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A Handbook of Varieties of English:
Edited by Bernd Kortmann and Edgar Schneider, together with Kate Burridge, Rajend Mesthrie, and Clive Upton
Berlin: de Gruyter, 2005
Volume 1: Phonology (xvii, 1168 pages)
Volume 2: Morphology, Syntax (xvii, 1226 pages)
Book & CD-ROM: EUR 598.00 (currently USD 789.00)
Online access to the multimedia content of the CD-ROM is available at a service fee per calendar year of EUR 100.00 (currently USD 132.00)
ISBN-10 3-11-017532-0
ISBN-13 978-3-11-017532-5
This 2 volume handbook is by far the most thorough reference work on phonology and the first-ever comprehensive overview of the morphology and syntax of varieties of English in the world. It covers all main national standard varieties, distinctive regional, ethnic, and social varieties, major contact varieties, as well as major ESL varieties.
The handbook is accompanied by a CD-ROM supplementing the printed volumes through interactive access to the varieties and providing a comprehensive data base with a unique collection of speech recordings of English around the world. It includes sound samples for each variety as well as interactive and synchronized maps that allow either phonological or morphosyntactic comparisons. Together, the handbook and the CD-ROM are an indispensable reference work and research tool for sociolinguistis, dialectologists, phonologists, grammarians, typologists, and specialists in contact languages and varieties of English around the world.
The editors and their specialty research areas are:
- Kate Burridge: Australia / Pacific Archipelagos
- Bernd Kortmann: British Isles : Morphology and Syntax
- Rajend Mesthrie: Africa / Southeast Asia / India
- Edgar Schneider: The Americas / Caribbean
- Clive Upton: British Isles : Phonology
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