Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 16:54:30 -0400
From: Tony Schiavo tony[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]BENJAMINS.COM
Subject: New Books: English Dialectology
John Benjamins Publishing would like to call your attention to the
following new titles in the field of English Dialectology:
ENGLISHES AROUND THE WORLD I
GENERAL STUDIES: BRITISH ISLES, NORTH AMERICA
STUDIES IN HONOUR OF MANFRED GOERLACH
Edgar W. Schneider (ed.)
1997 vi, 329 pp. Varieties of English Around the World, G18
US/Canada: Cloth: 1 55619 449 8 Price: US$79.00
Rest of the world: Cloth: 90 272 4876 1 Price: Hfl. 140,--
John Benjamins Publishing web site: http://www.benjamins.com
For further information via e-mail: service[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]benjamins.com
The two volumes of Englishes Around the World present high-quality original
research papers written in honour of Manfred Goerlach, founder and editor
of the journal English World-Wide and the book series Varieties of English
Around the World. The papers thematically focus on the field that Manfred
Georlach has helped to build and shape. Volume 1 contains articles on
general topics and studies of what might be termed "Old" Englishes,
varieties of English that have been rooted in their respective regions for
a long time and have been traditional focal points of scholarly study. The
first section contains eight general and comparative papers (dealing with
terminological matters or definitions of core concepts, historical issues,
structural comparisons across a wide range of varieties, etc.); the second
one has nine papers on dialects of English as used in the British Isles
(covering England, Scotland, Ulster and Ireland); and finally, there are
four contributions on North American varieties of English (including
Southern English, African American Vernacular English, Newfoundland
Vernacular English, and American English in a historical perspective). The
thematic scope comprises the levels of lexis, phonology, morphology,
syntax, pragmatics, and orthography, as well as sociohistorical issues, the
question of the evolution and transmission of dialects, various sources of
evidence including literary dialect, etc.
Contributors to the respective sections include J. Algeo, W.-D. Bald,
J.-M. Gachelin, A.F. Gupta, K. Hansen, J. Holm, J. Spencer and
Ch. Stephan; I. Brown and K. Lenz, B. Glauser, J.L. Kallen, R. Macaulay,
J.D. McClure, C. Milton, M. Montgomery, W. Viereck, and E. Weiner; G. Bailey,
S. Clarke, P. Cukor-Avila, and W.A. Kretzschmar.
ENGLISHES AROUND THE WORLD II
CARIBBEAN, AFRICA, ASIA, AUSTRALASIA
STUDIES IN HONOUR OF MANFRED GOERLACH
Edgar W. Schneider (ed.)
1997 viii, 358 pp. Varieties of English Around the World, G19
US/Canada: Cloth: 1 55619 716 0 Price: US$85.00
Rest of the world: Cloth: 90 272 4877 X Price: Hfl. 150,--
John Benjamins Publishing web site: http://www.benjamins.com
For further information via e-mail: service[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]benjamins.com
The two volumes of Englishes Around the World present high-quality original
research papers written in honour of Manfred Goerlach, founder and editor
of the journal English World-Wide and the book series Varieties of English
Around the World. The papers thematically focus on the field that Manfred
Goerlach has helped to build and shape. Volume 2 of Englishes Around the
World presents studies of so-called "New Englishes", post-colonial
varieties as spoken predominantly in countries of the former British
Empire. There are five contributions on the Caribbean (covering Jamaica,
Guyana, and Trinidad), five articles on Africa (South Africa, East Africa,
and Nigeria), six studies of English in Asian countries (Japan, the
Philippines, India, Singapore, Malaysia, and Papua New Guinea), and six
papers on Australia and New Zealand. Topics covered range from
sociohistorical causes and processes, the nativization of English in
different countries, or the expression of individual identities by means of
the English language through structural descriptions to sociolinguistic,
psycholinguistic, lexicographic, pragmatic, stylistic, and other matters.
The articles in the respective sections are written by D.R. Craig;
L.M. Haynes; P.L. Patrick; K. Shields-Brodber and L. Winer; A Banjo;
V. de Klerk; R. Meshtrie; J. Schmied and P. Silva; R.W. Bailey;
A. Gonzales; R. Begum and T. Kandiah; R.R. Mehrotra; P. Muehlhausler
and M. Newbrook; L. Bauer; S. Butler; M. Clyne; P. Peters and A. Delbridge;
G. Tulloch and G.W. Turner.
For further information please e-mail
Bernadette Keck: service[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]benjamins.com