
A Handbook of Varieties of English
A Multimedia Reference Tool. Volume 1: Phonology. Volume 2: Morphology and Syntax
De Gruyter Mouton (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 10. December 2004
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XXXVI, 2388 pages
978-3-11-017532-5 (ISBN)
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Description
The Handbook is by far the most thorough reference work on phonology and the first-ever comprehensive overview of the morphology and syntax of varieties of English in the world. The Handbook consists of a two volume book accompanied by an interactive CD-ROM. The genuine speech samples and interactive maps of the CD-ROM not only supplement the printed articles by offering lively illustrations of the varieties of English around the world, but the material offered can also be used for linguistic research. The multimedia material is now also available online. Survey Articles The books feature descriptive survey articles that are authored by widely acclaimed specialists in the field and that cover all main national standard varieties, distinctive regional, ethnic, and social varieties, major contact varieties, as well as major ESL varieties; share a common core, which makes them invaluable research tools for cross-linguistic comparisons; provide information on the historical and cultural backgrounds as well as the current sociolinguistic situations in the respective regions; serve as state-of-the-art reports on major issues in current research. CD-ROM The CD-ROM not only supplements the printed volumes through interactive access to the varieties but also provides a comprehensive database with: a unique collection of speech recordings of English from around the world; sound samples that open new perspectives on the varieties of English, as speech recordings also constitute the central aspect of research - students as well as professional academics will feel encouraged to use the material for new investigations; interactive and synchronized maps that allow either phonological or morphosyntactic (grammatical) comparisons; extensive bibliographies on the relevant research literature; links to pertinent websites. Online Version The online version provides departments of English and Linguistics with the opportunity to make the multimedia tools simultaneously available to a wider number of faculty members and students. instructors can deploy the sound samples and interactive maps to enhance their classroom presentations and to highlight important language features; researchers are provided with a database of multimedia material for further study; students can employ the data when working on classroom assignments. Together, the books and the CD-ROM are an indispensable reference work and research tool for sociolinguists, dialectologists, phonologists, grammarians, typologists, and specialists in contact languages and varieties of English around the world. Given its accessible style and its rich auditory and visual support, this Handbook is also ideally suited not only for professional academics but also for undergraduate and graduate students. The editors are responsible for the following topics: Kate Burridge/ Bernd Kortmann: Australia / Pacific Archipelagos Bernd Kortmann: British Isles: Morphology and Syntax Rajend Mesthrie: Africa / South and Southeast Asia Edgar W. Schneider: The Americas / Caribbean Clive Upton: British Isles: Phonology System requirements for the CD-ROM:Hardware: Pentium 500 MHz or AMD K6-III+ 500 MHz, PowerPC G3, 64 MB RAM, 16-bit SoundcardOperating Systems: Windows 98, NT, Me, 2000, XP/ Mac OS 9.x, X 10.x/ Linux (any distribution with Kernel 2.0)Supported Browsers: Internet Explorer 5.5 or 6 (Mac OS: Internet Explorer 5.1)/ Netscape 7.x/ Mozilla 1.0/ Mozilla Firefox 0.8Plugins: Macromedia Flash Player 6/ Acrobat Reader
Reviews / Votes
"These state-of-the-art volumes are a magnificent testimony to the incredible amount of research which has been carried out in the last quarter century on variation in English around the world. The editors should be heartily congratulated [...]"David Britain in: Journal of Linguistics 3/2007 "The editors have set their sights high - and managed to achieve them admirably. [...] this is the kind of reference work that comes along maybe oncein a generation, and will revolutionize the ways in which we and our students can work with the English language."Monika S. Schmid in: Linguist List 16.1740 "The handbook marks a milestone in the field of English linguistics."Holger Diessel in: Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft 11/2006 "This impressive reference presents the most up-to-date findings on the phonology (v.1), morphology, and syntax (v.2) for 60 varieties of English, including national standard; regional, ethnic, and social; pidgins and creoles; and the major English as a second language varieties of the British Isles, Americas and Caribbean, Pacific and Australasia, Africa, and South and Southeast Asia."Reference & Research Book News, 08/2005More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin/Boston
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Sociolinguists, Dialectologists, Phonologists, Grammarians;Typologists, Specialists in Contact Languages and Varieties of English around the world, Institutes, Academic Libraries
Illustrations
2 vols. Vol 1: XVII, 1168 pages. Vol 2: XVII, 1226 pages
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 160 mm
Weight
3995 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-11-017532-5 (9783110175325)
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A Handbook of Varieties of English
A Multimedia Reference Tool. Volume 1: Phonology. Volume 2: Morphology and Syntax
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A Handbook of Varieties of English
A Multimedia Reference Tool. Volume 1: Phonology. Volume 2: Morphology and Syntax
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Persons
Bernd Kortmann is Professor at the University of Freiburg/Breisgau, Germany. Edgar W. Schneider is Professor at the University of Regensburg, Germany. Kate Burridge is Professor at La Trobe University, Australia. Rajend Mesthrie is Professor at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Clive Upton is Professor at Leeds University, United Kingdom.
Content
Volume 1: PhonologyBernd Kortmann and Edgar Schneider General introduction Bernd Kortmann and Clive Upton (eds.) The British IslesBernd Kortmann and Clive Upton Introduction: Varieties of English in the British IslesGunnel Melchers The phonology of English spoken in Orkney and ShetlandJane Stuart-Smith The phonology of Scottish EnglishRaymond Hickey The phonology of Irish EnglishRobert Penhallurick The phonology of Welsh EnglishJoan Beal The phonology of English dialects in the North of EnglandUrszula Clark The phonology of the English West MidlandsPeter Trudgill The phonology of the dialect of East AngliaUlrike Altendorf and Dominic Watt The phonology of the dialects in the South of EnglandHeinrich Ramisch The phonology of Channel Island EnglishClive Upton Received PronunciationPeter L. Patrick The phonology of British Creole Edgar Schneider (ed.) The Americas and CaribbeanEdgar Schneider Introduction: Varieties of English in the Americas and the CaribbeanWilliam Kretzschmar Standard American English pronunciationNaomi Nagy and Julie Roberts New England phonologyMatthew Gordon New York, Philadelphia, and other northern cities: PhonologyErik Thomas Rural Southern white accentsJan Tillery and Guy Bailey The phonology of the Urban SouthMatthew Gordon Phonology of the West and MidwestCharles Boberg The pronunciation of English in CanadaSandra Clarke Newfoundland English phonologyWalter Edwards Phonology of African American Vernacular EnglishTracey Weldon The sound system of GullahSylvie Dubois and Barbara Horvath The pronunciation of Cajun Vernacular EnglishOtto Santa Ana and Robert Bayley Chicano English phonologyBecky Childs and Walt Wolfram Bahamian English phonologyHubert Devonish and Otelemate Harry Jamaican phonologyMichael Aceto Phonology of Eastern Caribbean English-derived language varietiesRenée Blake BarbadosValerie Youssef and Winford James The phonological systems of the creoles of Trinidad and TobagoNorval Smith Phonology of Suriname creoles Kate Burridge and Bernd Kortmann (eds.) The Pacific and Australasia Kate Burridge and Bernd Kortmann Introduction: Varieties of English in the Pacific and AustralasiaLaurie Bauer and Paul Warren The phonology of New Zealand EnglishElizabeth Gordon and Margaret Maclagan Regional and social differences in New Zealand phonologyPaul Warren and Laurie Bauer The phonology of Maori EnglishBarbara Horvath The phonology of Australian EnglishDavid Bradley Regional characteristics of Australian English phonologyIan G. Malcolm The phonetics and phonology of Australian Creoles and Aboriginal EnglishTerry Crowley The phonetics and phonology of BislamaChristine Jourdan and Rachel Selbach The phonetics and phonology of Solomon Islands PijinGeoff P. Smith The phonology of Tok Pisin in Papua New GuineaKent Sakoda and Jeff Siegel The phonology of Hawai'i CreoleJan Tent and France Mugler The phonology of Fiji EnglishJohn Ingram and Peter Mühlhäusler The phonetics and phonology of Norfolk Island-Pitcairn EnglishRajend Mesthrie (ed.) Africa, South and Southeast Asia Rajend Mesthrie Introduction: Varieties of English in Africa, South and Southeast AsiaUlrike Guth Nigerian EnglishBen Elugbe Nigerian Pidgin EnglishMagnus Huber Ghanaian EnglishMagnus Huber Ghanaian Pidgin EnglishJohn Singler Liberian EnglishJohn Singler Liberian Creole EnglishAugustin Simo Bobda Cameroon EnglishThaddeus Menang Cameroon Pidgin EnglishJosef Schmied East African EnglishTheresa Chisanga Zambian EnglishSean Bowerman White South African EnglishBertus van Rooy Black South African EnglishRajend Mesthrie Indian South African EnglishPeter Finn Cape Flats English, South AfricaSheila Wilson St. Helena EnglishRavinder Gargesh Indian EnglishAhmar Mahboob and Nadra Huma Ahmar Pakistani EnglishLionel Wee Hock Ann Singaporean EnglishKingsley Bolton Hong Kong EnglishLoga Baskaran Malaysian EnglishLourdes G. Tayao Philippines English Synopses - The editors Clive Upton Phonological variation in the British IslesEdgar Schneider Phonological variation in the Americas and CaribbeanKate Burridge and Bernd Kortmann Phonological variation in the Pacific and AustralasiaRajend Mesthrie Phonological variation in Africa, South and Southeast AsiaEdgar Schneider Phonological variation in English- global perspectives Volume 2: Morphology and SyntaxBernd Kortmann and Edgar Schneider General introduction Bernd Kortmann and Clive Upton (eds.) The British IslesBernd Kortmann and Clive Upton Introduction: Varieties of English in the British IslesGunnel Melchers The morphology, syntax, and lexicon of English spoken in Orkney and ShetlandJim Miller The morphology and syntax of Scottish EnglishMarkku Filppula The morphology and syntax of Irish EnglishRobert Penhallurick The morphology and syntax of Welsh EnglishJoan Beal The morphology and syntax of English dialects in the North of EnglandPeter Trudgill The morphology and syntax of the dialect of East AngliaSusanne Wagner The morphology and syntax of English dialects in the SouthwestLieselotte Anderwald The morphology and syntax of the varieties of English spoken in the Southeast of EnglandMark Sebba The morphology and syntax of British Creole Edgar Schneider (ed.) The Americas and Caribbean Edgar Schneider Introduction: Varieties of English in the Americas and the CaribbeanThomas E. Murray and Beth Lee Simon Grammatical features of Colloquial American EnglishMichael Montgomery Grammar of Appalachian EnglishWalt Wolfram The grammar of rural and ethnic varieties in the SoutheastSandra Clarke Newfoundland English morphology and syntaxWalt Wolfram Urban AAVE grammarAlexander Kautzsch The grammar of Earlier African American EnglishSalikoko Mufwene The grammar of GullahRobert Bayley and Otto Santa Ana Chicano English grammarJeffrey Reaser and Benjamin Torbert Bahamian morphology and syntaxPeter Patrick Jamaican Creole grammarMichael Aceto Syntax and morphology of Eastern Caribbean English-derived language varietiesRenée Blake BarbadosWinford James and Valerie Youssef The morpho-syntax of the creoles of Trinidad and TobagoDonald Winford and Bettina Migge Surinamese creoles morphology and syntaxHubert Devonish Guyanese creole grammarGeneviève Escure Belize and other Central American varieties: Morphology and syntax Kate Burridge and Bernd Kortmann (eds.) The Pacific and Australasia Kate Burridge and Bernd Kortmann Introduction: Varieties of English in the Pacific and AustralasiaMarianne Hundt, Elizabeth Gordon and Jennifer Hay The Morphosyntax of New Zealand EnglishPeter Collins and Pam Peters The morphology and syntax of Australian EnglishAndrew Pawley Australian Vernacular English: Some grammatical CharacteristicsJane Simpson Hypocoristics in Australian EnglishIan G. Malcolm The morphology and syntax of Australian Creoles and Aboriginal EnglishTerry Crowley The morphology and syntax of BislamaChristine Jourdan The morphology and syntax of Solomon Islands PijinGeoff P. Smith The morphology and syntax of Tok PisinKent Sakoda and Jeff Siegel The morphology and syntax of Hawai'i CreoleFrance Mugler and Jan Tent The morphology and syntax of Fiji EnglishPeter Mühlhäusler/Ingram The morphology and syntax of Norfolk Island-Pitcairn English (Pitkern Norfolk Rajend Mesthrie (ed.) Africa, South and Southeast Asia Rajend Mesthrie Introduction: Varieties of English in Africa, South and Southeast AsiaM.A. Alo Nigerian EnglishNicholas Faraclas Nigerian Pidgin EnglishMagnus Huber Ghanaian EnglishMagnus Huber Ghanaian Pidgin EnglishJohn Singler Liberian EnglishJohn Singler Liberian Creole EnglishPaul Mbangwana Cameroon EnglishMiriam Ayafor Cameroon Pidgin EnglishJosef Schmied East African EnglishTheresa Chisanga Zambian EnglishSean Bowerman White South African EnglishRajend Mesthrie Black South African EnglishRajend Mesthrie Indian South African EnglishKathleen K. McCormick Cape Flats English, South AfricaSheila Wilson St. Helena EnglishRakesh Bhatt Indian EnglishAhmar Mahboob Pakistani EnglishLionel Wee Hock Ann Singaporean EnglishKingsley Bolton Hong Kong EnglishLoga Baskaran Malaysian EnglishLourdes G. Tayao Philippines English Synopses - The editors Bernd Kortmann Morphological and syntactic variation in the British IslesEdgar Schneider Morphological and syntactic variation in the Americas and CaribbeanKate Burridge and Bernd Kortmann Morphological and syntactic variation in the Pacific and AustralasiaRajend Mesthrie Morphological and syntactic variation in Africa, South and Southeast AsiaBernd Kortmann Morphological and syntactic variation in English - global perspectives