Edgar W. Schneider
List of John Benjamins publications in which Edgar W. Schneider is involved.
Book series
ISSN 0172-7362
Journal
ISSN 0172-8865 | E‑ISSN 1569‑9730
Degrees of Restructuring in Creole Languages
Edited by Ingrid Neumann-Holzschuh and Edgar W. Schneider
Basic notions in the field of creole studies, including the category of “creole languages” itself, have been questioned in recent years: Can creoles be defined on structural or on purely sociohistorical grounds? Can creolization be understood as a graded process, possibly resulting in different… read more[Creole Language Library, 22] 2000. iv, 492 pp.
Englishes around the World: Studies in honour of Manfred Görlach. Volume 1: General studies, British Isles, North America
Edited by Edgar W. Schneider
The two volumes of Englishes around the World present high-quality original research papers written in honour of Manfred Görlach, founder and editor of the journal English World-Wide and the book series Varieties of English Around the World. The papers thematically focus on the field that Manfred… read more[Varieties of English Around the World, G18] 1997. vi, 329 pp.
Englishes around the World: Studies in honour of Manfred Görlach. Volume 2: Caribbean, Africa, Asia, Australasia
Edited by Edgar W. Schneider
The two volumes of Englishes around the World present high-quality original research papers written in honour of Manfred Görlach, founder and editor of the journal English World-Wide and the book series Varieties of English Around the World. The papers thematically focus on the field that Manfred… read more[Varieties of English Around the World, G19] 1997. viii, 358 pp.
Focus on the USA
Edited by Edgar W. Schneider
This volume presents fifteen original research papers by renowned specialists in their respective fields. A variety of research traditions are included, such as dialect geography and sociolinguistics, but also smaller sub-fields such as the study of slang and perceptual dialectology. Varieties… read more[Varieties of English Around the World, G16] 1996. vi, 368 pp.
A New Bibliography of Writings on Varieties of English, 1984–1992/93
Beat Glauser, Edgar W. Schneider and Manfred Görlach †
The continuing expansion of research in dialectology, sociolinguistics and English as a world language has made the field increasingly difficult to survey. This bibliography is intended to provide a comprehensive overview of the relevant publications of the past few years. Like its predecessor, it… read more[Varieties of English Around the World, G12] 1993. 208 pp.
A Bibliography of Writings on Varieties of English, 1965–1983
Compiled by Wolfgang Viereck, Edgar W. Schneider and Manfred Görlach †
After the growth of English and American dialectology since the 1930’s and the expansion of sociolinguistics since the 1960’s, the study of ‘world English’ has emerged in recent years to join these other disciplines. This bibliography is intended to reflect what has been achieved in this area and… read more[Varieties of English Around the World, G3] 1984. iv, 319 pp.
2025 Chapter 1. Prologue World Englishes in their Local Multilingual Ecologies, Siemund, Peter, Gardy Stein and Manuela Vida-Mannl (eds.), pp. 12–19 | Chapter
2025 Chapter 5. Pluricentricity versus pluriareality? Areal patterns in the English-speaking world Pluricentricity and Pluriareality: Dialects, Variation, and Standards, Meer, Philipp and Ryan Durgasingh (eds.), pp. 90–117 | Chapter
This paper investigates the issue of what data from the English-speaking world can contribute to the ongoing debate on the notions of “pluricentricity” versus “pluriareality” — and to the interpretation of English(es) as pluricentric or pluriareal, respectively. After brief definitions and… read more
2023 Obituary: Manfred Görlach (1937–2023) English World-Wide 44:3, pp. 319–322 | Obituary
2021 Review of Hickey (2014): A Dictionary of Varieties of English English World-Wide 42:3, pp. 355–358 | Review
2021 Chapter 12. The dynamics of English in Namibia: A World Englishes perspective The Dynamics of English in Namibia: Perspectives on an emerging variety, Schröder, Anne (ed.), pp. 275–298 | Chapter
This paper positions the volume’s findings on English in Namibia in the wider context of World Englishes. After briefly summarizing generally important insights of the book’s contributions, Namibian English is compared to other global varieties with respect to its sociohistorical embedding… read more
2018 From colonial dynamism to current transnationalism: A unified view on postcolonial and non-postcolonial Englishes Modeling World Englishes: Assessing the interplay of emancipation and globalization of ESL varieties, Deshors, Sandra C. (ed.), pp. 15–44 | Chapter
The ever-increasing dynamism of the diffusion of English calls for an integrated approach to postcolonial and non-postcolonial Englishes and to new contexts such as transnational cyberspace, new media, or “grassroots” usage. We focus on major theoretical approaches to modelling World Englishes in… read more
2016 World Englishes on YouTube: Treasure trove or nightmare? World Englishes: New theoretical and methodological considerations, Seoane, Elena and Cristina Suárez-Gómez (eds.), pp. 253–282 | Article
This article surveys and investigates the usefulness of video clips uploaded to the internet platform YouTube for the purposes of linguistic analysis, especially with respect to their representation of World Englishes. After characterizing YouTube itself and constraints which its nature imposes, I… read more
2014 The times they are a-changin’ — and so are the editors of EWW English World-Wide 35:1, pp. 1–5 | Article
2012 Editor’s report 2007–2012 English World-Wide 33:3, pp. 363–368 | Article
This article describes editorial activities in the selection and handling of contributions to English World-Wide, covering the five-year period of 2007 to 2012. Continuing earlier descriptions along these lines, it summarizes editiorial procedures from submission to publication. Furthermore, it… read more
2009 Series editor’s preface: The World Englishes conference in Regensburg 2007 – a retrospective look World Englishes – Problems, Properties and Prospects: Selected papers from the 13th IAWE conference, Hoffmann, Thomas and Lucia Siebers (eds.), pp. ix–xii | Miscellaneous
2008 Review of Svartvik & Leech (2006): English. One Tongue, Many Voices English World-Wide 29:1, pp. 107–110 | Review
2008 Review of Mugglestone (2006): The Oxford History of English English World-Wide 29:1, pp. 111–114 | Review
2007 Editor’s report 2003–2007 English World-Wide 28:3, pp. 349–355 | Article
This article provides a report from the editorial office of English World-Wide, covering the five-year period of 2003 to 2007. Specifically, it describes the stages of the editing and manuscript handling process from submission to publication, and it breaks down submission and publication figures… read more
2007 Review of Mühleisen (2005): Creole language in creole literatures Substrate Influence in Creole Formation, Migge, Bettina and Norval Smith (eds.), pp. 190–191 | Review
2006 The variability of literary dialect in Jamaican creole: Thelwell's The Harder They Come Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 21:1, pp. 45–96 | Article
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2005 David Britain and Jenny Cheshire, eds. 2003. Social Dialectology. In Honour of Peter Trudgill English World-Wide 26:1, pp. 123–124 | Miscellaneous
2005 Pam Peters. 2004. The Cambridge Guide to English Usage English World-Wide 26:1, pp. 116–118 | Miscellaneous
2005 John Holm. 2004. Languages in Contact.The Partial Restructuring of Vernaculars . English World-Wide 26:1, pp. 125–126 | Miscellaneous
2005 Lesley Milroy and Matthew Gordon. 2003. Sociolinguistics. Method and Interpretation English World-Wide 26:1, pp. 118–120 | Miscellaneous
2005 Review of Ling & Brown (2005): English in Singapore. An Introduction English World-Wide 26:3, pp. 359–360 | Review
2005 Review of Melchers & Shaw (2003): World Englishes. An Introduction English World-Wide 26:1, pp. 97–99 | Review article
2003 Review of Thomason (2001): Language contact: An introduction Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 18:2, pp. 348–353 | Review
2003 Book notice: “International Communication. English Language Challenges for Malaysia” by Saran Kaur Gill English World-Wide 24:2, pp. 311–314 | Miscellaneous
2003 Review of Blythe (2002): Beyond Babel – English on the World Stage English World-Wide 24:2, pp. 299–303 | Review
2001 Review of Ronowicz & Yallop (1999): English: One Language, Different Cultures English World-Wide 22:2, pp. 322–326 | Review
2001 Editor’s foreword Historiographia Linguistica 28:1/2, pp. 1–2 | Editorial
2001 Review of Bautista (1997): English Is an Asian Language: The Philippine Context. Proceedings of the Conference Held in Manila on August 2–3, 1996 & Newbrook (1999): English Is an Asian Language: The Thai Context. Proceedings of the Conference Held in Bangkok on August 8–9, 1996 & Said & Siew (2000): English Is an Asian Language: The Malaysian Context. Proceedings of the Conference Held in Kuala Lumpur on August 18–19, 1997 English World-Wide 22:2, pp. 315–321 | Review
2000 Differential creolization: Some evidence from Earlier African American Vernacular English in South Carolina Degrees of Restructuring in Creole Languages, Neumann-Holzschuh, Ingrid and Edgar W. Schneider (eds.), pp. 247–274 | Article
2000 Introduction: “Degrees of restructuring” in creole languages? Degrees of Restructuring in Creole Languages, Neumann-Holzschuh, Ingrid and Edgar W. Schneider (eds.), pp. 1–18 | Article
2000 Feature diffusion vs. contact effects in the evolution of new Englishes: A typological case study of negation patterns English World-Wide 21:2, pp. 201–230 | Article
This paper proposes an investigation of New Englishes in a diachronic and typological-comparative perspective. It is suggested that the structural and functional constituents of these varieties can be accounted for by either of two processes, labelled diffusion (the largely unmodified transmission… read more
2000 Editor’s foreword Historiographia Linguistica 27:2/3, pp. 197–198 | Editorial
1999 Review of Crystal (1997): English as a Global Language English World-Wide 20:1, pp. 169–170 | Review
1998 Editorial English World-Wide 19:1, pp. 1–5 | Miscellaneous
1997 Introduction Englishes around the World: Studies in honour of Manfred Görlach, Schneider, Edgar W. (ed.), pp. 7–10 | Miscellaneous
1997 Introduction Englishes around the World: Studies in honour of Manfred Görlach, Schneider, Edgar W. (ed.), pp. 15–18 | Article
1997 For Manfred Görlach on the occasion of his 60th birthday Englishes around the World: Studies in honour of Manfred Görlach, Schneider, Edgar W. (ed.), pp. 1–6 | Miscellaneous
1997 For Manfred Görlach on the occasion of his 60th birthday Englishes around the World: Studies in honour of Manfred Görlach, Schneider, Edgar W. (ed.), pp. 1–6 | Article
1996 Towards syntactic isomorphism and semantic dissimilation: The semantics and syntax of prospective verbs in early modern English English Historical Linguistics 1994: Papers from the 8th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (8 ICEHL, Edinburgh, 19–23 September 1994), Britton, Derek (ed.), pp. 199–222 | Article
1996 Introduction: Research trends in the study of American English Focus on the USA, Schneider, Edgar W. (ed.), pp. 1–12 | Article
1995 Review of Sutcliffe & Figueroa (1992): System in Black Language English World-Wide 16:1, pp. 140–143 | Review
1994 Review of Preston (1993): American Dialect Research English World-Wide 15:1, pp. 136–143 | Review
1993 Englishes. A selective bibliography 1984–1992/93 A New Bibliography of Writings on Varieties of English, 1984–1992/93, Glauser, Beat, Edgar W. Schneider and Manfred Görlach †, pp. 5–6 | Introduction
1993 Part III: Writings on varieties of American and Canadian English A New Bibliography of Writings on Varieties of English, 1984–1992/93, Glauser, Beat, Edgar W. Schneider and Manfred Görlach †, pp. 63–124 | Chapter
1992 Review of Görlach (1991): Englishes. Studies in Varieties of English 1984–1988 English World-Wide 13:1, pp. 119–121 | Review
1992 In memoriam Hans Kurath English World-Wide 13:1, pp. 111–113 | Miscellaneous
1990 The Cline of Creoleness in English-Oriented Creoles and Semi-Creoles of the Caribbean English World-Wide 11:1, pp. 79–113 | Article
1985 Variability in word formation patterns and productivity in the American South Papers from the VIth International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Poznań, 22–26 August 1983, Fisiak, Jacek (ed.), pp. 467–488 | Article
1984 A bibliography of writings on American and Canadian English (1965–1983) A Bibliography of Writings on Varieties of English, 1965–1983, Viereck, Wolfgang, Edgar W. Schneider and Manfred Görlach † (comps.), pp. 89–213 | Article
1984 Review of Pederson (1983): East Tennessee Folk Speech. A Synopsis English World-Wide 5:1, pp. 130–132 | Review
1982 On the history of Black English in the USA: Some new evidence English World-Wide 3:1, pp. 18–46 | Article
