Englisches Seminar
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Here is a selective bibliography containing several publications dealing with regional varieties of English. These should be consulted for your presentations, where applicable, starting with the base texts.
Contents:
1. BASE TEXTS
Hogg, R., et al., ed.,
The Cambridge History of the English Language, 6 vols. (Cambridge, 1992-2001), vols. 5 and 6
Kortmann, B., et al., ed., Varieties of English, 4 vols. (Oxford, 2008)
McArthur, T.,
Oxford Guide to World English (Oxford, 2002)
Melchers, G., and P. Shaw,
World Englishes, 2nd ed. (London, 2011)
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2. GENERAL PUBLICATIONS
Bauer, L.,
An Introduction to International Varieties of English (Edinburgh, 2003)
Crystal, D.,
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language, 2nd ed. (Cambridge, 2003), chapter 20
Crystal, D.,
English as a Global Language (Cambridge, 2003)
Hughes, A., and P. Trudgill,
English Accents and Dialects, 3rd ed. (London and New York, 1996)
Jenkins, J.,
World Englishes: a Resource Book for Students, 2nd ed. (London, 2009)
Kachru, B. B., Y. Kachru, and C. L. Nelson, ed.,
The Handbook of World Englishes (Oxford, 2006)
Kirkpatrick, A., ed.,
The Routledge Handbook of World Englishes (London, 2010)
Kortmann, B., and E. W. Schneider, ed.,
A Handbook of Varieties of English, 2 vols. and CD-ROM (Berlin and New York, 2004)
Svartvik, J., and G. Leech,
English: One Tongue, Many Voices (Basingstoke, 2006)
Trudgill, P., and J. Hannah,
International English: a Guide to the Varieties of Standard English, 5th ed. (London, 2008)
Wells, J. C.,
Accents of English, 3 vols. (Cambridge, 1982)
Series: Varieties of English around the World
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3. SOME SPECIFIC VARIANTS
Amador-Moreno, C. P.,
An Introduction to Irish English (London, 2010)
Boberg, C.,
The English Language in Canada (Cambridge, 2010)
Britain, D., ed.,
Language in the British Isles (Cambridge, 2007)
Burridge, K., and J. Mulder,
English in Australia and New Zealand (Oxford, 1998)
Cassidy, F. G.,
Jamaica Talk: Three Hundred Years of the English Language in Jamaica, 2nd ed. (London, 1971)
Corbett, J., J. D. McClure and J. Stuart-Smith, eds.,
The Edinburgh Companion to Scots (Edinburgh, 2003)
Deterding, D.,
Singapore English (Edinburgh, 2007)
Dillard, J. L.,
A History of American English (Harlow, 1992)
Görlach, M.,
A Textual History of Scots (Heidelberg, 2002)
Hay, J., M. Mclagan and E. Gordon,
New Zealand English (Edinburgh, 2008)
Jones, C.,
The English Language in Scotland: an Introduction to Scots (East Linton, 2002)
Schmied, J. J.,
English in Africa: an Introduction (London and New York, 1991)
Sedlatschek, A.,
Contemporary Indian English: Variation and Change (Amsterdam, 2009)
Tottie, G.,
An Introduction to American English (Oxford, 2002)
Trudgill, P., ed.,
Language in the British Isles (Cambridge, 1984)
Trudgill, P.,
The Dialects of England, 2nd ed. (Oxford, 1999)
Wolfram, W., and N. Schilling-Estes,
American English: Dialects and Variation, 2nd ed. (Oxford, 2006)
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