Alternative Histories of English

Peter Trudgill, Richard J. Watts

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Routledge
20 December 2001

Language: history & general works; Sociolinguistics; Historical & comparative linguistics; Semantics

This groundbreaking collection explores the beliefs and approaches to the history of English that do not make it into standard textbooks. Orthodox histories have presented a tunnel version of the history of the English language

which is sociologically inadequate. In this book a range of

leading international scholars show how this focus on standard English dialect is to the detriment of those which are non-standard or from other areas of the world. Presenting a fuller and richer picture of the complexity of the history of

English, the contributors to Alternative Histories of English explain why English is the diverse world language it is today.

Edited by: Peter Trudgill, Richard J. Watts
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 540g
ISBN: 9780415233576
ISBN 10: 0415233577
Pages: 294
Publication Date: 20 December 2001
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction: in the year 2525, Prologue 1 The legitimate language: giving a history to English PART I The history of non-standard varieties of English 2 The history of the lesser-known varieties of English 3 ‘North of Watford gap’: a cultural history of Northern English (from 1700) 4 The history of southern hemisphere Englishes 5 ‘Deformed in the dialects’: an alternative history of non-standard English 6 Building a new English dialect: South African Indian English and the history of Englishes 7 The story of good and bad English in the United States PART II The history of communicative and pragmatic aspects of English 8 From polite language to educated language: the re-emergence of an ideology 9 Eloquence and elegance: ideals of communicative competence in spoken English 10 Women’s writings as evidence for linguistic continuity and change in Early Modern English 11 Discourse markers in Early Modern English 12 Broadcasting the nonstandard message

Richard Watts is Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Berne, Switzerland. Peter Trudgill is Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland.

Reviews for Alternative Histories of English

'This book is quite innovative. It seeks to promulgate, and rightly so, the history of nonstandard varieties of English as contributing to our overall knowledge of the development of the language ... I can recommend this publication for those interested in English as well as Englishes.' - Alan S. Kaye, Multilingua 'This volume is an excellent introduction to the issues ... it is extremely commendable that all authors have worked very hard to make their contributions readable to an audience which inevitably has little prior knowledge of the area ...' - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 'This book is quite innovative. It seeks to promulgate, and rightly so, the history of nonstandard varieties of English as contributing to our overall knowledge of the development of the language ... I can recommend this publication for those interested in English as well as Englishes.' - Alan S. Kaye, Multilingua