Title The lesser-known varieties of English : an introduction / edited by Daniel Schreier [and others]

Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 370 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Studies in English language Studies in English language. Contents Orkney and Shetland / Gunnel Melchers and Peter Sundkvist -- Channel Island English / Mari C. Jones -- Canadian Maritime English / Michael Kiefte and Elizabeth Kay-Raining Bird -- Newfoundland and Labrador English / Sandra Clarke -- Honduras/Bay Islands English / Ross Graham -- Euro-Caribbean English varieties / Jeffrey P. Williams -- Bahamian English / Jeffrey Reaser -- Dominican Kokoy / Michael Aceto -- Anglo-Argentine English / Julian Jefferies -- Falkland Islands English / David Britain and Andrea Sudbury -- St Helenian English / Daniel Schreier -- Tristan da Cunha English / Daniel Schreier -- L1 Rhodesian English / Susan Fitzmaurice -- White Kenyan English / Thomas Hoffmann -- Eurasian Singapore English / Lionel Wee -- Peranakan English in Singapore / Lisa Lim -- Norfolk Island and Pitcairn varieties / Peter Mühlhäusler Summary "This is the first-ever volume to compile sociolinguistic and historical information on lesser-known, and relatively ignored, native varieties of English around the world. Exploring areas as diverse as the Pacific, South America, the South Atlantic and East and Southern Africa, it shows how these varieties are as much part of the big picture as major varieties and that their analysis is essential for addressing some truly important issues in linguistic theory, such as dialect obsolescence and death, language birth, dialect typology and genetic classification, patterns of diffusion and transplantation, and contact-induced language change. It also shows how close interwoven fields such as social history, contact linguistics and variationist sociolinguistics are in accounting for their formation and maintenance, providing a thorough description of the lesser-known varieties of English and their relevance for language spread and change."--Back cover Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject English language -- Variation -- Foreign countries English language -- Variation -- English-speaking countries LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General. English language -- Variation English language -- Variation -- Foreign countries Sprachvariante Englisch Englische Sprache -- Ausland. Englische Sprache -- Norm und Variation. English world wide. Varieties of English. English language -- Variation -- English-speaking countries. Engelska språket -- språkvariation. English-speaking countries Englisch. Form Electronic book Author Schreier, Daniel, 1971- ISBN 9780511677649 0511677642 9780511676529 0511676522 9780511682124 0511682123

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