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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      May 2010
      March 2010
      ISBN:
      9780511676529
      9780521883962
      9780521710169
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511676529
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.74kg, 386 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.62kg, 386 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Sociolinguistics, English Language and Linguistics: General Interest, Language and Linguistics
      Series:
      Studies in English Language
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    Subjects:
    Sociolinguistics, English Language and Linguistics: General Interest, Language and Linguistics
    Series:
    Studies in English Language
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    This is the first ever volume to compile sociolinguistic and historical information on lesser-known, and relatively ignored, native varieties of English around the world. Exploring areas as diverse as the Pacific, South America, the South Atlantic and West Africa, it shows how these varieties are as much part of the big picture as major varieties and that their analysis is essential for addressing some truly important issues in linguistic theory, such as dialect obsolescence and death, language birth, dialect typology and genetic classification, patterns of diffusion and transplantation and contact-induced language change. It also shows how close interwoven fields such as social history, contact linguistics and variationist sociolinguistics are in accounting for their formation and maintenance, providing a thorough description of the lesser-known varieties of English and their relevance for language spread and change.

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    ‘… represents a treasure trove of fascinating materials about the varieties of English, many of which have not been described in detail before … scholars of English in many different fields will find the material exceptionally valuable.’

    David Deterding Source: English World-Wide

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