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Cover Page Title Page Copyright Page Figures Tables Contributors Introduction: In the year 2525

Note

Prologue

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 Notes

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