Standards of English. Codified varieties around the world

Raymond Hickey

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 421 pages.

This volume is concerned with the plurality of standard varieties of English across the anglophone world. It consists of 17 contributions which examine the nature of standard English in various countries or regions. In each case the history of English is considered and the manner in which English is codified is the focus of attention. Further cases are viewed where codification did not take place, or only covertly, or where an exonormative model for standard English still applies, especially in the pronunciation of English. The dynamic nature of standard varieties and the inherent variation which they show are additional themes which are shared by all contributions.

Contents

Standard English and standards of English
RAYMOND HICKEY

The codification of English in England
INGRID TIEKEN-BOON VAN OSTADE

An Evolving Standard British English Pronunciation Model
CLIVE UPTON

Standard English in Scotland
JOHN CORBETT and JANE STUART-SMITH

Standard Irish English
RAYMOND HICKEY

Standards of English in Malta and the Channel Islands
MANFRED KRUG and ANNA ROSEN

The Idea of Standard American English
WILLIAM A. KRETZSCHMAR, JR. and CHARLES F. MEYER

Standard Canadian English
CHARLES BOBERG

Standards of English in the Caribbean
HUBERT DEVONISH and EWART A. C. THOMAS

Standard South African English
SEAN BOWERMAN

Standards of English in West Africa
ULRIKE GUT

Standards of English in East Africa
JOSEF SCHMIED

Standards of English in South Asia
CLAUDIA LANGE

Standards of English in South-East Asia
LISA LIM

Standard Australian English
FELICITY COX and SALLYANNE PALETHORPE

Standard New Zealand English
ELIZABETH GORDON

Acrolectal English in the South Pacific
CAROLIN BIEWER

Varieties resistant to standardisation
DANIEL SCHREIER

Timelines
RAYMOND HICKEY

Glossary
RAYMOND HICKEY

Maps of anglophone countries
RAYMOND HICKEY

Indexes