Contents (Outline)

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1. Introduction: English as a contact language: Problems and perspectives

   Daniel Schreier and Marianne Hundt

Part I: General/typological aspects

2. English as a contact language: Typological and comparative considerations

    Theo Vennemann, LMU München

3. Towards a typology of contact-derived Englishes

     Bernd Kortmann, Univ. of Freiburg i. Brsg.

Part II: Historical aspects

4. Multilingualism, language contact and code-switching in Middle English

   Herbert Schendl, Univ. of Vienna

5. The contact origins of Standard English

   Laura Wright, Univ. of Cambridge

6. Diagnosing contact and change: quantification of phonetic and phonological variation in English

   Warren Maguire & April M.S. McMahon, University of Edinburgh

7. The role of contact in English syntactic change

   Olga Fischer, Universiteit van Amsterdam

Part III: Varieties of English

8. English as a contact language I: The British Isles

   Juhani Klemola, University of Tampere

9. English as a contact language II: Ireland and Scotland

Raymond Hickey, University of Duisburg und Essen

10. English as a contact language III: United States

   Walt Wolfram, North Carolina State University

11. English as a contact language V: The New Englishes

   Edgar W. Schneider, Univ. of Regensburg

12. English as a contact language VI: Lesser-known varieties

   Daniel Schreier, Univ. of Zürich

13. The diversification of English: Old and new epicentres

   Marianne Hundt, Univ. of Zürich

Part IV: Processes and outcomes

14. The role of population ecologies

   Salikoko S. Mufwene, Univ. of Chicago

15. The role of substrates and universals

   Don Winford, Ohio State University

16. Accelerator or inhibitor? On the role of substrate influence in interlanguage development

   Terence Odlin, Ohio State University

17. The role of contact in dialect death and birth

   David Britain, Univ. of Essex

Part V: Agency

18. Accommodation and contact: the role of migrant communities

   Rajend Mesthrie, Univ. of Cape Town

19. Innovation and contact I: The role of children and adolescents

   Jenny Cheshire, Queen Mary’s College & Paul Kerswill, Univ. of Lancaster

20. Innovation and contact II: The role of adults

   Sarah G. Thomason, Univ. of Michigan

21. Speculating on the future of English as a contact language

   Christian Mair, Univ. Freiburg i.Brsg.