Author: Joan C Beal

Are the dialects of England disappearing in the wake of globalisation and ‘Estuary English’, or are geographical differences as strong as ever? Joan Beal looks at recent research into regional variat …

This is a new volume in the Dialects of English series – a series of short, accessible but authoritative books on specific dialect varieties, each written by a specialist or specialists who have done …

Are the dialects of England disappearing in the wake of globalisation and ‘Estuary English’, or are geographical differences as strong as ever? Joan Beal looks at recent research into regional variat …

English in Modern Times describes the development of the English language from 1700 until 1945, and argues that it is in the course of this later modern English period that the characteristics of ‘mo …

English in Modern Times describes the development of the English language from 1700 until 1945, and argues that it is in the course of this later modern English period that the characteristics of ‘mo …

This is a new volume in the Dialects of English series – a series of short, accessible but authoritative books on specific dialect varieties, each written by a specialist or specialists who have done …