Dialect, slang and jargon

This pioneering work explores epigraphic evidence for the development of English before the Anglo-Saxon period, bringing together linguistic, historical and archaeological perspectives on early inscriptions, making them more accessible to a wider audience.

This pioneering work explores epigraphic evidence for the development of English before the Anglo-Saxon period, bringing together linguistic, historical and archaeological perspectives on early inscriptions, making them more accessible to a wider audience.

This timely volume constitutes the first book-length account of implicit as well as explicit language attitudes.

This timely volume constitutes the first book-length account of implicit as well as explicit language attitudes.

This volume brings together researchers whose analysis and insights provide a comprehensive and up-to-date account of Singapore's rich linguistic diversity.

This volume brings together researchers whose analysis and insights provide a comprehensive and up-to-date account of Singapore's rich linguistic diversity.

Social processes and the nature of language variation have driven sibilant variation across the Spanish-speaking world.

Social processes and the nature of language variation have driven sibilant variation across the Spanish-speaking world.

Trans(in)fusion is a highly original book that tries to radicalize our ways of 'critical thinking' across disciplines.

Trans(in)fusion is a highly original book that tries to radicalize our ways of 'critical thinking' across disciplines.

Este libro reune contribuciones de destacados investigadores de la linguistica hispanica para ofrecer un panorama integral de los castellanos del Peru, incluidos algunos que han sido tradicionalmente objeto de discriminacion, como el castellano andino, el amazonico y el afroperuano.

Este libro reune contribuciones de destacados investigadores de la linguistica hispanica para ofrecer un panorama integral de los castellanos del Peru, incluidos algunos que han sido tradicionalmente objeto de discriminacion, como el castellano andino, el amazonico y el afroperuano.

The Shetland tongue has, in many ways, been blessed by its isolation, making it both unmistakable and unlike anything else you will hear on the British Isles.

Dread Talk examines the effects of Rastafarian language on Creole in other parts of the Carribean, its influence in Jamaican poetry, and its effects on standard Jamaican English.

For centuries English has assimilated words from other languages.

Have you ever wondered why we talk about a handicap in sport, why boxing is so named, or whether a dumbbell ever rang?

For centuries English has assimilated words from other languages.

Have you ever wondered why we talk about a handicap in sport, why boxing is so named, or whether a dumbbell ever rang?

The first book to use techniques of linguistic analysis to examine the construction of diverse white identities.

This book focuses on what is involved in acquiring a second dialect and how such learning is different from second language acquisition.

Examines the current status, history and features of Canadian English, focusing on the ''standard'' variety heard across the country today.

Examines the current status, history and features of Canadian English, focusing on the ''standard'' variety heard across the country today.

This book focuses on what is involved in acquiring a second dialect and how such learning is different from second language acquisition.

An insightful study that proposes a unified theory of speech through which conflicting ideas about language might be understood.

An original volume focusing on British–American differences in the structure of words and sentences.

An insightful study that proposes a unified theory of speech through which conflicting ideas about language might be understood.

This book argues that, contrary to popular opinion, dialects do have a grammar, and that ''non standard'' language often makes more sense.

An original volume focusing on British–American differences in the structure of words and sentences.

This 2007 book explains the concept of style in speech and examines ways of studying accents and dialects.

A comprehensive overview of all linguistic aspects of Mäori, the indigenous language of New Zealand.

An account of English in the north of England, discussing its history, culture and diversity.

Examines the origins and development of New Zealand English on the basis of extensive audio-recordings.

This book examines the interlinked history of Parisian speech and the Parisian population.

An engaging account of how new languages come into being, arguing that children are the driving force.

This book brings together a team of leading scholars to explore all aspects of recent dialect change.

This 2005 book explores the role of British dialects in the genesis and subsequent history of postcolonial varieties of English.

This authoritative introduction to African American English (AAE) is the first textbook to look at the grammar as a whole.

A clear and concise introduction to the study of how new languages come into being.

As a comprehensive account of all aspects of dialectology this updated edition makes an ideal introduction to the subject.

This book studies worldwide variation in Spanish, and the origins and history of this variation.

This book, first published in 2000, is a most comprehensive analysis of the complex tonal patterns of Chinese languages.

This major 2001 work explores the development of creoles and other new languages.

This book covers the origins of language, combining social and natural science perspectives.

In Praise of Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English "e;Spoken Soul brilliantly fills a huge gap.

The Handbook of Historical Linguistics provides a detailed account of the numerous issues, methods, and results that characterize current work in historical linguistics, the area of linguistics most directly concerned with language change as well as past language states.

This volume seeks to extend and expand our current understanding of the processes of language standardization, drawing on both quantitative and qualitative approaches to examine how linguistic variation plays out in various ways in everyday life in Denmark.

This volume seeks to extend and expand our current understanding of the processes of language standardization, drawing on both quantitative and qualitative approaches to examine how linguistic variation plays out in various ways in everyday life in Denmark.

The origins of Basque dialects, a highly disputed area of research in Basque studies, are examined.

The origins of Basque dialects, a highly disputed area of research in Basque studies, are examined.