By: Janet Townend, Jean Walker This accessible text is split into 2 halves. Initially, Janet Townend takes the reader through the early development and the structure and usage of spoken English. In the second half Jean Walker explains the history and structure of written English, including word formation...

By: Jila Ghomeshi It is hard to find someone who doesn’t have a pet peeve about language. The act of bemoaning the decline of language has become something of a cottage industry. High-pofile, self-appointed language police worry that new forms of popular media are contributing to the sloppiness,...

By: Martha C. Pennington Phonology in English Language Teaching is an introductory text, specifically directed at the needs of language teachers internationally. Combining an overview of English phonology with structured practical guidance, this text shows how phonology can be applied in the classroom. An introductory chapter provides the...

Edited by: Nessa Wolfson, Elliot Judd Download http://usafiles.net/G6v/Sociolinguistics_and_Language_Acquisition.pdf

By: K. M. Petyt Download http://usafiles.net/G6u/THE_STUDY_OF_DIALECT__An_introduction_to_dialectology.pdf

Edited by: Charles Boberg, John Nerbonne, and Dominic Watt The Handbook of Dialectology provides an authoritative, up-to-date and unusually broad account of the study of dialect, in one volume. Each chapter reviews essential research, and offers a critical discussion of the past, present and future development of the area. The...

Edited by: Michael D. Linn This Second Edition provides a comprehensive set of readings for both the beginning and advanced student of dialects, language variation, and sociolinguistics. With more than 80 percent new material, Handbook of Dialects and Language Variation, Second Edition takes into account recent work in...

Edited by: Peter Trudgill and J. K. Chambers This collection consists of 15 articles by an international group of linguists and 7 essays by the editors, tackling a broad range of issues and representing some of the most authoritative work in English dialect grammar. Individual chapters cover the...

By: Carroll E. Reed Examines regional differences in pronunciation and vocabulary, explaining their origins in the Eastern colonies and their development during Westward expansion Download http://usafiles.net/G6q/Dialects_of_American_English_Revised_Edition.pdf