Variation in english across time, space and discourse. An introductory textbook

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Introduction

1. Language variation and change in the English language

The English language: linguistic studies and collocation/Language variation and change: some definitions/Mechanisms of language change and variation in English/Semantic change/Word-formation in English/Test yourself: activities and practice

2. The history of English and its global spread

Introduction/Celtic Britain (1500 c. BC-50 AD)/Roman Britain (55 BC-410 AD)/Anglo-Saxon England (the OE period, 550 c.-1066)/Vikings in England and the Danelaw/The ME period (1066-1500 c.): historical background/The EModE period (1550 c.-17 00 c.)/The LModE period (from 17 00-20 to 1900-20)/The spread of English/Classifying varieties of English: the Three-Circle Model/English as a global language/ELF/Test yourself: activities and practice

3. Variation in English across time and space

Introduction/Received Pronunciation (RP)/Estuary English (EE)/Categories of English varieties: diatopic variation at home and overseas/English-based pidgins and creoles/Native varieties of English: the UK/Native varieties with a substratum: Celtic Englishes/English in Wales/English in Scotland/English in Ireland/Native varieties of English overseas: English in America/English in Australia/English in New Zealand/Test yourself: activities and practice

4. Professional and occupational varieties of English: variation across discourse

What is discourse?What is specialised discourse?/Variation across SDs/Identifying SDs/Lexical features of SD/Expanding the lexicon of SDs/Syntactic features of SD/Textual variation in ESP/SD/The popularisation of ESP/SD/ Three cases of variation in ESP: ICT, LoT, food blogs/Conclusions

Test yourself: activities and practice

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