| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 501 pages :) : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Topics in English linguistics,
1434-3452 ;
80
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Topics in English linguistics ; 80.
1434-3452
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Areal features of the anglophone world; I. Case Studies; English in England; English and Scots in Scotland; English in Ireland; English in the United States; English varieties in the Caribbean; English in Africa; English in Asia; Shared features in New Englishes; English in Australia and New Zealand; II. Feature complexes; Global features of English vernaculars; Phonological inventories; Negation in varieties of English; Tense and aspect; Verbal concord; Pronominal systems; Reflexive and intensive self-forms; Vocabulary; Pragmatics; Subject index; Name index; Language index. |
| Summary |
The present volume seeks to unite the research of a range of scholars working on features of non-standard, vernacular English which show an areal distribution, i.e. which cluster geographically across the world. The volume is concerned with dialect input, innovations among varieties of English andthe areal diffusion of features among varieties. These and similar issues form the central focus of the volume. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Linguistic geography.
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Linguistic geography. |
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Areal linguistics.
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Areal linguistics. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Hickey, Raymond, 1954-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hickey, Raymond. Areal Features of the Anglophone World. Berlin : De Gruyter, ©2012 9783110278842 |
| ISBN |
9783110279429 (electronic book) |
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3110279428 (electronic book) |
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9783110278842 |
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