The history of English . Volume 5 Varieties of English / / edited by Alexander Bergs, Laurel Brinton

• Pubblicazione: Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , 2017; ©2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (406 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 427
• Soggetto topico: English language - Variation - History; English language - Diatects - History; English language - History; Historical linguistics
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): BergsAlexander; BrintonLaurel J.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The history of English
• ISBN: 3-11-052304-3; 3-11-052504-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910467350503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II