Peter Trudgill: 8 books
Dialect Matters
Respecting Vernacular Language
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2016
Based on Peter Trudgill's weekly column in the Eastern Daily Press newspaper, this book has two overall messages. The first is that language is a fascinating and enjoyable phenomenon which not enough people know enough about. The second is that we should not discriminate negatively against individuals...
Sociolinguistics
An Introduction to Language and Society
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2000
This is a classic book on a fascinating subject. Peter Trudgill examines the close link between language and society and the many factors that influence the way we speak. These range from gender, environment, age, race, class, region and politics. Trudgill's book surveys languages and societies from...
Investigations in Sociohistorical Linguistics
Stories of Colonisation and Contact
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2010
In the last five hundred years or so, the English language has undergone remarkable geographical expansion, bringing it into contact with other languages in new locations. It also caused different regional dialects of the language to come into contact with each other in colonial situations. This book...
International English
A Guide to Varieties of English Around the World
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
From Singapore to Scotland, Canada to the Channel Islands, Namibia to New Zealand and beyond, International English takes you on a fascinating journey through the varieties of English spoken around the world. Comparisons across the varieties provide a comprehensive guide to differences in phonetics,...
by Peter Trudgill
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2012
Routledge Language Workbooks provide absolute beginners with practical introductions to core areas of language study. Books in the series provide comprehensive coverage of the area as well as a basis for further investigation. Each Language Workbook guides the reader through the subject using 'hands-on'...
English Accents and Dialects
An Introduction to Social and Regional Varieties of English in the British Isles, Fifth Edition
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
English Accents and Dialects is an essential guide to contemporary social and regional varieties of English spoken in the British Isles today. Together with invaluable overviews of numerous regional accents and dialects, this fifth edition provides a detailed description of key features of Received...
International English
A guide to the varieties of Standard English
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
From Scotland to Singapore, Canada to the Channel Islands, Namibia to New Zealand and beyond, International English takes you on a fascinating journey through the varieties of Standard English spoken around the world.
Comparisons across the varieties provide a comprehensive guide to differences in...
Dialects of English
Studies in Grammatical Variation
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
This collection consists of 15 articles by an international group of linguists and 7 essays by the editors, tackling a broad range of issues and representing some of the most authoritative work in English dialect grammar.
Individual chapters cover the full international range of English dialects,...