A Dictionary of Varieties of English
dec. de 2013 · John Wiley & Sons
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A Dictionary of Varieties of English presents a comprehensive listing of the distinctive dialects and forms of English spoken throughout the contemporary world.
- Provides an invaluable introduction and guide to current research trends in the field
- Includes definitions both for the varieties of English and regions they feature, and for terms and concepts derived from a linguistic analysis of these varieties
- Explores important research issues including the transportation of dialects of English, the rise of ‘New Englishes’, sociolinguistic investigations of various English-speaking locales, and the study of language contact and change.
- Reflects our increased awareness of global forms of English, and the advances made in the study of varieties of the language in recent decades
- Creates an invaluable, informative resource for students and scholars alike, spanning the rich and diverse linguistic varieties of the most widely accepted language of international communication
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RAYMOND HICKEY is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Duisburg Essen, Germany. He is the editor of The Handbook of Language Contact (Wiley Blackwell, 2010), and the author of many books, most recently Standards of English: Codified Varieties around the World (2012), Areal Features of the Anglophone World (2012), Irish English in Today's World (2011), Eighteenth-Century English: Ideology and Change (2010) and Varieties of English in Writing (2010). He has also published over 100 articles on various issues in linguistics.
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