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Publication details [#32479]
Trudgill, Peter and Richard J. Watts. 2002. Alternative Histories of English. Routledge. xiii+ 280 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
ISBN
0167-8507
Journal WWW
Annotation
This volume aims at promulgating the history of nonstandard varieties of English as a contribution to our overall knowledge of the development of the language. It also proposes to change the focus of most future histories of English from the traditional domains of phonology, grammar, and lexis to sociolinguistic concerns, including the interrelated pragmatic and discourse-oriented aspects.