Full Description
World Englishes presents a comprehensive, detailed survey of English as it is spoken all over the world. Volume I covers the British Isles and celebrate English in all its diversity. The chapters contain maps, facts and figures, and a detailed description about English as it is spoken in each region and are an invaluable library resource for undergraduates, postgraduates and academics interested in the diversity of the English language.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Contributors
List of Maps
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
Introduction, John McKenny
1. Historical Perspectives on the Development of English, Paul Cavill
2. Englishes of London and the Southeast of England, Joanna Ryfa
3. Yorkshire English, Barry J. H. Rawling
4. North East Dialect, the late Bill Griffiths
5. West Midlands English, Steve Thorne
6. South West English, Susanne Wagner
7. English in Scotland, John Corbett and Jane Stuart-Smith
8. North West English, Phillip Tipton
9. English in Wales, Heli Paulasto
10. English in Ireland, John Wilson and Sharon Millar
11. The Isle of Man, Andrew Hamer
12. English in Orkney and Shetland Islands, Klaske van Leyden
13. English in the Channel Islands, Heinrich Ramish
Index
