Linguistik: Essentials, Anglistik, Amerikanistik

A Dictionary of Varieties of English presents a comprehensive listing of the distinctive dialects and forms of English spoken throughout the contemporary world.

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 f

Problems of how to describe and explain the forms and functions of English outside Britain and the United States (and of varieties within the two countries) hav

This book looks at native speaker varieties of English, considering how and why they differ in terms of their pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary and spelling. I

This book documents the lesser-known varieties of English which have been overlooked and understudied within the canon of English linguistics.

This is the first ever volume to compile sociolinguistic and historical information on lesser-known, and relatively ignored, native varieties of English around

After the growth of English and American dialectology since the 1930's and the expansion of sociolinguistics since the 1960's, the study of 'world English' has

Varieties of Modern English introduces the key terms and concepts for studying variation related to both users and uses, as well as to illustrate and discuss pa