Preface by Halliday
王宗炎序
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Note to the third edition
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1 Varieties of Standard English
1.1 The two main standard varieties
1.2 The spread of English
2 English,Australasian,South African and Welsh Enlish
2.1 The RP accent
2.2 Australian,New Zealand and South African English
2.3 Welsh English
3 The pronunciation of Nurth American English
3.1 North American English vowels
3.2 North American English consonants
3.3 Regional variation in United States English
3.4 The pronunciation of Canadian English
3.5 Non-systematic differences between North
Americah English and English English pronun-ciation
3.6 Stress differences
3.7 Further differences between American English
and Canadian English pronunciation
4 English and North American English:grammatical,
orthographical and lexical differences
4.1 Grannatical differences
4.2 Spelling and punctuation differences
4.3 Vocabulary differences
5 Scottish and Irish English
5.1 Scottish English
5.2 English in Ireland
6 West Indian English and English-based creoles
6.1 English-based pidgins
6.2 English-based creoles
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7 Second language varieties of English