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1. English Accents and Dialects: An Introduction to Social and Regional Varieties of English in the British Isles, Fifth Edition

   By Arthur Hughes, Peter Trudgill, Dominic Watt

   Series: The English Language Series

   English Accents and Dialects is an essential guide to contemporary social and regional varieties of English spoken in the British Isles today. Together with invaluable overviews of numerous regional accents and dialects, this fifth edition provides a detailed description of key features of...

   Published April 26th 2012 by Routledge
2. International English

   A guide to the varieties of Standard English, 5th Edition

   By Peter Trudgill, Jean Hannah

   Series: The English Language Series

   From Scotland to Singapore, Canada to the Channel Islands, Namibia to New Zealand and beyond, International English takes you on a fascinating journey through the varieties of Standard English spoken around the world. Comparisons across the varieties provide a comprehensive guide to differences in...

   Published May 29th 2008 by Routledge
3. Dialects

   2nd Edition

   By Peter Trudgill

   Series: Language Workbooks

   Routledge Language Workbooks provide absolute beginners with practical introductions to core areas of language study. Books in the series provide comprehensive coverage of the area as well as a basis for further investigation. Each Language Workbook guides the reader through the subject using '...

   Published July 28th 2004 by Routledge
4. Alternative Histories of English

   Edited by Peter Trudgill, Richard J. Watts

   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...

   Published December 19th 2001 by Routledge
5. Sociolinguistics Reader Vol 1

   Variation & Multilingualism

   Edited by Peter Trudgill

   Published December 23rd 1997 by Routledge
6. Dialects

   By Peter Trudgill

   Series: Language Workbooks

   Dialects is an introductory text which covers the key issues in the field of dialectology. Dialects: * Looks at the relationship between regional and social variation in language * Explores how and why different varieties of language develop * Examines a wide range of British dialects * Involves...

   Published April 27th 1994 by Routledge