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Northern and Insular Scots
Inbunden, 2007
1341 kr
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The Scots dialects of northern Scotland, Orkney and Shetland are among the most traditional varieties of ‘English’, exhibiting features not current elsewhere for centuries. Until recently, they were spoken in communities whose traditional occupations have encouraged the equation of speech with …
Northern and Insular Scots
Häftad, 2007
682 kr
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The Scots dialects of northern Scotland, Orkney and Shetland are among the most traditional varieties of ‘English’, exhibiting features not current elsewhere for centuries. Until recently, they were spoken in communities whose traditional occupations have encouraged the equation of speech with …
New Zealand English
Av Jennifer Hay, Margaret A. Maclagan m. fl.
Inbunden, 2008
1371 kr
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This book is a comprehensive but accessible description of English as it is spoken in New Zealand. New Zealand English is one of the youngest native speaker varieties of English, and is the only variety of English where there is recorded evidence of its entire history. It shares some features with …
New Zealand English
Av Jennifer Hay, Margaret A. Maclagan m. fl.
Häftad, 2008
682 kr
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This book is a comprehensive but accessible description of English as it is spoken in New Zealand. New Zealand English is one of the youngest native speaker varieties of English, and is the only variety of English where there is recorded evidence of its entire history. It shares some features with …
Indian English
Häftad, 2009
615 kr
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This book is a descriptive account of English as it is used in India. Indian English is a second language to most of its speakers. In its 400-year history it has acquired its own character, yet still looks to native varieties of English for norms. The complex nature of Indian English, which is not …
Newfoundland and Labrador English
Häftad, 2010
658 kr
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This book is the first full-length volume to offer a comprehensive introduction to the English spoken in Britain's oldest overseas colony, and, since 1949, Canada's youngest province. Within North America, Newfoundland and Labrador English is a highly distinctive speech variety. It is known for its …
Hong Kong English
Av Jane Setter, Cathy S. P. Wong m. fl.
Inbunden, 2010
1371 kr
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This volume provides an overview of all aspects of Hong Kong English in a style designed for undergraduates and general readers. As a former British colony, Hong Kong used English as the language of government, law and education in the early days of colonial rule. Since the Handover from British to …
Hong Kong English
Av Jane Setter, Cathy S. P. Wong m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
403 kr
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This volume provides an overview of all aspects of Hong Kong English in a style designed for undergraduates and general readers. As a former British colony, Hong Kong used English as the language of government, law and education in the early days of colonial rule. Since the Handover from British to …
West Midlands English
Birmingham and the Black Country
Av Urszula Clark, Esther Asprey
Häftad, 2013
385 kr
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This volume focuses on the closely allied yet differing linguistic varieties of Birmingham and its immediate neighbour to the west, the industrial heartland of the Black Country. Both of these areas rose to economic prominence and success during the Industrial Revolution, and both have suffered …
