Social and Regional Variation in World Englishes: Local and Global Perspectives

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Paula Rautionaho (University of Eastern Finland, Finland) Hanna Parviainen (Tampere University, Finland)

Social and Regional Variation in World Englishes

Local and Global Perspectives

Paula Rautionaho (University of Eastern Finland, Finland), Hanna Parviainen (Tampere University, Finland), Mark Kaunisto (Tampere University, Finland) , Arja Nurmi (Tampere University, Finland)

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Routledge
26 August 2024

Language: history & general works; Sociolinguistics; Historical & comparative linguistics; Literature: history & criticism; Applied linguistics for ELT

Series: Routledge Studies in Sociolinguistics

This collection charts the evolution of grammatical variation in Englishes from Late Middle English to the present, using corpus linguistic tools to address divergence and convergence in local and global perspectives.

The book considers both diachronic and synchronic perspectives in grammatical variation across varieties of English across the UK, North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. The volume reflects on the questions of whether patterns of variation diverge or converge and to what extent catalysts for change are shared in time and space. Chapters look at different factors in grammatical variation at both the macro and micro level, investigating specific linguistic and grammatical features but also at wider phenomena in contact linguistics, social patterns, social networks, and media-based corpora. Chapters progress from the local to the global, all with an eye towards using the latest methodological approaches from corpus linguistics to shed light on the affordances of data-informed methods to study grammatical change and the possibilities for future research.

This book will be of interest to students and scholars in sociolinguistics, corpus linguistics, and World Englishes.

Edited by: Paula Rautionaho (University of Eastern Finland Finland), Hanna Parviainen (Tampere University, Finland), Mark Kaunisto (Tampere University, Finland), Arja Nurmi (Tampere University, Finland)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032130392
ISBN 10: 1032130393
Series: Routledge Studies in Sociolinguistics
Pages: 220
Publication Date: 26 August 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Paula Rautionaho is University Researcher at the University of Eastern Finland. Hanna Parviainen is University Teacher at Tampere University, Finland. Mark Kaunisto is Senior Lecturer in English Linguistics at Tampere University, Finland. Arja Nurmi is a Senior Lecturer of English Translation at Tampere University, Finland.

Reviews for Social and Regional Variation in World Englishes: Local and Global Perspectives

'The volume comprises a topically diverse range of contributions. In addition to the unifying focus on variation and World Englishes, however, all chapters follow a corpus-based, empirical methodology, giving coherence to the book despite its breadth of topics.' Axel Bohmann, Universitat Freiburg