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Title Alternative histories of English / edited by Richard Watts and Peter Trudgill
Imprint London ; New York : Routledge, 2002

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LibraryLocationCall Number/Serial HoldingsStatus
Bluffton University BLUFFTON BOOK PE1074.7 .A48 2002 AVAILABLE
Bowling Green Main Lib-1st Floor PE1074.7 .A48 2002 AVAILABLE
Cleveland State 4th Floor Book Stacks PE1074.7 .A48 2002 AVAILABLE
CWRU KSL Stacks 3rd Floor PE1074.7.A48 2002 AVAILABLE
Denison University DEN Main PE1074.7 .A48 2002 AVAILABLE
Miami U King Library (2nd floor) PE1074.7 .A48 2002 AVAILABLE
Ohio State U Thompson Library Stacks 8th Floor PE1074.7 .A48 2002 AVAILABLE
Ohio U Alden 7th Floor PE1074.7 .A48 2002x AVAILABLE
U of Cincinnati LANGSAM Stacks PE1074.7 .A48 2002 AVAILABLE

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Description xiii, 280 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-270) and index
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
Summary "This book deviates from the standard or "textbook" way of looking at the history of the English language. Emphasis is placed on a linguistic description of English in a much broader sense. A range of international contributors provide accounts of the histories of non-standard, non-British and non-American varieties. By approaching and including non-formal styles and registers, and the pragmatic and communicative aspects of English, it opens the door to unbiased consideration of such topics as South African Indian English, Southern Hemisphere Englishes, and Early Modern English women's writing. Watts' and Trudgill's collection shows how a focus on the history of standard English dialect is to the detriment of those which are from other areas of the world."--BOOK JACKET
Subjects English language -- Variation.
Alt Name Watts, Richard J.
Trudgill, Peter.
LC NO PE1074.7 .A48 2002
OCLC # 503057161
Isn/Std # GBA1U9385 bnb
ISBN 9780203468005
0203468007
0415233569
9780415233569
0415233577 (pbk.)
9780415233576 (pbk.)

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