Alternative Histories of EnglishRichard J. Watts, Peter Trudgill Psychology Press, 2002 - 280 Seiten This groundbreaking collection explores the beliefs and approaches to the history of English that do not make it into standard textbooks. |
Inhalt
in the year 2525 | 1 |
giving a history to English ས | 7 |
PART I | 27 |
The Bahamas | 33 |
a cultural history of Northern | 45 |
Scots and Northern English | 51 |
the growth of Northern urban dialects | 57 |
The history of southern hemisphere Englishes | 67 |
PART II | 153 |
Politeness and language in the eighteenth century | 160 |
from politeness to education | 168 |
Oratory conversation and reading aloud | 175 |
Eloquence correctness and standardization | 186 |
Womens writings as evidence for linguistic continuity | 191 |
Womens language and linguistic change | 197 |
Discussion | 205 |
New Zealand English | 76 |
an alternative history | 87 |
South African | 111 |
The sociolinguistic continuum in SAIE | 119 |
Characteristic processes in the mesolect | 129 |
Broadcasting the nonstandard message | 233 |
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