Towards a Varieties Grammar of English

By: Urs Duermueller

During recent years interest in language varieties has steadily increased. Rather than simply describing homogenous language systems, linguists have begun to study language heterogeneity. This study attempts to bring the two approaches together by exploring the notion of a varieties grammar, by discussing its implications, its problems and possibilities, both from a theoretical and practical point of view. Special importance is attributed to the definition of varieties as typolects and of grammar as holistic . Evaluative data are derived from a first-hand account of contemporary varieties of California English.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3261050276
• ISBN13: 9783261050274
• Release Date: December 1982
• Publisher: Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic P
• Length: 238 Pages