Focus on the USA
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This volume presents fifteen original research papers by renowned specialists in their respective fields. A variety of research traditions are included, such as dialect geography and sociolinguistics, but also smaller sub-fields such as the study of slang and perceptual dialectology. Varieties studied include the South, the Eastern Seaboard, the Middle West, African American English, Cuban English, and others. A growing sense of unity in the discipline is reflected by recurring topics and methods across earlier boundaries between sub-disciplines. For instance, computerized data and statistical analyses are standard tools nowadays, and a few papers explicitly address the possibilities and limitations of these methods. The study of variation and change of linguistic varieties has largely replaced earlier, monolithic notions of dialect, and the question of change in dialects, the erosion of traditional speech forms under the impact of modern communication patterns and socio-economic developments, is investigated in several contributions. In general, a recent orientation towards the history and development of nonstandard varieties is reflected in the book — several papers study diffusion patterns of linguistic forms, or discuss the emergence of individual dialects or dialectal forms in a language contact framework. Altogether, the papers provide a lively illustration of and a fairly representative selection from ongoing high-quality linguistic research into American English.
[Varieties of English Around the World, G16] 1996. vi, 368 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 28 November 2011
Published online on 28 November 2011
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Weldon, Tracey L.
Thomas, Erik R.
Kendall, Tyler & Walt Wolfram
Wolfram, Walt
BOBERG, CHARLES
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MALLINSON, CHRISTINE
BENSON, ERICA J.
JOHNSTONE, BARBARA
McArthur, Tom
Hickey, Raymond
1999. Review of Kallen (1997): Focus on Ireland. English World-Wide. A Journal of Varieties of English 20:2 ► pp. 309 ff.
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2014. 4. Methods and data. In Grammatical Variation and Change in Jersey English [Varieties of English Around the World, G48], ► pp. 43 ff.
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2014. 6. Features of the Jersey English verb phrase. In Grammatical Variation and Change in Jersey English [Varieties of English Around the World, G48], ► pp. 103 ff.
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2014. Appendix 1. Written questionnaire. In Grammatical Variation and Change in Jersey English [Varieties of English Around the World, G48], ► pp. 229 ff.
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2014. 5. Discourse marker eh. In Grammatical Variation and Change in Jersey English [Varieties of English Around the World, G48], ► pp. 69 ff.
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2014. Acknowledgements. In Grammatical Variation and Change in Jersey English [Varieties of English Around the World, G48], ► pp. ix ff.
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2014. Appendix 2. Excerpt from a transcript. In Grammatical Variation and Change in Jersey English [Varieties of English Around the World, G48], ► pp. 233 ff.
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2014. 1. Introduction. In Grammatical Variation and Change in Jersey English [Varieties of English Around the World, G48], ► pp. 1 ff.
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2014. 8. Standardization, levelling and identity in Jersey: A bird’s eye perspective. In Grammatical Variation and Change in Jersey English [Varieties of English Around the World, G48], ► pp. 181 ff.
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2014. List of maps, figures and tables. In Grammatical Variation and Change in Jersey English [Varieties of English Around the World, G48], ► pp. xi ff.
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2014. Index. In Grammatical Variation and Change in Jersey English [Varieties of English Around the World, G48], ► pp. 235 ff.
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2014. 2. Theoretical foundations. In Grammatical Variation and Change in Jersey English [Varieties of English Around the World, G48], ► pp. 7 ff.
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2014. 7. Other grammatical features: An overview. In Grammatical Variation and Change in Jersey English [Varieties of English Around the World, G48], ► pp. 147 ff.
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2014. 9. Conclusion. In Grammatical Variation and Change in Jersey English [Varieties of English Around the World, G48], ► pp. 205 ff.
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2014. 3. Jersey English in context. In Grammatical Variation and Change in Jersey English [Varieties of English Around the World, G48], ► pp. 25 ff.
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2014. References. In Grammatical Variation and Change in Jersey English [Varieties of English Around the World, G48], ► pp. 213 ff.
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Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CF: Linguistics
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General