This volume is one of the first detailed expositions of the history of different varieties of English. It explores language variation and varieties of English from an historical perspective, covering theoretical topics such as diffusion and supraregionalization as well as concrete descriptions of the internal and external historical developments of more than a dozen varieties of English.
About the author
Alexander Bergs, Osnabrück, Germany;
Laurel Brinton, Vancouver, Canada.
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 414 ● ISBN 9783110523041 ● File size 9.3 MB ● Editor Alexander Bergs & Laurel Brinton ● Publisher De Gruyter ● City Basel/Berlin/Boston ● Published 2017 ● Edition 1 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 7345982 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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