Dialects of English: Studies in Grammatical Variation

Peter Trudgill, J. K. Chambers

ISBN 10: 0582021944 / ISBN 13: 9780582021945

Published by Routledge, 1991

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Dialects of English: Studies in Grammatical Variation (Longman Linguistics Library). Peter Trudgill, J. K. Chambers. Longman. 1991. 306p. trade paperback, covers bumped/scuffed, binding tight, text clean, fine condition--3.00--0582021944 ISBN 13: 9780582021945.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dialects of English: Studies in Grammatical Variation
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0582021944
• ISBN 13: 9780582021945
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • PSYCHOLOGY/PHILOSOPHY/SOCIOLOGY
  • LITERARY CRITICISM/CRITICAL THEORY/POSTMODERNISM
  • LANGUAGE/LINGUISTICS

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Synopsis

This collection consists of 15 articles by an international group of linguists and 7 essays by the editors, tackling a broad range of issues and representing some of the most authoritative work in English dialect grammar. Individual chapters cover the full international range of English dialects, from the centre of Sydney to the shores of Newfoundland, and from the Scottish borders to the Appalachian Mountains. Soundly based on empirical research, they are rich in data of great interest in itself, but no article is merely descriptive. The editors have selected papers for their value in contributing to the reader's broader understanding of the theoretical issues concerning dialectology as a whole. As a result, dialectology is presented as a major scholarly discipline drawing creatively on such areas as linguistics, sociology, psychology, history, geography and even philosophy. These and other themes are explored in a wide-ranging Introduction by the editors, which sets the individual pieces and the subject in context for the reader.

About the Author

J. K. Chambers, Peter Trudgill