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This book proposes, examines and unpacks the notion of unequal Englishes as a way to understand English today. Unlike... Read More >>
This book, first published in 1933, examines the dialect of the people of Byers Green in County Durham. Orton explores... Read More >>
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Although Cockney can be considered to be one of the most important non-standard forms of English, there had been... Read More >>
First published in 1987, this atlas identifies structural patterns which exist in the sound systems of the dialects... Read More >>
This book is addressed to linguists (including Master and PhD students) interested in syntactic categories and more... Read More >>
The Bavarian Dictionary employs the principles of modern lexicography and draws on a vastly larger body of source... Read More >>
First published in 1933, this book explores both contemporary and historical slang, focusing on the characteristics... Read More >>
First published in 1949 (this edition in 1968), this book is a dictionary of the past, exploring the language of... Read More >>
The Essential Lingo Dictionary is a warts-and-all look at the notoriously hilarious (and occasionally a little bit... Read More >>
This set reissues important selected works by Eric Partridge, covering the period from 1933 to 1968. Together, the... Read More >>
The New Cockney provides a sociolinguistic account of speech variation among adolescents in the 'traditional' East... Read More >>
First published in 1987, the Dictionary of Jargon expands on its predecessor Newspeak (Routledge Revivals, 2014)... Read More >>
George Orwell coined the term ‘Newspeak’ for his novel 1984, the purpose of which was designed to shrink vocabularies... Read More >>
This lucid and theory-neutral introduction to the study of pidgins, creoles and mixed languages covers both theoretical... Read More >>
Shows how the linguistic similarities and differences among New Yorkers are rooted in social, cultural, and historical... Read More >>
