Legacies of colonial English : studies in transported dialects /

As a result of colonisation, many varieties of English now exist around the world. Legacies of Colonial English explores the role of British dialects in both the genesis and subsequent history of postcolonial Englishes, and how it came about that many still reflect non-standard British usage from th...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Hickey, Raymond, 1954-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Series:Studies in English language.
Subjects:
Commonwealth
English language > Commonwealth countries.
English language > Variation > Commonwealth countries.
English language > Dialects > Commonwealth countries.
English language > Great Britain > Colonies.
Postcolonialism > Commonwealth countries.
Anglais (Langue) > Pays du Commonwealth.
Anglais (Langue) > Variation > Pays du Commonwealth.
Anglais (Langue) > Dialectes > Pays du Commonwealth.
Anglais (Langue) > Grande-Bretagne > Colonies.
Postcolonialisme > Pays du Commonwealth.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General.
British colonies.
English language.
English language > Dialects.
English language > Variation.
Language and languages.
Postcolonialism.
Mundart
Engels.
Taalvariatie.
Dialecten.
Engelska språket > Brittiska samväldet.
Great Britain > Colonies > Languages.
Commonwealth countries > Languages.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Langues.
Pays du Commonwealth > Langues.
Commonwealth countries.
Great Britain.
Englisch.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures, maps and tables; Contributors; Foreword; Introduction; 1 Dialects of English and their transportation; 2 Scots and Scottish English; 3 Development and diffusion of Irish English; 4 The emergence of American English: evidence from seventeenth-century records in New England; 5 The language of transported Londoners: third-person-singular present-tense markers in depositions from Virginia and the Bermudas, 1607-1624; 6 Remnant dialects in the coastal United States; 7 Back to the present: verbal -s in the (African American) English diaspora.

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