Varieties of English in writing the written word as linguistic evidence / edited by Raymond Hickey.
| Other author | Hickey, Raymond, 1954- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., |
| Description | x, 378 p. : maps ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Varieties of English around the world ; v. G41 Varieties of English around the world. General series ; v. 41. ^A521996 |
| Contents | Linguistic evaluation of earlier texts / Raymond Hickey -- Non-standard language in earlier English / Claudia Claridge & Merja Kytö -- Assessing non-standard writing in lexicography / Philip Durkin -- Northern English in writing / Katie Wales -- Southern English in writing / Gunnel Melchers -- The distinctiveness of Scots: Perceptions and reality / J. Derrick McClure -- Irish English in early modern drama: The birth of a linguistic stereotype / Raymond Hickey -- [H]ushed and lulled full chimes for pushed and pulled: Writing Ulster English / Kevin McCafferty -- Dialect literature and English in the USA: Standardization and national linguistic identity / Lisa Cohen Minnick -- Written sources for Canadian English: Phonetic reconstruction and the low-back vowel merger / Stefan Dollinger -- Earlier Caribbean English and creole in writing / Bettina Migge & Susanne Mühleisen -- Earliest St Helenian English in writing: evidence from the St Helena consultations (1682-1723) / Daniel Schreier & Laura Wright -- An abundant harvest to the philologer?: Jeremiah Goldswain, Thomas Shone and nineteenth-century South African English / Lucia Siebers -- A peculiar language: Linguistic evidence for early Australian English / Kate Burridge -- Describing and complaining :Written evidence of early New Zealand English pronunciation / Elizabeth Gordon. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2010025243 |
| ISBN | 9789027249012 (hb : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9027249016 (hb : alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |