Areal features of the anglophone world / edited by Raymond Hickey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hickey, Raymond.

Series:

Topics in English linguistics ; 80.

Topics in English linguistics, 1434-3452 ; 80

Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] ; 80

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linguistic geography.

Areal linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (510 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The intention of the present volume is to unite the research of a range of scholars who have been working on features of non-standard, vernacular English which show an areal distribution, i.e. which cluster geographically across the world. Features common to an area can be due to (i) shared dialect input, (ii) common but separate innovations after settlement, or (iii) area-internal diffusion from one variety to another and/or others. The relative weighting of these factors is an important topic in the book and is a key focus in the 17 chapters. The book is divided into two large blocks, the first one consisting of case studies (8 chapters) and the second with features complexes (9 chapters). The former look at major anglophone locations from an areal perspective while the latter examine linguistic categories and features with a view to determine whether these could be areally based or not.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Areal features of the anglophone world / Hickey, Raymond

I. Case Studies

English in England / Britain, David

English and Scots in Scotland / Maguire, Warren

English in Ireland / Hickey, Raymond

English in the United States / Gordon, Matthew J.

English varieties in the Caribbean / Williams, Jeffrey P.

English in Africa / Brato, Thorsten / Huber, Magnus

English in Asia / Ansaldo, Umberto / Lim, Lisa

Shared features in New Englishes / Sharma, Devyani

English in Australia and New Zealand / Peters, Pam / Burridge, Kate

II. Feature complexes

Global features of English vernaculars / Chambers, J. K.

Phonological inventories / Schreier, Daniel

Negation in varieties of English / Anderwald, Lieselotte

Tense and aspect / Lunkenheimer, Kerstin

Verbal concord / Pietsch, Lukas

Pronominal systems / Wagner, Susanne

Reflexive and intensive self-forms / Siemund, Peter / Maier, Georg / Schweinberger, Martin

Vocabulary / Gramley, Stephan E.

Pragmatics / Schneider, Klaus P.

Subject index

Language index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9783110279429

3110279428

OCLC:

827211972