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This book provides a detailed overview of the main phonological, grammatical, lexical and discourse features of Liverpool English (LE). These will be discussed in terms of LE's past, including the origins of the variety, and its relationships with other north-west English dialects and Irish varieties, and ongoing change in LE, including the extent to which LE linguistic features are levelling or diverging from supralocal norms.
About the author
K. Watson, Canterbury; P. Honeybone, Edinburgh; L. Clark, Canterbury, all UK; A. Cardoso, Vancouver, Canada.
Summary
The Dialects of English series provides concise, accessible, authoritative and up-to-date documentation for varieties of English, including English-based pidgins and creoles, from all over the English-speaking world. Written by experts who have conducted first-hand research, the volumes are the most obvious starting point for readers who would like to know more about a particular regional, urban or ethnic variety. The volumes follow a common structure, covering the context in which one clearly defined variety of English (or a number of closely related varieties) has been established as well as their phonetics and phonology, morphosyntax, lexis and social history. Each volume concludes with an annotated bibliography and some sample texts. Previous volumes are listed below. Recent and forthcoming volumes are listed on the "Volumes" tab. Robert McColl Millar, Northern and Insular Scots (2007) David Deterding, Singapore English (2007) Jennifer Hay, Margaret A. Maclagan & Elizabeth Gordon, New Zealand English (2008) Sailaja Pingali, Indian English (2009) Karen P. Corrigan, Irish English, Volume 1: Northern Ireland (2010) Sandra Clarke, Newfoundland and Labrador English (2010) Jane Setter, Cathy S. P. Wong & Brian H. S. Chan, Hong Kong English (2010) Joan C. Beal, Lourdes Burbano Elizondo & Carmen Llamas, Urban North-Eastern English: Tyneside to Teeside (2012) Urszula Clarke & Esther Asprey, West Midlands English: Birmingham and the Black Country (2012) Advisory Board: David Britain (University of Bern, Switzerland) Kathryn Burridge (Monash University, Australia) Jenny Cheshire (Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom) Alexandra D’Arcy (University of Victoria, Canada) Lisa Lim (The University of Hong Kong, China) Rajend Mesthrie (University of Cape Town, South Africa) Peter L. Patrick (University of Essex, United Kingdom) Peter Trudgill (University of Fribourg, Switzerland) Walt Wolfram (North Carolina State University, USA) To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Natalie Fecher. For further publications in English linguistics see also our Topics in English Linguistics book series.
