Variation in English across time, space and discourse
An introductory textbook
Pubb. online: 2021
Isbn ed.dig.: 978-88-29-00616-8
DOI: 10.978.8829/006168
Isbn ed.dig.: 978-88-29-00616-8
DOI: 10.978.8829/006168
Indice
- Dedica
- Epigrafe
- Introduction
- 1 Language variation and change in the English language
- 1.1 The English language: linguistic studies and collocation
- 1.2 Language variation and change: some definitions
- 1.3 Mechanisms of language change and variation in English
- 1.4 Semantic change
- 1.5 Word-formation in English
- Test yourself: activities and practice
- 2 The history of English and its global spread
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Celtic Britain (1500 c. BC-50 AD)
- 2.3 Roman Britain (55 BC-410 AD)
- 2.4 Anglo-Saxon England (the OE period, 550 c.-1066)
- 2.5 Vikings in England and the Danelaw
- 2.6 The ME period (1066-1500 c.): historical background
- 2.7 The EModE period (1550 c.-1700 c.)
- 2.8 The LModE period (from 1700-20 to 1900-20)
- 2.9 The spread of English
- 2.10 Classifying varieties of English: the Three-Circle Model
- 2.11 English as a global language
- 2.12 ELF
- Test yourself: activities and practice
- 3 Variation in English across time and space
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Received Pronunciation (RP)
- 3.3 Estuary English (EE)
- 3.4 Categories of English varieties: diatopic variation at home and overseas
- 3.5 English-based pidgins and creoles
- 3.6 Native varieties of English: the UK
- 3.7 Native varieties with a substratum: Celtic Englishes
- 3.8 English in Wales
- 3.9 English in Scotland
- 3.10 English in Ireland
- 3.11 Native varieties of English overseas: English in America
- 3.12 English in Australia
- 3.13 English in New Zealand
- Test yourself: activities and practice
- 4 Professional and occupational varieties of English: variation across discourse
- 4.1 What is discourse?
- 4.2 What is specialised discourse?
- 4.3 Variation across SDs
- 4.4 Identifying SDs
- 4.5 Lexical features of SD
- 4.6 Expanding the lexicon in SDs
- 4.7 Syntactic features of SD
- 4.8 Textual variation in ESP/SD
- 4.9 The popularisation of ESP/SD
- 4.10 Three cases of variation in ESP: ICT, LoT, food blogs
- 4.11 Conclusions
- Test yourself: activities and practice
- Keys
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- List of abbreviations
- References