LINGUIST List 21.2313 Fri May 21 2010 Books: General Ling: Schreier, Trudgill, Schneider, Williams (Eds) Editor for this issue: Fatemeh Abdollahi <fatemehlinguistlist.org> Links to the websites of all LINGUIST's supporting publishers are available at the end of this issue. Directory         1.    Daniel Davies, The Lesser-Known Varieties of English: Schreier, Trudgill, Schneider, Williams (Eds) Message 1: The Lesser-Known Varieties of English: Schreier, Trudgill, Schneider, Williams (Eds) Date: 17-May-2010 From: Daniel Davies <ddaviescambridge.org> Subject: The Lesser-Known Varieties of English: Schreier, Trudgill, Schneider, Williams (Eds) E-mail this message to a friend Title: The Lesser-Known Varieties of English Subtitle: An Introduction Published: 2010 Publisher: Cambridge University Press                 http://us.cambridge.org Editor: Daniel Schreier Editor: Peter Trudgill Editor: Edgar W. Schneider Editor: Jeffrey P. Williams Electronic: ISBN: 9780511686610 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 28.00 Hardback: ISBN: 9780521883962 Pages: Price: U.K. £ 55.00 Paperback: ISBN: 9780521710169 Pages: Price: U.K. £ 19.99 Abstract: This is the first ever volume to compile sociolinguistic and historical information on lesser-known, and relatively ignored, native varieties of English around the world. Exploring areas as diverse as the Pacific, South America, the South Atlantic and West Africa, it shows how these varieties are as much part of the big picture as major varieties and that their analysis is essential for addressing some truly important issues in linguistic theory, such as dialect obsolescence and death, language birth, dialect typology and genetic classification, patterns of diffusion and transplantation and contact-induced language change. It also shows how close interwoven fields such as social history, contact linguistics and variationist sociolinguistics are in accounting for their formation and maintenance, providing a thorough description of the lesser-known varieties of English and their relevance for language spread and change. 1. Introduction: Daniel Schreier, Peter Trudgill, Edgar W. Schneider and Jeffrey Williams; Part I. The British Isles: 2. Shetlands and Orkney: Gunnel Melchers and Peter Sundkvist; 3. Channel Islands: Mari C. Jones; Part II. The Americas and the Caribbean: 4. Canadian maritimes: Michael Kiefte; 5. Newfoundland and Labrador: Sandra Clarke; 6. Honduras/Bay Islands: Ross Graham; 7. White Caribbean: Jeffrey P. Williams; 8. Bahamas: Jeff Reaser, 9. Dominican Kokoy: Michael Aceto; 10. Anglo-Argentinian English: Julian Jefferies; Part III. South Atlantic Ocean: 11. Falkland Islands: David Britain and Andrea Sudbury; 12. St Helena: Daniel Schreier; 13. Tristan da Cunha: Daniel Schreier; Part IV. Africa: 14. White Zimbabwean English: Susan Fitzmaurice; 15. White Kenyan English: Thomas Hoffmann; Part V. Australasia and Pacific: 16. Eurasian English in Singapore: Lionel Wee; 17. Peranakans English in Malaysia and Singapore: Lisa Lim; 18. Norfolk Island and Pitcairn: Peter Mühlhäusler. 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