Table of Contents

Contents of companion volumes vii

Abbreviations xvi

List of features: Phonology and phonetics Edgar W. Schneider xix

List of features: Morphology and syntax Bernd Kortmann xxv

General introduction Bernd Kortmann Edgar W. Schneider 1

General references 8

Introduction: varieties of English in the British Isles Bernd Kortmann Clive Upton 23

Phonology

English spoken in Orkeny and Shetland: phonology Gunnel Melchers 35

Scottish English: phonology Jane Stuart-Smith 48

Irish English: phonology Raymond Hickey 71

Welsh English: phonology Robert Penhallurick 105

English dialects in the North of England: phonology Joan Beal 122

The English West Midlands: phonology Urszula Clark 145

The dialect of East Anglia Peter Trudgill 178

The dialects in the South of England: phonology Ulrike Altendorf Dominic Watt 194

Channel Island English: phonology Heinrich Ramisch 223

Received Pronunciation Clive Upton 237

British Creole: phonology Peter L. Patrick 253

Synopsis: phonological variation in the British Isles Clive Upton 269

Morphology and Syntax

English spoken in Orkney and Shetland: morphology, syntax and lexicon Gunnel Melchers 285

Scottish English: morphology and syntax Jim Miller 299

Irish English: morphology and syntax Markku Filppula 328

Welsh English: morphology and syntax Robert Penhallurick 360

English dialects in the North of England: morphology and syntax Joan Beal 373

The dialects of East Anglia: morphology and syntax Peter Trudgill 404

English dialects in the Southwest: morphology and syntax Susanne Wagner 417

The varieties of English spoken in the Southeast ofEngland: morphology and syntax Lieselotte Anderwald 440

British Creole: morphology and syntax Mark Sebba 463

Synopsis: morphological and syntatic variation in the British Isles Bernd Kortmann 478

Index of subjects 497

Index of varieties and languages 510