St Helenian English; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Maps, Table and Figures; Preface and acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. How St Helenian English could have formed: Basic principles ofcontact linguistics; 3. Historical, sociodemographic and sociolinguistic background; 4. Diachrony: Evidence of earlier St Helenian English; 5. Synchrony I: A descriptive profile of 20th century StHE; 6. Synchrony II: A variationist analysis of 20th century StHE; 7. Summary and conclusion; Appendices; References; Index; The series Varieties of English Around the World
Summary
This volume provides the first-ever sociolinguistic analysis of English on the island of St Helena, the oldest variety of English in the Southern Hemisphere. It is based on a concise synchronic profile of the variety (describing its segmental phonology and morphosyntax) and an evaluation of diachronic material in the form of letters, court cases, ghost stories, etc. The analysis is embedded into a theoretical framework of contact linguistics (contact dialectology and pidgin/creole linguistics) and builds upon the social and sociodemographic development of the community. The aims of this book a
