New-dialect formation : the inevitability of colonial Englishes /

This volume presents a new and controversial theory about dialect contact and the formation of new colonial dialects. It examines the genesis of Latin American Spanish, Canadian French and North American English, but concentrates on Australian and South African English.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Trudgill, Peter
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2004.
Subjects:
1800-1899
English language > Great Britain > Colonies.
English language > Commonwealth countries.
English language > Great Britain > Colonies > Dialects.
English language > Dialects > Commonwealth countries.
English language > Great Britain > Colonies > Variation.
English language > Variation > Commonwealth countries.
Languages in contact > Great Britain > Colonies.
Languages in contact > Commonwealth countries.
English language > 19th century > History.
Anglais (Langue) > Pays du Commonwealth.
Anglais (Langue) > Dialectes > Pays du Commonwealth.
Anglais (Langue) > Variation > Pays du Commonwealth.
Langues en contact > Pays du Commonwealth.
Anglais (Langue) > 19e siècle > Histoire.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation
English language.
English language > Dialects.
English language > Variation.
Languages in contact.
Taalvariatie.
Engels.
Diachronische taalkunde.
Commonwealth countries.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:This volume presents a new and controversial theory about dialect contact and the formation of new colonial dialects. It examines the genesis of Latin American Spanish, Canadian French and North American English, but concentrates on Australian and South African English.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 180 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-176) and index.
ISBN:0748626417
9780748626410
0748618767
9780748618767

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