Alternative Histories of English

Name: Alternative Histories of English
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9780415233576
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Alternative Histories of English challenges traditional narratives of the English language's history by highlighting the overlooked roles of non-standard and global English dialects. This collection of essays by leading international scholars reveals the sociological limitations of orthodox histories and presents a richer, more complex understanding of English's evolution into the diverse world language it is today.
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This book is ideal for students, educators, and researchers in linguistics or English language studies, as well as anyone interested in the diverse histories and varieties of English worldwide.

This study explores the beliefs and approaches to the history of English that do not make it into standard textbooks. It places emphasis on pragmatic, sociolinguistic and discourse-oriented aspects of English, rather than the traditional grammar, vocabulary and phonology.

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This groundbreaking collection explores the beliefs and approaches to the history of English that do not make it into standard textbooks. Orthodox histories have presented a tunnel version of the history of the English language which is sociologically inadequate.

In this book, a range of leading international scholars show how this focus on standard English dialect is to the detriment of those which are non-standard or from other areas of the world. Presenting a fuller and richer picture of the complexity of the history of English, the contributors to Alternative Histories of English explain why English is the diverse world language it is today.

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'This book is quite innovative. It seeks to promulgate, and rightly so, the history of nonstandard varieties of English as contributing to our overall knowledge of the development of the language ... I can recommend this publication for those interested in English as well as Englishes.' - Alan S. Kaye, Multilingua

'This volume is an excellent introduction to the issues ... it is extremely commendable that all authors have worked very hard to make their contributions readable to an audience which inevitably has little prior knowledge of the area ...' - International Journal of Applied Linguistics

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780415233576

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 20 December 2001

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Contributors:

Edited by Richard J. Watts
Edited by Peter Trudgill

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 540g

Pages: 294

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Education & Reference Non-Fiction

About the Author

Richard Watts is Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Berne, Switzerland. Peter Trudgill is Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland.