The Cambridge History of the English LanguageRichard M. Hogg, Norman Francis Blake, Robert Burchfield, Roger Lass, Suzanne Romaine Cambridge University Press, 1992 - 686 Seiten Volume 5 of The Cambridge History of the English Language looks at the dialects of England since 1776, the historical development of English in the former Celtic-speaking countries of Scotland, Wales and Ireland, and at varieties of English in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the Caribbean and South Asia. This unique volume will be welcomed by all those interested in the spread of English around the world. |
Inhalt
INTRODUCTION Robert Burchfield | 1 |
ENGLISH IN SCOTLAND J Derrick McClure | 23 |
ENGLISH IN WALES Alan R Thomas | 94 |
THE DIALECTS OF ENGLAND SINCE 1776 Ossi | 197 |
ENGLISH IN AUSTRALIA George W Turner | 277 |
ENGLISH IN NEW ZEALAND Laurie Bauer | 382 |
ENGLISH IN SOUTH AFRICA William Branford | 430 |
Glossary of linguistic terms | 554 |
Bibliography | 568 |
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Aboriginal accents African languages Afrikaans Anglicisation Asia Australian English basilectal bilingual Britain British English Cambridge Cape Caribbean characteristics common consonant contexts Creole English cultural dialect Dictionary diphthong distinction Dublin Dutch early East Ellis England English dialects English language evidence example fricatives Gaelic grammar Hiberno-English Indian English influence Ireland Irish English Islands Jamaican Kachru Lass lexical linguistic literary literature London Maori marker Middle Scots Milroy modern native northern English origin pattern phonetic phonology pidgin plural population pronounced pronunciation realisation regional SAEP Saramaccan Scotland Scots Scottish settlers social sociolinguistic sound South African English South Asian English south-west southern speakers speech spellings spoken Sranan standard English stressed suggests syllables syntax texts traditional Trudgill Ulster University Press usage variation varieties of English verb vernacular vocabulary vowel Wales Welsh English Welsh language west midlands words Zealand English