Sali A. Tagliamonte

Roots of English (eBook, ePUB)

Exploring the History of Dialects

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

What is the explanation for the nature, character and evolution of the many different varieties of English in the world today? Which changes in the English language are the legacy of its origins and which are the product of novel influences in the places to which it was transported? Roots of English is a groundbreaking investigation into four dialects from parts of northern Britain out of which came the founding populations of many regions in other parts of the world. Sali Tagliamonte comprehensively describes and analyses the key features of the dialects and their implications for subsequent developments of English. Her examination of dialect features contributes substantive evidence for assessing and understanding bigger issues in sociolinguistic theory. Based on exciting new findings, the book will appeal to those interested in dialects, from the Anglophile to the syntactician.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781139793476
• Artikelnr.: 53048476

Autorenporträt

Sali A. Tagliamonte is a Professor of Linguistics at the University of Toronto, Canada. She has been a university level teacher since 1995 and her research focuses on variation and change in the evolution of English. Her previous publications include Analysing Sociolinguistic Variation (Cambridge University Press, 2006) and Variationist Sociolinguistics: Change, Observation, Interpretation.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Dialects as a window on the past
3. The 'Roots' archive
4. Methods for analysis
5. Word endings
6. Joining sentences
7. Time, necessity and possession
8. Expressions
9. Comparative sociolinguistics
10. The legacy of British and Irish dialects.

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1. Introduction; 2. Dialects as a window on the past; 3. The 'Roots' archive; 4. Methods for analysis; 5. Word endings; 6. Joining sentences; 7. Time, necessity and possession; 8. Expressions; 9. Comparative sociolinguistics; 10. The legacy of British and Irish dialects.

Rezensionen

'English was born in England and Scotland. Over the centuries it spread from Britain to Ireland and across the Atlantic and beyond. But even in far-flung locations, the roots of English in British dialects are detectable not only in broad outline but, if you are clever enough, in all sorts of fascinating detail. And Sali Tagliamonte is clever enough. This book is a tour de force of historical dialectology.' Peter Trudgill, University of Agder