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The plural form 'Englishes' conveys the diversity of English as a
global language, pinpointing the growth and existence of a large
number of national, regional and social forms. The global spread of
English and the new varieties that have emerged around the world
has grown to be a vast area of study and research, which intersects
multiple disciplines. This Handbook provides a comprehensive and
authoritative survey of World Englishes from 1600 to the present
day. Covering topics such as variationist sociolinguistics,
pragmatics, contact linguistics, linguistic anthropology, corpus-
and applied linguistics and language history, it combines
discussion of traditional topics with a variety of innovative
approaches. The chapters, all written by internationally acclaimed
authorities, provide up-to-date discussions of the evolution of
different Englishes around the globe, a comprehensive coverage of
different models and approaches, and some original perspectives on
current challenges.
This volume compares the evolution and current status of two of the
world's major languages, English and Spanish. Parallel chapters
trace the emergence of Global English and Spanish and their current
status, covering aspects such as language and dialect contact,
language typology, norm development in pluricentric languages, and
identity construction. Case studies look into the use of English
and Spanish on the internet, investigate mixed and alternating
lects, as well as ongoing change in Spanish-speaking minorities in
the US. The volume thus contributes to current theoretical debates
and provides fresh empirical data. While offering an in-depth
treatment of the evolution of English and Spanish to the reader,
this book introduces the driving factors and the effects of the
emergence of world languages in general and is relevant for
researchers and students of sociolinguistics, historical
linguistics, and typology alike.
The Late Modern period is the first in the history of English for
which an unprecedented wealth of textual material exists. Using
increasingly sophisticated databases, the contributions in this
volume explore grammatical usage from the period, specifically
morphological and syntactic change, in a broad context. Some
chapters explore the socio-historical background of the period
while others provide information on prescriptivism, newspaper
language, language contact, and regional variation in British and
American English. Internal processes of change are discussed
against grammaticalisation theory and construction grammar and the
rich body of textual evidence is used to draw inferences on the
precise nature of historical change. Exposing readers to a wealth
of data that informs the description of a broad range of syntactic
phenomena, this book is ideal for graduate students and researchers
interested in historical linguistics, corpus linguistics and
language development.
Recent developments in contact linguistics suggest considerable
overlap of branches such as historical linguistics, variationist
sociolinguistics, pidgin/creole linguistics, language acquisition,
etc. This book highlights the complexity of contact-induced
language change throughout the history of English by bringing
together cutting-edge research from these fields. Special focus is
on recent debates surrounding substratal influence in earlier forms
of English (particularly Celtic influence in Old English), on
language shift processes (the formation of Irish and overseas
varieties) but also on dialects in contact, the contact origins of
Standard English, the notion of new epicentres in World English,
the role of children and adults in language change as well as
transfer and language learning. With contributions from leading
experts, the book offers fresh and exciting perspectives for
research and is at the same time an up-to-date overview of the
state of the art in the respective fields.
The Late Modern period is the first in the history of English for
which an unprecedented wealth of textual material exists. Using
increasingly sophisticated databases, the contributions in this
volume explore grammatical usage from the period, specifically
morphological and syntactic change, in a broad context. Some
chapters explore the socio-historical background of the period
while others provide information on prescriptivism, newspaper
language, language contact, and regional variation in British and
American English. Internal processes of change are discussed
against grammaticalisation theory and construction grammar and the
rich body of textual evidence is used to draw inferences on the
precise nature of historical change. Exposing readers to a wealth
of data that informs the description of a broad range of syntactic
phenomena, this book is ideal for graduate students and researchers
interested in historical linguistics, corpus linguistics and
language development.
Recent developments in contact linguistics suggest considerable
overlap of branches such as historical linguistics, variationist
sociolinguistics, pidgin/creole linguistics, language acquisition,
etc. This book highlights the complexity of contact-induced
language change throughout the history of English by bringing
together cutting-edge research from these fields. Special focus is
on recent debates surrounding substratal influence in earlier forms
of English (particularly Celtic influence in Old English), on
language shift processes (the formation of Irish and overseas
varieties) but also on dialects in contact, the contact origins of
Standard English, the notion of new epicentres in World English,
the role of children and adults in language change as well as
transfer and language learning. With contributions from leading
experts, the book offers fresh and exciting perspectives for
research and is at the same time an up-to-date overview of the
state of the art in the respective fields.
Based on the systematic analysis of large amounts of
computer-readable text, this book shows how the English language
has been changing in the recent past, often in unexpected and
previously undocumented ways. The study is based on a group of
matching corpora, known as the 'Brown family' of corpora,
supplemented by a range of other corpus materials, both written and
spoken, drawn mainly from the later twentieth century. Among the
matters receiving particular attention are the influence of
American English on British English, the role of the press, the
'colloquialization' of written English, and a wide range of
grammatical topics, including the modal auxiliaries, progressive,
subjunctive, passive, genitive and relative clauses. These subjects
build an overall picture of how English grammar is changing, and
the linguistic and social factors that are contributing to this
process.
Based on the systematic analysis of large amounts of
computer-readable text, this 2009 book shows how the English
language has been changing in the recent past, often in unexpected
and previously undocumented ways. The study is based on a group of
matching corpora, known as the 'Brown family' of corpora,
supplemented by a range of other corpus materials, both written and
spoken, drawn mainly from the later twentieth century. Among the
matters receiving particular attention are the influence of
American English on British English, the role of the press, the
'colloquialization' of written English, and a wide range of
grammatical topics, including the modal auxiliaries, progressive,
subjunctive, passive, genitive and relative clauses. These subjects
build an overall picture of how English grammar is changing, and
the linguistic and social factors that are contributing to this
process.
Bringing together experts from both historical linguistics and
psychology, this volume addresses core factors in language change
from the perspectives of both fields. It explores the potential
(and limitations) of such an interdisciplinary approach, covering
the following factors: frequency, salience, chunking, priming,
analogy, ambiguity and acquisition. Easily accessible, the book
features chapters by psycholinguists presenting cutting edge
research on core factors and processes and develops a model of how
this may be involved in language change. Each chapter is
complemented with one or several case study in the history of the
English language in which the psycholinguistic factor in question
may be argued to have played a decisive role. Thus, for the first
time, a single volume provides a platform for an integrated
exchange between psycholinguistics and historical linguistics on
the question of how language changes over time.
Bringing together experts from both historical linguistics and
psychology, this volume addresses core factors in language change
from the perspectives of both fields. It explores the potential
(and limitations) of such an interdisciplinary approach, covering
the following factors: frequency, salience, chunking, priming,
analogy, ambiguity and acquisition. Easily accessible, the book
features chapters by psycholinguists presenting cutting edge
research on core factors and processes and develops a model of how
this may be involved in language change. Each chapter is
complemented with one or several case study in the history of the
English language in which the psycholinguistic factor in question
may be argued to have played a decisive role. Thus, for the first
time, a single volume provides a platform for an integrated
exchange between psycholinguistics and historical linguistics on
the question of how language changes over time.
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