Areal Features of the Anglophone World Ed. by Hickey, Raymond
Series:Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] 80 Aims and Scope
The intention of the present volume is to unite the research of
a range of scholars who have been working on features of non-
standard, vernacular English which show an areal distribution,
i.e. which cluster geographically across the world. Features
common to an area can be due to (i) shared dialect input, (ii)
common but separate innovations after settlement, or (iii) area-
internal diffusion from one variety to another and/or others.
The relative weighting of these factors is an important topic in
the book and is a key focus in the 17 chapters. The book is
divided into two large blocks, the first one consisting of case
studies (8 chapters) and the second with features complexes (9
chapters). The former look at major anglophone locations from an
areal perspective while the latter examine linguistic categories
and features with a view to determine whether these could be
areally based or no