Bermudian English : a sociohistorical and linguistic profile /

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"Bermudian English. A sociohistorical and linguistic profile focuses on a hitherto severely under-researched variety of English. The book traces the origins and development of Bermudian English, so as to situate the variety within the canon of other lesser-known varieties of English, and provid...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Eberle, Nicole (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2021.
Colección:Varieties of English around the world, volume G64
Temas:
English language > Social aspects > Bermuda Islands.
English language > Dialects > Bermuda Islands.
Sociolinguistics > Bermuda Islands.
Anglais (Langue) > Dialectes > Bermudes.
Sociolinguistique > Bermudes.
English language > Dialects
English language > Social aspects
Sociolinguistics
Bermuda Islands
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Bermudian English
  • Editorial page
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Table of contents
  • List of tables
  • List of figures
  • List of maps and pictures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 Bermudian English as a blank spot: Existing research
  • 1.2 Research design and aims
  • Chapter 2. The theoretical framework of Bermudian English as a contact-based variety
  • 2.1 Contact dialectology and dialects in contact
  • 2.1.1 Accommodation, its linguistic outcomes, and koinéization
  • 2.1.2 New-dialect formation models
  • 2.2 Beyond dialects in contact
  • 2.2.1 Universals and typologies of English(-based) varieties
  • 2.2.2 How to classify Bermudian English?
  • 2.2.3 Space, spatiality, migration and mobility
  • 2.2.4 The sociolinguistics of mobility
  • 2.3 Synthesis
  • Chapter 3. Bermuda: 400 years of history
  • 3.1 The Bermudian social history: From shore to shore
  • 3.1.1 The beginnings of settlement and the early years
  • 3.1.2 Navigating the waters during Bermuda's maritime age
  • 3.1.3 A new orientation in 19th-century Bermuda
  • 3.1.4 20th-century Bermuda and the heyday of tourism
  • 3.1.5 A snapshot of contemporary life in Bermuda
  • 3.2 The Bermudian sociolinguistic situation
  • 3.2.1 The formation and historical development of Bermudian English
  • 3.2.2 The contemporary linguistic context of Bermudian English
  • Chapter 4. Methodology and data
  • 4.1 Fieldwork methodology
  • 4.2 The corpus and potential caveats
  • Chapter 5. Bermudian English morphosyntax: Qualitative and quantitative analyses
  • 5.1 A first descriptive profile of Bermudian English morphosyntax
  • 5.1.1 Noun phrase
  • 5.1.2 Adjective phrase
  • 5.1.3 Prepositional phrase
  • 5.1.4 Verb morphology and syntax
  • 5.1.5 First insights into Bermudian English morphosyntax
  • 5.2 Typological affiliations of Bermudian English: Cross-dialectal profiles.
  • 5.2.1 Methodology
  • 5.2.2 Results and discussion of findings
  • 5.3 A variationist analysis of selected Bermudian English features
  • 5.3.1 Syllable-coda consonant cluster reduction
  • 5.3.1.1 Methodology
  • 5.3.1.2 Results and discussion of findings
  • 5.3.2 Past be leveling
  • 5.3.2.1 Methodology
  • 5.3.2.2 Results and discussion of findings
  • Chapter 6. Conclusion
  • 6.1 The cross-dialectal profiles
  • 6.2 The feature analyses: Consonant cluster reduction and past be leveling
  • 6.3 Bermudian English: Not as blank a spot anymore
  • References
  • Primary data
  • Secondary sources
  • Appendices
  • Appendix 1. Informants
  • Appendix 2. Qualitative typological analysis
  • Appendix 3. Quantitative CCR results
  • Appendix 4. Quantitative past be leveling results
  • Index.

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