EVEN MORE ENGLISHES STUDIES 1996-1997 -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- 1 AND IS IT ENGLISH? -- 1. Introduction1 -- 2. Utterance-related phenomena -- 2.1. Broken English -- 2.2. Language mix6 -- 3. System-related phenomena -- 3.1. Semi-languages -- 3.2. Pidgins and Creoles -- 3.3. Mixed languages -- 4. Conclusion -- 2 THE ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENTS OF EMIGRANT ENGLISHES -- 1. Introduction1 -- 2. The expansion of the English and of the English language -- 3. Linguistic characteristics of emigrant languages -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.1.1. Innovation: phonology -- 3.1.2. Innovation: the lexicon -- 3.1.3. Loanwords -- 3.1.4. Word-formation -- 3.1.5. Meaning -- 4. Retention -- 4.1. Loss -- 4.2. Retention of pronunciation features -- 4.3. Retention of lexical items -- 5. A sketch contrasting English with other emigrant languages -- 6. Prophetolinguistics -- 3 RELIC WORDS AS TOOLS FOR LINGUISTIC GEOGRAPHY -- 1. Introduction1 -- 2. Relic forms in OE -- 3. A Dutch/Flemish relic in East Anglia and Brandenburg -- 4. Irish and West Country words in Newfoundland -- 5. Bonnyclabber and other relics in America -- 6. Australia and New Zealand -- 7. Pitcairn -- 8. Conclusion -- 4 LINGUISTIC JOKES BASED ON DIALECT DIVERGENCE -- 1. Introduction1 -- 2. Jokes based on German and English varieties -- 2.1. German dialect -- 2.2. English dialects -- 2.3. Scots and English -- 2.4. The BrE: AmE divergence -- 2.5. Black English -- 2.6. English in Africa -- 2.7. Indian English -- 2.8. Australian English -- 2.9. English in China -- 3. Conclusion -- 5 TEXT TYPES AND THE HISTORY OF SCOTS -- 1. Introduction1 -- 1.1. Definitions -- 1.2. Historical aspects of the range of Scots -- 2. Formal texts -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Administrative texts -- 2.3. Scholarly prose.

2.4. Grammar books and metalinguistic reflexion -- 2.5. The language of religion -- 2.6. Formal speech -- 3. Informal language -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Private letters -- 3.3. Journalism -- 3.4. Cooking recipes -- 3.5. Advertisements -- 3.6. Humour -- 4. Literary texts -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Narrative prose -- 4.3. Lyrical poems -- 4.4. Drama -- 4.5. Translation -- 5. Conclusion -- 6 CELTIC ENGLISHES? -- 1. Introduction1 -- 2. The individual 'Celtic' English communities in historical perspective -- 2.1. Substratum Celtic in English English -- 2.2. Cornwall and Cornish English -- 2.3. Wales and Welsh English -- 2.4. The Isle of Man, Manx and Manx English -- 2.5. Ireland9 -- 2.6. Scotland and Gaelic-influenced ScE -- 2.7. The decline of Celtic languages and the rise of English: a contrastive view -- 3. Contrastive analysis on the individual linguistic levels -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Pronunciation and phonology -- 3.3. Syntax -- 3.4. Lexis -- 4. Outlook -- 7 ENGLISH - THE LANGUAGE OF A NEW NATION THE PRESENT-DAY LINGUISTIC SITUATION OF SOUTH AFRICA -- 1. Introduction1 -- 2. The present-day linguistic situation3 -- 3. Ethnic varieties -- 3.1. Anglo-English -- 3.2. Afrikaans English -- 3.3. Indian English -- 3.4. Black English -- 3.6. Coloured English -- 4. Characteristics of SAfE on individual levels -- 4.1. Pronunciation -- 4.2. Grammar -- 4.3. Lexis -- 5. The future of English -- 8 NIGERIAN ENGLISH: BROKEN, PIDGIN, CREOLE AND REGIONAL STANDARD -- 1. History1 -- 1.1. General -- 1.2. The 19th century -- 1.3. Nigeria -- 2 Types of NigE texts -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Newspapers -- 2.2.1. News reports -- 2.2.2. Editorials -- 2.2.3. Advertisements -- 2.3. Literary English -- 2.3.1. Introduction -- 2.3.2. Onitsha Market literature -- 2.3.3. Amos Tutuola -- 2.3.4. Chinua Achebe -- 3. Nigerian Pidgin English -- 3.1. Introduction.

3.2. Newspaper pidgin -- 3.3. Radio pidgin -- 3.4. Literary pidgin15 -- 3.5. The future of English and Pidgin in Nigeria -- 9 RECENT DICTIONARIES OF VARIETIES OF ENGLISH -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Ireland -- 3. North America -- 4. The Caribbean -- 5. South Africa -- 6. Australia -- 7. New Zealand -- 8. Conclusion -- 10 THE TYPOLOGY OF DICTIONARIES OF ENGLISH-BASED PIDGINS AND CREOLES -- 1. Introduction and summary1 -- 2. The problem of homogeneity in English-related PC languages -- 3. Contents -- 4. Spelling and pronunciation -- 5. Morphosyntax -- 6. Meaning -- 7. Etymology -- 8. Are new types of dictionaries necessary? -- 9. Conclusion -- 11 DOCUMENTATION: ENGLISH AS A WORLD LANGUAGE, VEAW, EWW -- English as a World Language Guidelines for contributors, September 1978 -- TO VEAW AUTHORS AND EWW ADVISERS -- THE FUNCTION OF TEXTS IN THE DESCRIPTION AND TEACHING OF VARIETIES OF ENGLISH -- LETTER TO RADIO NEW HEBRIDES, ON PIDGIN NEWS ON RADIO -- DOCUMENTATION -- REPRESENTATION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX OF NAMES -- INDEX OF TOPICS -- SELECTIVE WORD INDEX.