World Englishes Volumes I-III Set: Volume I: The British Isles Volume II: North America Volume III: Central America

World Englishes presents a comprehensive, detailed description of English varieties spoken worldwide. The volumes in this set focus on the varieties of English spoken in the British Isles, North America and Central America. Illustrated by maps, each chapter includes detailed linguistic descriptions of grammar components, demographic data, and the historical and sociocultural background of the geographical regions.

Table of Contents:
I Acknowledgements Contributors List of Maps List of Tables List of Abbreviations Introduction, John McKenny 1. Historical Perspectives on the Development of English, Paul Cavill 2. Englishes of London and the Southeast of England, Joanna Ryfa 3. Yorkshire English, Barry J. H. Rawling 4. North East Dialect, the late Bill Griffiths 5. West Midlands English, Steve Thorne 6. South West English, Susanne Wagner 7. English in Scotland, John Corbett and Jane Stuart-Smith 8. North West English, Phillip Tipton 9. English in Wales, Heli Paulasto 10. English in Ireland, John Wilson and Sharon Millar 11. The Isle of Man, Andrew Hamer 12. English in Orkney and Shetland Islands, Klaske van Leyden 13. English in the Channel Islands, Heinrich Ramish Index II. Acknowledgements Contributors List of Maps List of Figures List of Abbreviations Series Preface Introduction: English Spreads to North America, Tometro Hopkins 1. English in Canada, Jack Chambers 2 White Varieties of English in the American South, Ellen Johnson 3. Texas Afro-Seminole Creole, Ian F. Hancock 4. Midwest American English, Beth Lee Simon 5. Chicano English, Carmen Fought 6. American American English, Charles E. DeBose 7. English in the American West, Lamont D. Antieau 8. Alaska Englishes, Patricia Kwachka Index III. Central America Maps Preface, Tometro Hopkins List of Contributors Introduction, Ken Decker Belize Kriol, Ken Decker English in Panama, Peter Snow English in Mexico, Robert Baumgartner English of the Bay Islands of Honduras, Ken Decker and Lee Henriksen English in the Colombian Archipelago of San Andres, Marcia L. Dittmann Limonese Creole English, Elizabeth Grace Winkler Nicaragua Kriol, Guillermo McLean and Arja Koskinen Bay Islands English, Ross Graham Index