"Everyday language use overflows with discourse-pragmatic features. Their frequency, form and function can vary greatly across social groups and change dramatically over time. And yet these features have not figured prominently in studies of language variation and change. The St…
This book explores through fresh detail and approaches unanticipated, heterogeneous dispersions of the English language world-wide. Through data collection, comparative analysis, and typological study, the book's chapters capture patterns that now affect established dialects and…
Foreword; Introduction; Part 1. Methodological issues in distinguishing varieties; New Englishes and the emergence of the unmarked; Methodological choices in language variation analysis; Globalisation and the transnational impact of non-standard varieties; The circle of English:…
