Further Studies in the Lesser-Known Varieties of English
Published on 21. May 2015
978-1-316-30851-6 (ISBN)
Description
This volume follows on from The Lesser-Known Varieties of English (Cambridge, 2010), by documenting a further range of varieties that have been overlooked and understudied. It explores varieties spoken by small groups of people in remote regions as diverse as Malta, Bermuda, the Netherlands Antilles, Brazil, the Cook Islands, and Palau. The varieties explored are as much a part of the big picture as major varieties and it is the intention of this collection to spark further interest in the sociolinguistic documentation of minority Englishes in a postcolonial world. Language endangerment is a very real factor for the vast majority of lesser-known varieties of English, and this book aims to highlight that documentation and archiving are key initial steps in revitalization and reclamation efforts. This book will be of interest to historians of English, and scholars in dialectology, language birth and death, language contact, typology, and variation and change.
Reviews / Votes
'[Further Studies in the Lesser-Known Varieties of English] proves wrong the commonly held assumption that linguistic heterogeneity is a property of large urban populations and provides an excellent starting point for sociolinguistic, contact linguistic and linguistic anthropological research projects that will unearth more detailed insights into the dynamics of language use outside of the urban western context.' Bettina Megge, Journal of Sociolinguistics '... an extremely important survey and documentation of understudied global Englishes. The volume achieves its goal of being an appropriate overview of many of these seemingly incongruous systems, being both accessible and consistent for a scholarly audience that seeks to understand how global Englishes develop in various postcolonial, post-imperial and national contexts.' John K. McCullough, The LINGUIST ListMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Cambridge University Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
17 Tables, black and white; 2 Maps
File size
3,48 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-316-30851-6 (9781316308516)
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Jeffrey P. Williams | Edgar W. Schneider | Peter Trudgill
Further Studies in the Lesser-Known Varieties of English
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04/2015
Cambridge University Press
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Persons
Jeffrey P. Williams is Professor of Anthropology at Texas Tech University. He previously taught at the University of Sydney and Cleveland State University. Most recently he edited The Aesthetics of Grammar: Sound and Meaning in the Languages of Mainland Southeast Asia (Cambridge, 2014). Edgar W. Schneider is Professor and Chair of English Linguistics at Universitaet Regensburg, Germany. He has published and lectured on all continents on topics in the dialectology, sociolinguistics, history, and semantics of English and its varieties. He edited the scholarly journal English World-Wide for many years and has written and edited about twenty books, including Handbook of Varieties of English (2004, 2008), Postcolonial English (Cambridge, 2007) and English around the World (Cambridge, 2011).
Content
1. Introduction Jeffrey P. Williams, Edgar W. Schneider, Peter Trudgill and Daniel Schreier; Part I. Europe: 2. Maltese English Manfred Krug; 3. Gibraltar English David Levey; 4. Irish travellers' English Maria Rieder; Part II. The Americas: 5. American Indian English Elizabeth Coggshall; 6. Bequia English Miriam Meyerhoff and James Walker; 7. Saban English Jeffrey P. Williams and Caroline Myrick; 8. St Eustatius English Michael Aceto; 9. The English of Gustavia, St Barthelemy Ken Decker; 10. Anglo-Paraguayan English Danae M. Perez-Inofuentes; 11. Afro-Seminole English Ian Hancock; Part III. Asia and the Pacific: 12. Palmerston (Cook Islands) English Rachel Hendrey; 13. Pasifika English in New Zealand Allan Bell, Andy Gibson and Donna Starks; 14. Palauan English Kazuko Matsumoto and David Britain.
