American English -- Chapter 4: Canadian English in real-time perspective -- Chapter 5: Re-viewing the origins and history of African American Language -- Chapter 6: Standard British English -- Chapter 7: Regional varieties of British English -- Chapter 8: Received Pronunciation -- Chapter 9: Estuary English -- Chapter 10: Cockney -- Chapter 11: Celtic and Celtic Englishes -- Chapter 12: Scots -- Chapter 13: English in Ireland -- Chapter 14: English in Wales -- Chapter 15: Australian/New Zealand English -- Chapter 16: English in India -- Chapter 17: English in Africa – a diachronic typology -- Chapter 18: Diffusion -- Chapter 19: Supraregionalization -- Chapter 20: Pidgins and creoles -- Index This volume is one of the first detailed expositions of the history of different varieties of English. It explores language variation and varieties of English from an historical perspective, covering theoretical topics such as diffusion and supraregionalization as well as concrete descriptions of the internal and external historical developments of more than a dozen varieties of English including American English, African American Vernacular English, Received Pronunciation, Estuary English, and English in Canada, Africa, India, Wales, among many others. This volume is one of the first detailed expositions of the history of different varieties of English. It explores language variation and varieties of English from an historical perspective, covering theoretical topics such as diffusion and supraregionalization as well as concrete descriptions of the internal and external historical developments of more than a dozen varieties of English. English languageVariationHistoryEnglish languageDiatectsHistoryEnglish languageHistoryHistorical linguisticsEnglish languageVariationHistory.English languageDiatectsHistory.English languageHistory.Historical linguistics.427LAN009000bisacshBergs AlexanderBrinton Laurel J.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910829138803321The history of English3985749UNINA