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  • Print publication year: 2010
  • Online publication date: June 2012

18 - Language and regional variation

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The Study of Language
  • Online ISBN: 9780511757754
  • Book DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511757754
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Further reading
Basic treatments
Crystal, D. (2003) The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language (chapter 20) (2nd edition) Cambridge University Press
Kretzschmar, W. (2004) “Regional dialects” In Finegan, E. and Rickford, J. (eds.) Language in the USA (39–57) Cambridge University Press
More detailed treatments
Chambers, J. and Trudgill, P. (1998) Dialectology (2nd edition) Cambridge University Press
Wardhaugh, R. (2006) An Introduction to Sociolinguistics (5th edition) Blackwell
American English dialects
Wolfram, W. and Ward, B. (eds.) (2006) American Voices: How Dialects Differ from Coast to CoastBlackwell
British English dialects
Hughes, A., Trudgill, P. and Watt, D. (2005) English Accents and DialectsHodder Arnold
Other varieties of English
Trudgill, P. and Hannah, J. (2008) International English (5th edition) Arnold
Bilingualism
Myers-Scotton, C. (2006) Multiple VoicesBlackwell
Pidgins and creoles
Nichols, J. (2004) “Creole languages: forging new identities” In Finegan, E. and Rickford, J. (eds.) Language in the USA (133–152) Cambridge University Press
Siegel, J. (2008) The Emergence of Pidgin and Creole LanguagesOxford University Press
The Dutch–German dialect continuum
Barbour, S. and Stevenson, P. (1990) Variation in GermanCambridge University Press
Tok Pisin (baimbai)
Sankoff, G. and Laberge, S. (1974) “On the acquisition of native speakers by a language” In DeCamp, D. and Hancock, I. (eds.) Pidgins and Creoles (73–84) Georgetown University Press
Hawai'i Creole English
Sakoda, K. and Siegel, J. (2003) Pidgin GrammarBess Press
Other references
Holmes, J. (2008) An Introduction to Sociolinguistics (3rd edition) Pearson
Lum, D. (1990) Pass On, No Pass BackBamboo Ridge Press
Romaine, S. (1988) Pidgin and Creole LanguagesLongman
Trudgill, P. (1983) On DialectBlackwell
Trudgill, P. (2000) Sociolinguistics (4th edition) Penguin
Wiley, T. (2004) “Language planning, language policy, and the English-Only Movement” In Finegan, E. and Rickford, J. (eds.) Language in the USA (319–338) Cambridge University Press
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