Note that this site is currently still under construction.

Exploring Varieties of English

The pages you are about to enter were created in the course of the seminar 'New Englishes'.
They are an attempt to combine linguistic information with new and alternative ways of presenting it in the new media.
The seven areas covered so far are:

African American English

Pidgins & Creoles
East Africa

West African Pidgins & Creoles
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New Zealand
Jamaica South African English



The IPA graphics were provided by CCSD
A similar project was carried out by Alexander Kautzsch at the University of Regensburg


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