Dialects of English (Longman Linguistics Library) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0582021944 ISBN 13: 9780582021945

Publisher: Routledge, 1991

Synopsis

This collection consists of 15 articles by an international group of linguists and 7 essays by the editors, tackling a broad range of issues and representing some of the most authoritative work in English dialect grammar.

Individual chapters cover the full international range of English dialects, from the centre of Sydney to the shores of Newfoundland, and from the Scottish borders to the Appalachian Mountains. Soundly based on empirical research, they are rich in data of great interest in itself, but no article is merely descriptive. The editors have selected papers for their value in contributing to the reader's broader understanding of the theoretical issues concerning dialectology as a whole. As a result, dialectology is presented as a major scholarly discipline drawing creatively on such areas as linguistics, sociology, psychology, history, geography and even philosophy. These and other themes are explored in a wide-ranging Introduction by the editors, which sets the individual pieces and the subject in context for the reader.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

What is the difference between We goes to Bristol, and We do go to Bristol? Why do some English speakers say I'm gonna get some money? This major collection consists of 15 articles by an international group of linguists and 7 essays by the editors, tackling a broad range of issues and representing some of the best and most recent work in English dialect grammar.

About the Author:

Peter Trudgill is Professor of Sociolinguistics at the University of Agder. He has carried out research on dialects of English, Norwegian, Greek, Albanian and Spanish and has written and edited more than thirty books on sociolinguistics and dialectology including Sociolinguistic Variation and Change (2002), A Glossary of Sociolinguistics (2003) and New Dialect Formation (2004).

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0582021944
• ISBN 13: 9780582021945
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Trudgill Peter