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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
By Hook or by Crook By Hook or by Crook David Crystal David Crystal has been described by The Times Higher Education Supplement as a "latter-day Samuel Johnson." Now in a delightfully decisive journey through the groves and thickets of the English langu… OL114326W
English in the Southern United States English in the Southern United States Stephen J Nagle The English of the southern United States is possibly the most studied of any regional variety of any language because of its rich internal diversity, its distinctiveness among regional varieties in … OL15169298W
New Zealand English New Zealand English Elizabeth Gordon New Zealand English - at just 150 years old - is one of the newest varieties of English, and is unique in that its full history and development are documented in extensive audio-recordings. The rich … OL15182269W
Speaking American Speaking American Richard W. Bailey When did English become American? What distinctive qualities made it American? What role have America's democratizing impulses, and its vibrantly heterogeneous speakers, played in shaping our languag… OL16554882W
Standards of English Standards of English Raymond Hickey "The notion of a 'standard' variety of English has been the subject of a considerable body of research. Studies have tended to focus on the standard features of British and American English. However,… OL16637187W
Second dialect acquisition Second dialect acquisition Jeff Siegel "What is involved in acquiring a new dialect - for example, when Canadian English speakers move to England or African American English-speaking children go to school? How is such learning different f… OL16981404W
Morpho-syntactic patterns in spoken Korean English Morpho-syntactic patterns in spoken Korean English Sofia Rüdiger "Morpho-Syntactic Patterns in Spoken Korean English presents fundamental research on the use of English by South Korean speakers. Despite the extraordinary and vibrant status of the English language … OL32451912W