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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schreier, Daniel, 1971-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam, NL : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2008.
Colección:Varieties of English around the world. General series ; v. 37.
Temas:
English language > Saint Helena.
English language > Social aspects > Saint Helena.
English language > Dialects > Saint Helena.
Anglais (Langue) > Sainte-Hélène.
Anglais (Langue) > Dialectes > Sainte-Hélène.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General.
English language
English language > Dialects
English language > Social aspects
Language and languages
Engels.
Saint Helena > Languages.
Sainte-Hélène > Langues.
Saint Helena
Sint-Helena.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • St Helenian English; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Maps, Table and Figures; Preface and acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. How St Helenian English could have formed: Basic principles ofcontact linguistics; 3. Historical, sociodemographic and sociolinguistic background; 4. Diachrony: Evidence of earlier St Helenian English; 5. Synchrony I: A descriptive profile of 20th century StHE; 6. Synchrony II: A variationist analysis of 20th century StHE; 7. Summary and conclusion; Appendices; References; Index; The series Varieties of English Around the World.

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