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"With coverage from Aitken's Law through the merry-Mary-marrymerger to Zimbabwean English, this comprehensive and concise - yetaccessible - dictionary, written by one of the foremostpractitioners in the field of English linguistics world-wide, willbe a major asset to professors and students alike.„
--Rajend Mesthrie, University of Capetown
“The profusion of research on varieties of Englishchallenges comprehensibility, and Raymond Hickey's Dictionaryprovides an essential guide with straightforward, concise, informative entries on all the varieties and their distinctivefeatures."
--J. K. Chambers, University of Toronto
A Dictionary of Varieties of English
von Raymond HickeyA Dictionary of Varieties of English presents acomprehensive listing of the distinctive dialects and forms ofEnglish spoken throughout the contemporary world.
* Provides an invaluable introduction and guide to currentresearch trends in the field
* Includes definitions both for the varieties of Englishand regions they feature, and for terms and conceptsderived from a linguistic analysis of these varieties
* Explores important research issues including the transportationof dialects of English, the rise of 'New Englishes', sociolinguistic investigations of various English-speaking locales, and the study of language contact and change.
* Reflects our increased awareness of global forms of English, and the advances made in the study of varieties of the language inrecent decades
* Creates an invaluable, informative resource for students andscholars alike, spanning the rich and diverse linguistic varietiesof the most widely accepted language of internationalcommunication
* Provides an invaluable introduction and guide to currentresearch trends in the field
* Includes definitions both for the varieties of Englishand regions they feature, and for terms and conceptsderived from a linguistic analysis of these varieties
* Explores important research issues including the transportationof dialects of English, the rise of 'New Englishes', sociolinguistic investigations of various English-speaking locales, and the study of language contact and change.
* Reflects our increased awareness of global forms of English, and the advances made in the study of varieties of the language inrecent decades
* Creates an invaluable, informative resource for students andscholars alike, spanning the rich and diverse linguistic varietiesof the most widely accepted language of internationalcommunication
