Title Ship English : sailors' speech in the early colonial Caribbean / Sally J. Delgado

Published Berlin : Language Science Press, 2019

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Description 1 online resource Series Studies in Caribbean languages ; 4 Studies in Caribbean languages ; 4. Summary This book presents evidence that Ship English of the early Atlantic colonial period was a distinct variety with characteristic features. It is motivated by the recognition that late-seventeenth and early-eighteenth century sailors' speech was potentially an influential variety in nascent creoles and English varieties of the Caribbean, yet few academic studies have attempted to define the characteristics of this speech. Therefore, the two principal aims of this study were, firstly, to outline the socio-demographics of the maritime communities and examine how variant linguistic features may have developed and spread among these communities, and, secondly, to generate baseline data on the characteristic features of Ship English. The newly-identified characteristics of Ship English detailed here may now serve as an entry point for scholars to integrate this language variety into the discourse on dialect variation in Early Modern English period and the theories on pidgin and creole genesis Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes This work is licensed under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode Subject English language -- Variation -- Caribbean Area -- 17th century Creole dialects, English -- Caribbean Area -- 17th century Creole dialects, English -- Social aspects -- Caribbean Area -- 17th century Sailors -- Caribbean Area -- History -- 17th century Creole dialects, English -- Social aspects Language Arts & Disciplines / Alphabets & Writing Systems. Creole dialects, English. Creole dialects, English -- Social aspects. English language -- Variation. Language and languages. Sailors. SUBJECT Caribbean Area -- Languages -- 17th century Subject Caribbean Area. Genre/Form History. Form Electronic book ISBN 3961101515 9783961101528 3961101523 9783961101511

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