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The Lesser-Known Varieties of English - An Introduction (Paperback)
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The Lesser-Known Varieties of English - An Introduction (Paperback)
Series: Studies in English Language
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This is the first ever volume to compile sociolinguistic and
historical information on lesser-known, and relatively ignored,
native varieties of English around the world. Exploring areas as
diverse as the Pacific, South America, the South Atlantic and West
Africa, it shows how these varieties are as much part of the big
picture as major varieties and that their analysis is essential for
addressing some truly important issues in linguistic theory, such
as dialect obsolescence and death, language birth, dialect typology
and genetic classification, patterns of diffusion and
transplantation and contact-induced language change. It also shows
how close interwoven fields such as social history, contact
linguistics and variationist sociolinguistics are in accounting for
their formation and maintenance, providing a thorough description
of the lesser-known varieties of English and their relevance for
language spread and change.
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