 | Multilingual Subjects: On Standard English, Its Speakers, and Others in the Long Eighteenth Century Subjects: English language -- Political aspects -- English-speaking countries -- History -- 18th century; English language -- Political aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century; Multilingualism -- English-speaking countries -- History -- 18th century; En; Daniel DeWispelare documents how many varieties of English became sidelined as "dialects" as Standard English became dominant throughout an ever-expanding English-speaking world, while asserting the importance of both multilingualism and dialect writing to eighteenth-century anglophone culture. Daniel DeWispelare teaches English at George Washington University. |
