TY - BOOK AU - Bergs,Alexander AU - Brinton,Laurel J. TI - Varieties of English T2 - The history of English SN - 9783110522792 (paperback) AV - PE1074.7 V27 2017 U1 - 427 23 PY - 2017/// CY - Boston PB - De Gruyter Mouton KW - English language KW - Variation KW - History KW - Diatects KW - Historical linguistics KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General KW - bisacsh N2 - "This volume is one of the first detailed expositions of the history of different varieties of English. It explores language variation and varieties of English from an historical perspective, covering theoretical topics such as diffusion and supraregionalization as well as concrete descriptions of the internal and external historical developments of more than a dozen varieties of English"-- ER -