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English as a Global Languageby David Crystal
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 21.00This new edition of David Crystal's influential book contains extra sections on subjects including the future of English as a world language, English on the Internet, and the possibility of an English 'family' of languages; footnotes; new tables; and a full bibliography. There are updates throughout. more...
English and the Discourses of Colonialismby Alastair Pennycook
Routledge 1998; US$ 52.95Alastair Pennycook here examines colonial language policies in India, Malaysia and Hong Kong, and shows how various policies emerged which both reflected and produced colonial discourses. more...
Spoken Soulby John Russell Rickford; Russell John Rickford
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2002; US$ 15.95In Praise of Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English " Spoken Soul brilliantly fills a huge gap. . . . a delightfully readable introduction to the elegant interweave between the language and its culture." – Ralph W. Fasold , Georgetown university "A lively, well-documented history of Black English . . . that will enlighten and inform not only educators, for whom it should be required reading, but all who value and question language." – Kirkus Reviews "Spoken Soul is a must read for anyone who is interested in the connection between language and identity." – Chicago Defender Claude Brown called Black English "Spoken Soul." Toni Morrison said, "It's a love, a passion. Its function is like a preacher’s: to make... more...
Talkin that Talkby Geneva Smitherman
Routledge 1999; US$ 47.95A highly readable collection of key articles and essays by a leading scholar on African-American language and politics. Smitherman discusses the inter-relationship between African-American language, culture and education. more...
Grammar of Irish Englishby Markku Filppula
Routledge 1999; US$ 178.00This work offers a descriptive and contact-linguistic account of the grammar of Irish English, also known as 'Hiberno-English'. It examines Hiberno_English dialects past and present and their distinctive grammatical features more...
Dialectsby Peter Trudgill
Routledge 1994; US$ 25.95Covers the key issues in the field of dialectologies including social and regional variaties and different variations of language. more...
English in Africaby Alamin M. Mazrui
Multilingual Matters 2004; US$ 29.95This text offers a critical examination of aspects of the politics of the role of English in Africa and its Diaspora. It looks at its changed location in the post-Cold War era and the challenges it poses to the enduring quest for intellectual liberation, pan-Africanism and Afrocentricity. more...
Frae Ither Tonguesby Bill Findlay
Multilingual Matters 2004; US$ 99.95The period since the 1930s has been the richest for literary translation into Scots since the 16th century. This collection of essays, by translators and critics, represents an extended analysis of the nature and practice of modern translation into Scots. more...
English in the Southern United Statesby Stephen J. Nagle; Sara L. Sanders; Merja Kyto; Bas Aarts; John Algeo; Susan Fitzmaurice; Richard Hogg; Charles F. Meyer
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 29.00This volume, written by a team of experts, many of them internationally known, provides a broad overview of the foundations of and current research on language variation in the southern United States. Central themes, issues and topics of scholarly investigation and debate figure prominently throughout the volume. more...
African American Englishby Lisa J. Green
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 38.00This authoritative introduction to African American English (AAE) is the first textbook to look at the grammar as a whole. Clearly organised, it describes patterns in the sentence structure, sound system, word formation and word use in AAE. It also considers the representation of AAE in literature and the media. more...









