The History of English. / Volume 5, : Varieties of English / / Alexander Bergs, Laurel Brinton.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2017
• HerausgeberIn: Bergs, Alexander,; Brinton, Laurel,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Mouton Reader ; Volume 5
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (IX, 405 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; Abbreviations --; Chapter 1: Introduction --; Chapter 2: Standard American English --; Chapter 3: Regional varieties of American English --; Chapter 4: Canadian English in real-time perspective --; Chapter 5: Re-viewing the origins and history of African American Language --; Chapter 6: Standard British English --; Chapter 7: Regional varieties of British English --; Chapter 8: Received Pronunciation --; Chapter 9: Estuary English --; Chapter 10: Cockney --; Chapter 11: Celtic and Celtic Englishes --; Chapter 12: Scots --; Chapter 13: English in Ireland --; Chapter 14: English in Wales --; Chapter 15: Australian/New Zealand English --; Chapter 16: English in India --; Chapter 17: English in Africa – a diachronic typology --; Chapter 18: Diffusion --; Chapter 19: Supraregionalization --; Chapter 20: Pidgins and creoles --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110525045; 9783110719543; 9783110540550; 9783110625264; 9783110547887
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110525045
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Alexander Bergs, Laurel Brinton.

This volume is one of the first detailed expositions of the history of different varieties of English. It explores language variation and varieties of English from an historical perspective, covering theoretical topics such as diffusion and supraregionalization as well as concrete descriptions of the internal and external historical developments of more than a dozen varieties of English including American English, African American Vernacular English, Received Pronunciation, Estuary English, and English in Canada, Africa, India, Wales, among many others. This volume is one of the first detailed expositions of the history of different varieties of English. It explores language variation and varieties of English from an historical perspective, covering theoretical topics such as diffusion and supraregionalization as well as concrete descriptions of the internal and external historical developments of more than a dozen varieties of English.