Alternative histories of English / edited by Richard Watts and Peter Trudgill.

Other author Watts, Richard J.
Other author Trudgill, Peter.
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Routledge, 2002.
Descriptionxiii, 280 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents Legitimate language : giving a history to English / Jim Milroy -- History of the lesser-known varieties of English / Peter Trudgill -- 'North of Watford gap' : a cultural history of Northern English / Katie Wales -- History of southern hemisphere Englishes / Elizabeth Gordon and Andrea Sudbury -- 'Deformed in the dialects' : an alternative history of non-standard English / Shana Poplack, Gerard Van Herk and Dawn Harvie -- Building a new English dialect : South African Indian English and the history of Englishes / Rajend Mesthrie -- Story of good and bad English in the United States / Dennis R. Preston -- From polite language to educated language : the re-emergence of an ideology / Richard Watts -- Eloquence and elegance : ideals of communicative competence in spoken English / Sharon Millar -- Women's writings as evidence for linguistic continuity and change in Early Modern English / Terttu Nevalainen -- Discourse markers in Early Modern English / Andreas H. Jucker -- Broadcasting the nonstandard message / David Crystal.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [245]-270) and index.
ISBN0415233569
ISBN0415233577 (PBK.)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks PE1074.7 .A48 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold