Alternative Histories Of English Language - 02 edition

"Not English, but Englishes...Not parts of speech, but strategies of discourse...The last decade introduced us to these alternative perspectives. This volume begins the task of historicising them. It is a pioneering and provocative collection."

--Sylvia Adamson, University of Manchester, UK

Publisher Web Site, December, 2002

Introduction:In the year 2525, PETER TRUDGILL AND RICHARD WATTS

PROLOGUE

1. The legitimate language:giving a history to English, Jim Milroy

PART I

Introduction to Part I
2. The history of the lesser-known varieties of English, PETER TRUDGILL
3. 'North of Watford Gap':A cultural history of Northern English (from 1700), KATIE WALES
4. The history of southern hemisphere Englishes, ELIZABETH GORDON AND ANDREA SUDBURY
5. 'Deformed in the dialects':An alternative history of non-standard English, SHANA POPLACK, GERARD VAN HERK AND DAWN HARVIE
6. Building a new English dialect:South African Indian English and the history of Englishes, RAJEND MESTHRIE
7. The story of good and bad English in the United States, DENNIS PRESTON

PART II

Introduction to Part II
8. From polite language to educated language:the reemergence of an ideology, RICHARD J. WATTS
9. Eloquence and elegance:ideals of communicative competence in spoken English, SHARON MILLAR
10. Women's writings as evidence for linguistic continuity and change in Early Modern English, TERTTU NEVALAINEN
11. Discourse markers in Early Modern English, ANDREAS H. JUCKER
12. Epilogue:Broadcasting the nonstandard message, DAVID CRYSTAL

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