Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Series Editor’s Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Data Availability Statement
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Grammatical and Syntactic Variation
- 3 World Englishes and Dialect Typology
- 4 The Data
- 5 Alternation-by-Alternation Analysis
- 6 Distances, Similarities, and Coherence
- 7 Experimental Corroboration
- 8 Where Are We Now, and Where to Next?
- References
- Index
3 - World Englishes and Dialect Typology
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 August 2023
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Series Editor’s Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Data Availability Statement
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Grammatical and Syntactic Variation
- 3 World Englishes and Dialect Typology
- 4 The Data
- 5 Alternation-by-Alternation Analysis
- 6 Distances, Similarities, and Coherence
- 7 Experimental Corroboration
- 8 Where Are We Now, and Where to Next?
- References
- Index
Summary
This chapter includes a succinct review of World Englishes and dialect typology literature, with a focus on the main theoretical paradigms within this sphere (e.g. the Three Circles model and the Dynamic Model). We then introduce the nine regional varieties of English under study in the book: British English, Canadian English, Irish English, New Zealand English, Hong Kong English, Indian English, Jamaican English, Philippine English, and Singapore English. The discussion includes a brief summary of relevant aspects of these varieties’ sociohistories as well as their linguistic profiles.
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- Comparative Variation AnalysisGrammatical Alternations in World Englishes, pp. 34 - 55Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023