Varieties of English in writing : the written word as linguistic evidence / edited by Raymond Hickey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hickey, Raymond, 1954-

Series:

Varieties of English around the world ; G41.

Varieties of English around the world ; G41

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Written English.

English language.

English language--Variation.

English language--Social aspects.

English language--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (390 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume is concerned with assessing fictional and non-fictional written texts as linguistic evidence for earlier forms of varieties of English. These range from Scotland to New Zealand, from Canada to South Africa, covering all the major forms of the English language around the world. Central to the volume is the question of how genuine written representations are. Here the emphasis is on the techniques and methodology which can be employed when analysing documents. The vernacular styles found in written documents and the use of these as a window on earlier spoken modes of different varieties represent a focal concern of the book. Studies of language in literature, which were offered in the past, have been revisited and their findings reassessed in the light of recent advances in variationist linguistics.

Contents:

Linguistic evaluation of earlier texts / Raymond Hickey

Non-standard language in earlier English / Claudia Claridge & Merja Kytö

Assessing non-standard writing in lexicography / Philip Durkin

Northern English in writing / Katie Wales

Southern English in writing / Gunnel Melchers

The distinctiveness of Scots: Perceptions and reality / J. Derrick McClure

Irish English in early modern drama: The birth of a linguistic stereotype / Raymond Hickey

[H]ushed and lulled full chimes for pushed and pulled: Writing Ulster English / Kevin McCafferty

Dialect literature and English in the USA: Standardization and national linguistic identity / Lisa Cohen Minnick

Written sources for Canadian English: Phonetic reconstruction and the low-back vowel merger / Stefan Dollinger

Earlier Caribbean English and creole in writing / Bettina Migge & Susanne Mühleisen

Earliest St Helenian English in writing: evidence from the St Helena consultations (1682-1723) / Daniel Schreier & Laura Wright

An abundant harvest to the philologer?: Jeremiah Goldswain, Thomas Shone and nineteenth-century South African English / Lucia Siebers

A peculiar language: Linguistic evidence for early Australian English / Kate Burridge

Describing and complaining :Written evidence of early New Zealand English pronunciation / Elizabeth Gordon.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612895760

9781282895768

1282895761

9789027287786

9027287783

OCLC:

688242189