Only a few centuries ago, the English language consisted of a collection of dialects spoken mainly by monolinguals and only within the shores of a small island. Now the English language includes such typologically distinct varieties as pidgins and creoles, 'new' Englishes, and a range of differing standard and nonstandard varieties that are spoken on a regular basis in many different countries throughout the world. English is also, of course, the main language used for communication at an international level. The use of English in such a diverse range of social contexts around the world…mehr
Only a few centuries ago, the English language consisted of a collection of dialects spoken mainly by monolinguals and only within the shores of a small island. Now the English language includes such typologically distinct varieties as pidgins and creoles, 'new' Englishes, and a range of differing standard and nonstandard varieties that are spoken on a regular basis in many different countries throughout the world. English is also, of course, the main language used for communication at an international level. The use of English in such a diverse range of social contexts around the world provides us with unique opportunity to analyse and document the linguistic variation and change that is occurring within a single language, on a far greater scale -- as far as we know -- than has ever happened in the world's linguistic history before. This volume is intended to give a comprehensive account of our current knowledge of variation in the use of the English language around the world. Overview papers, written by specialist authors, survey the social context in which English is spoken in those parts of the world. The volume therefore contributes both to our understanding of the English language worldwide and to a more general understanding of language as it is used in its social context. It assesses the extent of our current knowledge of variation in the English language and points to gaps in our understanding which future research might set out to remedy.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
List of figures List of contributors Acknowledgements Introduction Sociolinguistics and English around the World Jenny Cheshire 1. The UK and the USA Jenny Cheshire 2. Ireland John Harris 3. Urban and rural varieties of Hiberno-English Markku Filppula 4. Sociolinguistic variation and methodology: after as a Dublin variable Jeffrey L. Kallen 5. The interpretation of social constraints on variation in Belfast English James Milroy 6. Canada J. K. Chambers 7. Phonological variation and recent language change in St John's English Sandra Clarke 8. Sociophonetic variation in Vancouver John H. Esling 9. Social differentiation in Ottowa English Howard B. Woods 10. New Zealand Allan Bell, and Janet Holmes 11. Social constraints on the phonology of New Zealand English Donn Bayard 12. Maori English: a New Zealand myth? Richard A. Benton 13. Sporting formulae in New Zealand English: two models of male solidarity Koenraad Kuiper 14. Australia Gregory Guy 15. /ae/ and /a:/ in Australian English David Bradley 16. Variation in subject-verb agreement in inner Sydney English Edina Eisikovits 17. Australian Creole English: the effect of cultural knowledge on language and memory Margaret T. S. Steffensen 18. South Asia Thiru Kandiah 19. Final consonant cluster simplification in a variety of Indian English Farhat Khan 20. Patterns of language use in a bilingual setting in India Anju Sahgal 21. Speech acts in an indigenised variety: sociocultural values and language variation Kamal K. Sridhar 22. Southeast Asia and Hongkong Mary W. J. Tay 23. Stylistic shifts in the English of the Philippine print media Andrew B. Gonzalez 24. Variation in Malaysian English: the pragmatics of languages in contact Peter H. Lowenberg 25. Social and linguistic constraints on variation in the use of two grammatical variables in Singapore English John Platt 26. East Africa (Tanzania and Kenya) Mohammed M. H. Abdulaziz 27. The politics of the English language in Kenya and Tanzania Musimbi R. A. Kanyoro 28. National and subnational features in Kenyan English Josef J. Schmied 29. Southern Africa Maurice M. Chishimba 30. Sources and consequences of miscommunication in Afrikaans English - South African English encounters J. Keith Chick 31. Syntactic variation in South African Indian English: the relative clause Rajend Mesthrie 32. The social significance of language use and language choice in a Zambian urban setting: an empirical study of three neighbourhoods in Lusaka Alice K. Siachitema 33. West Africa Eyamba G. Bokamba 34. The pronoun system in Nigerian Pidgin: a preliminary study Nicholas Faraclas 35. The sociolinguistics of prepositional usage in Nigerian English Munzali Jibril 36. Social and linguistic constraints on plural marking in Liberian English John Victor Singlar 37. The Caribbean Donald Winford 38. Standardisation in a Creole continuum situation: the Guyana case Hubert Devonish 39. Gender roles and linguistic variation in the Belizean Creole community Genevieve Escure 40. Sociolinguistic variation in Cane Walk: a quantitative case study John R. Rickford 41. The Pacific Suzanne Romaine 42. Watching girls pass by in Tok Pisin Peter Muhihausler 43. Sociolinguistic variation and language attitudes in Hawaii Peter Muhihausler 44. Variation in Fiji English Jeff Siegel.
List of figures List of contributors Acknowledgements Introduction Sociolinguistics and English around the World Jenny Cheshire 1. The UK and the USA Jenny Cheshire 2. Ireland John Harris 3. Urban and rural varieties of Hiberno-English Markku Filppula 4. Sociolinguistic variation and methodology: after as a Dublin variable Jeffrey L. Kallen 5. The interpretation of social constraints on variation in Belfast English James Milroy 6. Canada J. K. Chambers 7. Phonological variation and recent language change in St John's English Sandra Clarke 8. Sociophonetic variation in Vancouver John H. Esling 9. Social differentiation in Ottowa English Howard B. Woods 10. New Zealand Allan Bell, and Janet Holmes 11. Social constraints on the phonology of New Zealand English Donn Bayard 12. Maori English: a New Zealand myth? Richard A. Benton 13. Sporting formulae in New Zealand English: two models of male solidarity Koenraad Kuiper 14. Australia Gregory Guy 15. /ae/ and /a:/ in Australian English David Bradley 16. Variation in subject-verb agreement in inner Sydney English Edina Eisikovits 17. Australian Creole English: the effect of cultural knowledge on language and memory Margaret T. S. Steffensen 18. South Asia Thiru Kandiah 19. Final consonant cluster simplification in a variety of Indian English Farhat Khan 20. Patterns of language use in a bilingual setting in India Anju Sahgal 21. Speech acts in an indigenised variety: sociocultural values and language variation Kamal K. Sridhar 22. Southeast Asia and Hongkong Mary W. J. Tay 23. Stylistic shifts in the English of the Philippine print media Andrew B. Gonzalez 24. Variation in Malaysian English: the pragmatics of languages in contact Peter H. Lowenberg 25. Social and linguistic constraints on variation in the use of two grammatical variables in Singapore English John Platt 26. East Africa (Tanzania and Kenya) Mohammed M. H. Abdulaziz 27. The politics of the English language in Kenya and Tanzania Musimbi R. A. Kanyoro 28. National and subnational features in Kenyan English Josef J. Schmied 29. Southern Africa Maurice M. Chishimba 30. Sources and consequences of miscommunication in Afrikaans English - South African English encounters J. Keith Chick 31. Syntactic variation in South African Indian English: the relative clause Rajend Mesthrie 32. The social significance of language use and language choice in a Zambian urban setting: an empirical study of three neighbourhoods in Lusaka Alice K. Siachitema 33. West Africa Eyamba G. Bokamba 34. The pronoun system in Nigerian Pidgin: a preliminary study Nicholas Faraclas 35. The sociolinguistics of prepositional usage in Nigerian English Munzali Jibril 36. Social and linguistic constraints on plural marking in Liberian English John Victor Singlar 37. The Caribbean Donald Winford 38. Standardisation in a Creole continuum situation: the Guyana case Hubert Devonish 39. Gender roles and linguistic variation in the Belizean Creole community Genevieve Escure 40. Sociolinguistic variation in Cane Walk: a quantitative case study John R. Rickford 41. The Pacific Suzanne Romaine 42. Watching girls pass by in Tok Pisin Peter Muhihausler 43. Sociolinguistic variation and language attitudes in Hawaii Peter Muhihausler 44. Variation in Fiji English Jeff Siegel.
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