English World-Wide

Volume 1, Issue 2 (1980)

1980. ii, 132 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/eww.1.2

Table of Contents

Articles
A critical overview of the methodology of urban British sociolinguistics Suzanne Romaine	163–198
When is a merger not a merger? The MEAT/MATE problem in a present-day English vernacular James Milroy and John Harris	199–210
Language Attitude, Discreteness, and Code-Shifting in Jamaican Creole David L. Lawton	211–226
Obituary
In memoriam David Decamp (d. October 17, 1979) Ian F. Hancock	227–228
Note
Accountability and verification in regional lexicography John Holm † and Alison Watt Shilling	229–235
Summaries of Theses (1978—80)	236
Canada, the United States, the Caribbean	236–250
Reviews	251
Review of Hudson (1980): Sociolinguistics Reviewed by James Milroy	251–253
Review of O’Donnell & Todd (1980): Variety in Contemporary English Reviewed by Mary Penrith	253–254
Review of Fishman (1978): Advances in the Study of Societal Multilingualism Reviewed by Manfred Görlach †	254–256
Review of Spolsky & Cooper (1978): Case Studies in Bilingual Education Reviewed by Detlef Ufert	256–258
Review of Kolb, Glauser, Elmer & Stamm (1979): Atlas of English Sounds Reviewed by Wolfgang Viereck	258–260
Review of Rosen & Burgess (1980): Languages and Dialects of London School Children: an Investigation Reviewed by Euan Reid	260–262
Review of Parry (1977, 1980): The Survey of Anglo-Welsh Dialects. Vol. 1: The South-East; vol. 2: The South-West Reviewed by Martyn F. Wakelin	262–264
Review of Milroy (1980): Language and Social Networks Reviewed by Suzanne Romaine	264–268
Review of Galinsky (1979): Das Amerikaniscbe Englisch: Seine innere Entwicklung und Internationale Ausstrahlung. Ein kritiscber Forschungsbericht als Einführung in die Grundlegungsphase der sprachwissenscbaftlicben Amerikanistik (1919 – 1945) Reviewed by Friedrich Wilhelm Gester	268–270
Review of Kretschmar, McMillan, Pederson, Shuy & Udell (1979): Dialects in Culture: Essays in General Dialectology by Raven /. McDavid, Jr. & Dil (1980): Varieties of American English: Essays by Raven I. McDavid, Jr. Reviewed by J.W. Hartman and Amy J. Devitt	270–273
Review of McConnell (1979): Our Own Voice: Canadian English and how it is Studied Reviewed by A. M. Kinloch	273–274
Review of Nihalani, Tongue & Hosali (1979): Indian and British English: A Handbook of Usage and Pronunciation Reviewed by Braj B. Kachru	274–278
Review of Hill (1979): The Genesis of Language. The First Michigan Colloquium Reviewed by Marlis Hellinger	278–280
SHORTER NOTICES	281–292