PETER TRUDGILL

Desde mediados del siglo pasado, la sociolingüística ha experimentado un notable crecimiento, con la incorporación de nuevos metodos, tecnicas e instrumentos de análisis. El presente glosario ofrece

Over the years since first publication in 1982, International English has established its place as the only text which gives a good overview of the linguistics characteristics of varieties of English around the world. In order to keep up with research that has been conducted over the past 6 years, authors Professor Peter Trudgill and Jean Hannah have completely reworked and rewritten their chapter on the Caribbean which now reflects the new research they have conducted in this area. The book now also includes a new chapter 7 on 'Lesser-known Englishes' covering those varieties spoken in the Channel Islands, Bermuda and The Bahamas as well as African countries such as Botswana and Namibia, to name but a few. This new material, coupled with a thorough updating of the remaining text and references ensures that International English will remain a favourite and indispensable resource for teachers and students for many years to come.

Why do men swear more than women? How do speech styles of most Black Americans, and whites growing up in 'Black areas', differ from those of other whites? Does it make sense to defend a language against 'contamination' from foreign words and phrases? Why are languages dying out at a catastrophic rate and what can we do about it? Should Serbo-Croat now be called Serbian, Croatian or even Bosnian? And in what sense, if any, is standard French 'better' than Quebecois or High German 'better' than Schweizerdeutsch?

La dialectología es el estudio de la variación del lenguaje. Tradicionalmente ha sido considerada como la competencia de la geografía lingüística que, desde el habla de la población rural, localizan

INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH, 6ED. es un libro del autor TRUDGILL, PETER editado por ROUTLEDGE. INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH, 6ED. tiene un código de ISBN 978-1-138-23369-0.