A ground-breaking text which examines the ways language has changed in the twentieth century. It concentrates on standard-English and takes an historical rather than sociolinguistic view of the changes which have occurred. It includes many useful exercises, notes and discussion points.
This collection tackles a broad range of issues and represents some of the most authoritative work in English dialect grammar. Dialectology is presen..
A ground-breaking text which examines the ways language has changed in the twentieth century. It concentrates on standard-English and takes an histori..
Multi-Dimensional studies (MD) is a new statistical approach to language variation developed by Doug Biber. The methodology involved in this approach ..
This book, first published in 1933, examines the dialect of the people of Byers Green in County Durham. Orton explores the possible reasons behind why..
The maps presented in this volume, first published in 1987, are based on the material of the Survey of English Dialects which was collected from over ..
This book adopts a phylogenetic perspective in explaining the linguistic diversity within the major Chinese dialect group of Southern Min. This book a..
Multi-Dimensional studies (MD) is a new statistical approach to language variation developed by Doug Biber. The methodology involved in this approach ..
This is a study of the grammatical variations to be found in English dialects. It looks at aspects as diverse as the personal dative in Appalachian sp..