(Ebook) Alternative Histories of the English Language 1st edition by Richard Watts, Peter Trudgill 0203468007 9780203468005

(Ebook) Alternative Histories of the English Language 1st edition by Richard Watts, Peter Trudgill 0203468007 9780203468005

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ISBN-10 :  0203468007 

ISBN-13 :  9780203468005

Author:  Richard Watts, Peter Trudgill 

This groundbreaking collection explores the beliefs and approaches to the history of English that do not make it into standard textbooks. Orthodox histories have presented a tunnel version of the history of the English language which is sociologically inadequate. In this book a range of leading international scholars show how this focus on standard English dialect is to the detriment of those which are non-standard or from other areas of the world. Alternative Histories of English: * reveals the range of possible 'narratives' about how different varieties of 'Englishes' may have emerged * places emphasis on pragmatic, sociolinguistic and discourse-oriented aspects of English rather than the traditional grammar, vocabulary and phonology * considers diverse topics including South African English, Indian English, Southern Hemisphere Englishes, Early Modern English, women's writing, and politeness. Presenting a fuller and richer picture of the complexity of the history of English, the contributors to Alternative Histories of English explain why English is the diverse world language it is today.

Alternative Histories of the English Language 1st Table of contents:

1 The legitimate language: Giving a history to English
Introduction: Language histories as codifications
Legitimisation: Giving the language a history
Legitimate and illegitimate change
Legitimisation: Dialects and Germanic purism
Historicity: The ancient language
Historicity: The continuity and purity of English
Conclusion
Part I: The history of non-standard varieties of English
2 The history of the lesser-known varieties of English
Newfoundland
Bermuda
The Lesser Antilles
The Bahamas
Central America
Saint Helena
The Cayman Islands
Turks and Caicos Islands
India
The Canadian Maritimes
Quebec: The Magdalen Islands
Pitcairn Island
Tristan da Cunha
Bonin Islands
Palmerston
The Falkland Islands
The Chatham Islands
The Channel Islands
Norfolk Island
Brazil
Southern and eastern Africa
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
3 ‘North of Watford Gap’: A cultural history of Northern English (from 1700)
Introduction
The ‘boundaries’ of Northern English
‘The far North’: Scots and Northern English
Attitudes to Northern English in the eighteenth century
‘The real language of [Northerners]’: The images of Romanticism
The Industrial Revolution: The growth of Northern urban dialects
Conclusion: The future (study) of Northern English
Notes
4 The history of southern hemisphere Englishes
Australian English
South African English
New Zealand English
The origins of New Zealand English
Southern hemisphere Englishes
Notes
5 ‘Deformed in the dialects’: An alternative history of non-standard English
Introduction
‘Ascertaining the English tongue’
Building the Ottawa Grammar Resource on Early Variability in English
Mining the OGREVE for variation
African American English in the diaspora
The results
Summary
Notes
6 Building a new English dialect: South African Indian English and the history of Englishes
Introduction
South African Indian English: Historical background
The sociolinguistic continuum in SAIE
The acrolect
Linguistic processes typical of the basilect
Characteristic processes in the mesolect
Conclusion
Notes
7 The story of good and bad English in the United States
Notes
Part II: The history of communicative and pragmatic aspects of English
8 From polite language to educated language: The re-emergence of an ideology
The obsession with politeness
The language of ‘affectation’
Politeness and language in the eighteenth century
A wolf in sheep’s clothing: From politeness to education
Notes
9 Eloquence and elegance: Ideals of communicative competence in spoken English
Oratory, conversation and reading aloud as public discourse
Eloquence
Eloquence, correctness and standardisation
Conclusion
10 Women’s writings as evidence for linguistic continuity and change in Early Modern English
Introduction
Textual resources
Sociolinguistic ‘universals’ of language and gender
Women’s language and linguistic change
Discussion
Conclusion
Notes
11 Discourse markers in Early Modern English
Introduction
Discourse markers: Definition and delimitation
Distribution of discourse markers in Early Modern English
Pragmaticalisation and subjectification
Illustrative analyses
Pray, prithee: Polite requests
Conclusion
Appendix: Sources
Notes
Epilogue
12 Broadcasting the nonstandard message
Linguistic stereotypes and realities
Towards the telling of new stories
A comparative perspective

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