East Anglian English

East Anglia - the easternmost area of England - was probably home to the first-ever form of language which can be called English. East Anglian English has had a very considerable input into the formation of Standard English and contributed importantly to the development of American English and (to a lesser extent) Southern Hemisphere Englishes; it has also experienced multilingualism on a remarkable scale. However it has received little attention from linguistic scholars over the years and this volume provides an overdue assessment. The articles by leading scholars in the field cover all aspects of the English of East Anglia from its beginnings to the present day; topics include place names non-standard grammar dialect phonology dialect contact language contact and a host of other issues of descriptive theoretical historical and sociolinguistic interest and importance. Professor JACEK FISIAK teaches in the Department of English at the Adam Mickiewicz University Poland; Professor PETER TRUDGILL is Chair of English Linguistics at the University of Fribourg. Contributors: PETER TRUDGILL JACEK FISIAK KARL INGE SANDRED GILLIS KRISTENSSON LAURA WRIGHT CLAIRE JONES TERTU NEVALAINEN HELENA RAUMOLIN-BRUNBERG KEN LODGE DAVID BRITAIN PATRICIA POUSSA