The 'story' of English is continually re-told and re-written, as more and more people use the language and have a part in shaping the way it develops. Varieties

The 'story' of English is continually re-told and re-written, as more and more people use the language and have a part in shaping the way it develops. Varieties

'Varieties of Modern English' gives readers the tools needed to understand the diversity of the English language and the issues surrounding it.

This volume is one of the first detailed expositions of the history of different varieties of English. It explores language variation and varieties of English f

This volume is concerned with assessing fictional and non-fictional written texts as linguistic evidence for earlier forms of varieties of English. These range