A Handbook of Varieties of English

A Multimedia Reference Tool. Volume 1: Phonology. Volume 2: Morphology and Syntax

Bernd Kortmann, Edgar W. Schneider

• Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
• Year: 2008
• ISBN:
  9783110197181
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Linguistics
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

The Handbook 'Varieties of English' is by far the most thorough reference work on phonology and the first-ever comprehensive overview of the morphology and syntax of varieties of English in the world.

Survey Articles

The books feature descriptive survey articles that are authored by widely acclaimed specialists in the field and that

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• cover all main national standard varieties, distinctive regional, ethnic, and social varieties, major contact varieties, as well as major ESL varieties;

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• share a common core, which makes them invaluable research tools for cross-linguistic comparisons;

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• provide information on the historical and cultural backgrounds as well as the current sociolinguistic situations in the respective regions;

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• serve as state-of-the-art reports on major issues in current research.

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The handbook is an indispensable reference work and research tool for sociolinguists, dialectologists, phonologists, grammarians, typologists, and specialists in contact languages and varieties of English around the world. It is also ideally suited not only for professional academics but also for undergraduate and graduate students.

The editors are responsible for the following topics:

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• Kate Burridge/ Bernd Kortmann: Australia / Pacific Archipelagos

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• Bernd Kortmann: British Isles: Morphology and Syntax

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• Rajend Mesthrie: Africa / South and Southeast Asia

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• Edgar W. Schneider: The Americas / Caribbean

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• Clive Upton: British Isles: Phonology

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Table of contents

• Contents of volume 1
• Contents of volume 2
• Abbreviations
• General introduction
• General references
• The British Isles
• Introduction: varieties of English in the British Isles
• English spoken in Orkney and Shetland: phonology
• Scottish English: phonology
• Irish English: phonology
• Welsh English: phonology
• English dialects in the North of England: phonology
• The English West Midlands: phonology
• The dialect of East Anglia: phonology
• The dialects in the South of England: phonology
• Channel Island English: phonology
• Received Pronunciation
• British Creole: phonology
• The Americas and the Caribbean
• Introduction: varieties of English in the Americas and the Caribbean
• Standard American English pronunciation
• New England: phonology
• New York, Philadelphia, and other northern cities: phonology
• Rural Southern white accents
• The urban South: phonology
• The West and Midwest: phonology
• English in Canada: phonology
• Newfoundland English: phonology
• African American Vernacular English: phonology
• Gullah: phonology
• Cajun Vernacular English: phonology
• Chicano English: phonology
• Bahamian English: phonology
• Jamaican Creole and Jamaican English: phonology
• Eastern Caribbean English-derived language varieties: phonology
• Bajan: phonology
• The creoles of Trinidad and Tobago: phonology
• Suriname creoles: phonology
• The Pacific and Australasia
• Introduction: varieties of English in the Pacific and Australasia
• New Zealand English: phonology
• Regional and social differences in New Zealand: phonology
• Maori English: phonology
• Australian English: phonology
• Regional characteristics of Australian English: phonology
• Australian creoles and Aboriginal English: phonetics and phonology
• Bislama: phonetics and phonology
• Solomon Islands Pijin: phonetics and phonology
• Tok Pisin in Papua New Guinea: phonology
• Hawai‘i Creole: phonology
• Fiji English: phonology
• Norfolk Island-Pitcairn English: phonetics and phonology
• Africa, South and Southeast Asia
• Introduction: varieties of English in Africa and South and Southeast Asia
• Nigerian English: phonology
• Nigerian Pidgin English: phonology
• Ghanaian English: phonology
• Ghanaian Pidgin English: phonology
• Liberian Settler English: phonology
• Cameroon English: phonology
• Cameroon Pidgin English (Kamtok): phonology
• East African English (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania): phonology
• White South African English: phonology
• Black South African English: phonology
• Indian South African English: phonology
• Cape Flats English: phonology
• St. Helena English: phonology
• Indian English: phonology
• Pakistani English: phonology
• Singapore English: phonology
• Malaysian English: phonology
• Philippine English: phonology
• Synopses
• Synopsis: phonological variation in the British Isles
• Synopsis: phonological variation in the Americas and the Caribbean
• Synopsis: phonetics and phonology of English spoken in the Pacific and Australasian region
• Synopsis: the phonology of English in Africa and South and Southeast Asia
• Global synopsis: phonetic and phonological variation in English world-wide
• Index of subjects
• Index of varieties and languages
• Front Matter 2
• Contents of volume 2
• Contents of volume 1
• Abbreviations
• General introduction
• General references
• The British Isles
• Introduction: varieties of English in the British Isles
• English spoken in Orkney and Shetland: morphology, syntax, and lexicon
• Scottish English: morphology and syntax
• Irish English: morphology and syntax
• Welsh English: morphology and syntax
• English dialects in the North of England: morphology and syntax
• The dialect of East Anglia: morphology and syntax
• English dialects in the Southwest: morphology and syntax
• The varieties of English spoken in the Southeast of England: morphology and syntax
• British Creole: morphology and syntax
• The Americas and the Caribbean
• Introduction: varieties of English in the Americas and the Caribbean
• Colloquial American English: grammatical features
• Appalachian English: morphology and syntax
• Rural and ethnic varieties in the Southeast: morphology and syntax
• Newfoundland English: morphology and syntax
• Urban African American Vernacular English: morphology and syntax
• Earlier African American English: morphology and syntax
• Gullah: morphology and syntax
• Chicano English: morphology and syntax
• Bahamian English: morphology and syntax
• Jamaican Creole: morphology and syntax
• Eastern Caribbean English-derived language varieties: morphology and syntax
• The creoles of Trinidad and Tobago: morphology and syntax
• Surinamese creoles: morphology and syntax
• Belize and other central American varieties: morphology and syntax
• The Pacific and Australasia
• Introduction: varieties of English in the Pacific and Australasia
• New Zealand English: morphosyntax
• Australian English: morphology and syntax
• Australian Vernacular English: some grammatical characteristics
• Hypocoristics in Australian English
• Australian creoles and Aboriginal English: morphology and syntax
• Bislama: morphology and syntax
• Solomon Islands Pijin: morphology and syntax
• Tok Pisin: morphology and syntax
• Hawai‘i Creole: morphology and syntax
• Fiji English: morphology and syntax
• Norfolk Island-Pitcairn English (Pitkern Norfolk): morphology and syntax
• Africa, South and Southeast Asia
• Introduction: varieties of English in Africa and South and Southeast Asia
• Nigerian English: morphology and syntax
• Nigerian Pidgin English: morphology and syntax
• Ghanaian English: morphology and syntax
• Ghanaian Pidgin English: morphology and syntax
• Liberian Settler English: morphology and syntax
• Cameroon English: morphology and syntax
• Cameroon Pidgin English (Kamtok): morphology and syntax
• East African English (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania): morphology and syntax
• White South African English: morphology and syntax
• Black South African English: morphology and syntax
• Indian South African English: morphology and syntax
• Cape Flats English: morphology and syntax
• St. Helena English: morphology and syntax
• Indian English: syntax
• Butler English: morphology and syntax
• Pakistani English: morphology and syntax
• Singapore English: morphology and syntax
• Malaysian English: morphology and syntax
• Synopses
• Synopsis: morphological and syntactic variation in the British Isles
• Synopsis: morphological and syntactic variation in the Americas and the Caribbean
• Synopsis: morphological and syntactic variation in the Pacific and Australasia
• Synopsis: morphological and syntactic variation in Africa and South and Southeast Asia
• Global synopsis: morphological and syntactic variation in English
• Index of subjects
• Index of varieties and languages