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St. Helenian English : origins, evolution and variation /
This volume provides the first-ever sociolinguistic analysis of English on the island of St Helena, the oldest variety of English in the Southern Hemisphere. It is based on a concise synchronic profile of the variety (describing its segmental phonology and morphosyntax) and an evaluation of diachron...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam, NL :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
©2008.
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| Colección: | Varieties of English around the world. General series ;
v. 37. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This volume provides the first-ever sociolinguistic analysis of English on the island of St Helena, the oldest variety of English in the Southern Hemisphere. It is based on a concise synchronic profile of the variety (describing its segmental phonology and morphosyntax) and an evaluation of diachronic material in the form of letters, court cases, ghost stories, etc. The analysis is embedded into a theoretical framework of contact linguistics (contact dialectology and pidgin/creole linguistics) and builds upon the social and sociodemographic development of the community. The aims of this book a. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 312 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789027248978 9027248974 9789027290137 902729013X 1282105590 9781282105591 6612105593 9786612105593 |