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1. Dialects

   2nd Edition

   By Peter Trudgill

   Series: Language Workbooks

   Routledge Language Workbooks provide absolute beginners with practical introductions to core areas of language study. Books in the series provide comprehensive coverage of the area as well as a basis for further investigation. Each Language Workbook guides the reader through the subject using '...

   Published July 28th 2004 by Routledge
2. Dialects

   By Peter Trudgill

   Dialects is an introductory text which covers the key issues in the field of dialectology. Dialects: * Looks at the relationship between regional and social variation in language * Explores how and why different varieties of language develop * Examines a wide range of British dialects * Involves...

   Published January 3rd 2002 by Routledge
3. Alternative Histories of English

   Edited by Peter Trudgill, Richard J. Watts

   This groundbreaking collection explores the beliefs and approaches to the history of English that do not make it into standard textbooks.Orthodox histories have presented a tunnel version of the history of the English language which is sociologically inadequate. In this book a range of leading...

   Published December 19th 2001 by Routledge